Leonard E. Read

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Economist
gptkbp:advocatesFor Individualism
Limited government
Free-market economics
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:University_of_Southern_California
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:Austrian_School_of_Economics
gptkbp:awardedBy Honorary_Doctorate_from_Hillsdale_College
gptkbp:birthDate September 26, 1898
gptkbp:children 3
gptkbp:contributedTo gptkb:Libertarian_movement
gptkbp:deathDate February 2, 1983
gptkbp:founded gptkb:Foundation_for_Economic_Education
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Leonard E. Read
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Libertarianism
Free-market thinkers
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Ayn_Rand
gptkbp:isInfluencedBy Economic thought
gptkbp:isKnownFor Advocating for economic education
gptkbp:isMemberOf gptkb:Mont_Pelerin_Society
gptkbp:knownFor Founding_the_Foundation_for_Economic_Education
gptkbp:nationality American
gptkbp:notableWork I, Pencil
gptkbp:occupation Businessman
Writer
gptkbp:publishedBy The_Freeman
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Mary_Read
gptkbp:wasA Activist
Author
Entrepreneur
Philosopher
Public speaker
Proponent of innovation
Proponent of civil liberties
Proponent of personal responsibility
Advocate for liberty
Critic of collectivism
Proponent of competition
Proponent of economic freedom
Proponent of entrepreneurship
Proponent of free enterprise
Proponent of individual rights
Proponent of limited intervention
Proponent of market solutions
Proponent of property rights
Proponent of self-interest
Proponent of social cooperation
Proponent of voluntary association
Proponent of voluntary exchange
gptkbp:wasFoundedIn Libertarian_activism
gptkbp:wasPartOf gptkb:Foundation_for_Economic_Education
gptkbp:wrote The Coming Aristocracy
The Great Idea
The Miracle of Freedom
The_Philosophy_of_Liberty