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Episode 131: Why Liberty Takes Character (with Lawrence W. Reed)

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Channel: Libertarianism.org · 2016 · News & Politics

Lawrence W. Reed joins us for a discussion on how to effectively communicate the ideas of liberty through storytelling.

What’s the best way to teach the principles of economics and individual liberty to people? Is having ‘good character’ a timeless virtue?

Lawrence W. Reed joins us this week to discuss his work at the Foundation for Economic Education and FEE’s history in the worldwide free market movement. He also shares a few stories about ‘Real Heroes’ of liberty.

Show Notes and Further Reading

The Foundation for Economic Education has made the full text of Henry Hazlitt’s classic book Economics in One Lesson available online for free here:
https://fee.org/resources/economics-in-one-lesson-2/

Aaron mentions reading Reed’s essays on character and liberty. They are available here, organized into a short book The Great Hope: Essays on Character and Liberty:
https://fee.org/resources/the-great-hope-essays-on-character-and-liberty-by-lawrence-w-reed/

Reed’s ongoing Real Heroes series can be found here:
https://fee.org/resources/topics/real-heroes

New features are released every Friday; here is Reed’s account of the life of Witold Pilecki:
https://fee.org/articles/he-volunteered-to-go-to-auschwitz/

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Episode 131: Why Liberty Takes Character (with Lawrence W. Reed)

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