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Ideologies / Minarchist / Leonard Read
Leonard Read — ink portrait
§ The minds · 1898–1983 · United States · Founder & writer

Leonard Read

I, Pencil

No one can make even a pencil alone.

Minarchist →
Economic+4
SocialistMarket
Governance−70
LibertarianAuthoritarian
Social+5
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The founder of the Foundation for Economic Education, whose essay 'I, Pencil' became the classic illustration of how markets coordinate what no minimal state ever could.

social

Optimistic individualist.

economic

Spontaneous market coordination over central direction.

governance

Strictly limited government; faith in voluntary order.

Notable for
  • Founded FEE
  • 'I, Pencil'
  • Popular free-market education
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