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Henry Hazlitt — ink portrait
§ The minds · 1894–1993 · United States · Journalist & economist

Henry Hazlitt

Economics in one lesson

The seen and the unseen.

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The self-taught journalist whose 'Economics in One Lesson' distilled free-market reasoning into the most widely read primer of its kind, carrying Austrian ideas to a mass audience.

social

Traditional-leaning, restrained.

economic

Popularised free-market economics for millions of general readers.

governance

Limited-government classical liberal.

Notable for
  • 'Economics in One Lesson'
  • Newsweek & NYT columnist
  • Co-founded FEE
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