Leonard Read

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Leonard Read
Économiste
Dates	1898 - 1983
Leonard Read
Tendance	minarchiste
Origine	États-Unis
Articles internes	Liste de tous les articles
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inter lib.org sur Leonard Read

Leonard E. Read (1898 - 1983) est un économiste américain, qui a créé la Foundation for Economic Education (FEE) en mars 1946. Il s'agit du premier think tank libertarien aux États-Unis.

En tant que président de la Chamber of Commerce de Los Angeles, il a combattu les politiques économiques marxistes et keynésiennes qui prévalaient alors, réfutant les accusations d'appauvrissement des travailleurs par la « bourgeoisie », et rejetant les arguments keynésiens selon lesquels le capitalisme est instable et génère un chômage de masse.

Il est l'auteur de vingt-sept ouvrages. Son texte le plus célèbre est Moi, le crayon (I, pencil), publié en 1958, illustration de la métaphore de la main invisible : des millions de personnes participent à la création d'un simple crayon (division du travail), et aucune ne serait capable de le fabriquer à elle seule.

Œuvres

• 1946, I’d Push the Button, New York: Joseph D. McGuire

• 1951, Conscience on the Battlefield, Irvington-on-Hudson, N.Y.: Foundation for Economic Education

• 1952,
  • a. dir., Essays on Liberty, Vol 1, Irvington on Hudson: Foundation for Economic Education
  • b. Préface, In: Leonard Read, dir., Essays on Liberty, Vol 1, Irvington on Hudson: Foundation for Economic Education

• 1954,
  • a. Government: An Ideal Concept
    • Nouvelle édition en 1997, Government: An Ideal Concept, Irvington-on-Hudson, N.Y.: Foundation for Economic Education
  • b. dir., Essays on Liberty, Vol 2, Irvington on Hudson: Foundation for Economic Education
  • c. Préface, In: Leonard Read, dir., Essays on Liberty, Vol 2, Irvington on Hudson: Foundation for Economic Education
  • d. Combating Statism, In: Leonard Read, dir., Essays on Liberty, Vol 2, Irvington on Hudson: Foundation for Economic Education, pp9-22
  • e. Two ways to stop Strikes, In: Leonard Read, dir., Essays on Liberty, Vol 2, Irvington on Hudson: Foundation for Economic Education, pp205-213
  • f. Victims of social leveling, In: Leonard Read, dir., Essays on Liberty, Vol 2, Irvington on Hudson: Foundation for Economic Education, pp279-293
  • g. Two kinds of Exchange, In: Leonard Read, dir., Essays on Liberty, Vol 2, Irvington on Hudson: Foundation for Economic Education, pp376-379

• 1956, Unearned Riches, In: Mary Sennholz, dir., On Freedom and Free Enterprise, Van Nostrand, Princeton, pp188-195

• 1958, "I, Pencil", The Freeman, December, pp32–37
  • Repris en 1988, I Pencil, In: Paul L. Poirot, dir, The Philosophy of Freedom, The Foundation for Economic Education: Irvington on Hudson NY, pp137-142
  • Repris en 1996, "I, Pencil", The Freeman, May, Vol 46, n°5
  • Traduction en français par Hervé de Quengo, Traduction de Moi, le crayon

• 1959, Nave Nervousness, The Freeman, August, Vol 9, n°8

• 1960, How to Reduce Taxes, The Freeman, July
  • Repris en 1998, "How to Reduce Taxes. Only in Moral Philosophy Can the Case for Freedom Be Won", The Freeman, April, Vol 48, n°4

• 1961, Conscience of the Majority, The Freeman, Mars, Vol 11, n°3

• 1962, Elements of Libertarian Leadership, Irvington-on-Hudson, N.Y.: Foundation for Economic Education

• 1964, Anything That's Peaceful
  • Nouvelle édition en 1992
  • Nouvelle édition en 1998, Irvington-on-Hudson, N.Y.: Foundation for Economic Education

• 1966,
  • a. The Case for Willing Exchange, The Freeman, Septembre, Vol 16, n°9
  • b. Men of Prey, The Freeman: Ideas on Liberty, octobre, Vol 16, n°10, [lire en ligne]

• 1967,
  • a. Deeper Than You Think, Irvington-on-Hudson, N.Y.: Foundation for Economic Education
  • b. The Basic Realities, The Freeman, Novembre, Vol 17, n°11
  • c. The Rise and the Fall, The Freeman, May, Vol 17, n°5
  • d. The Curse and Cure of Covetousness (La malédiction et la guérison de la convoitise), The Freeman, December, Vol 17, n°12

• 1969, Let Freedom Reign, Irvington-on-Hudson, N.Y.: Foundation for Economic

• 1970, Reflections on the Guilt Complex, The Freeman, January, Vol 20, n°1

• 1971,
  • a. To Abdicate or Not, In: Floyd A. Harper, dir., Toward Liberty: Essays in Honor of Ludwig von Mises on the Occasion of His 90th Birthday, September 29, Vol. 2, Menlo Park, Calif.: Institute for Humane Studies, pp299–301
  • b. The Worrycrats, The Freeman, Avril, Vol 21, n°4

• 1972, Economics: A Branch of Moral Philosophy, The Freeman, January
  • Repris en 1998, Economics: A Branch of Moral Philosophy. Mastering the Study of Political Economy Is Not Really Difficult, The Freeman, Vol 48, n°6

• 1973,
  • a. Sheltering Ideologies, The Freeman, Février, Vol 23, n°2
  • b. Pilot Errors, The Freeman, April, Vol 23, n°4

• 1974, "Laws Versus Tyranny", The Freeman, October, Vol 24, n°10

• 1975, Castles in the Air, Irvington-on-Hudson, N.Y.: Foundation for Economic Education

• 1976, Comes The Dawn, Irvington-on-Hudson, N.Y. : The Foundation for Economic Education, Inc.

• 1978,
  • a. Vision, Irvington-on-Hudson, N.Y.: The Foundation for Economic Education, Inc.
  • b. Liberty: Legacy of Truth, Irvington-on-Hudson: Foundation for Economic Education
  • c. Glory Be!, The Freeman, December, Vol 28, n°12

• 1981, How Do We Know?, Irvington-on-Hudson, N.Y.: Foundation for Economic

• 1982, The Path of Duty, The Foundation for Economic Education, Inc., Irvington-on-Hudson

• 1983, The Essence of Americanism, The Freeman, Novembre
  • Repris en 1988, In: Paul L. Poirot, dir, The Philosophy of Freedom, The Foundation for Economic Education: Irvington on Hudson NY, pp3-15
  • Repris en 1996, The Essence of Americanism, In: Robert D. Gorglione, dir., The Foundations of American Constitutional Government, The Foundation for Economic Education: Irvington on Hudson NY, pp19-32
  • Repris en 1998, The Essence of Americanism. The Ideas of Self-Reliance and Private Property Created a Spiritual, Political, and Economic Revolution, The Freeman, September, Vol 48, n°9

• 1988, Looking out for Yourself, In: Paul L. Poirot, dir, The Philosophy of Freedom, The Foundation for Economic Education: Irvington on Hudson NY, pp107-114, texte inédit écrit en 1956

• 1995, Conscience on the Battlefield, In: Edmund A. Opitz, dir., Leviathan at War, The Foundation for Economic Education: Irvington on Hudson NY, pp63-78

• Accent on the Right.

• To Free or Freeze.
• The Freedom Freeway.

• Having My Way.

• The Love of Liberty.
• Pattern for Revolt.
• Seeds of Progress.
• Talking to Myself.
• Then Truth Will Out.

• Who's Listening?

Littérature secondaire

• 1978, John Chamberlain, commentaire du livre de Leonard Read, "Vision", The Freeman, June, Vol 28, n°6

• 1982, Perry E. Gresham, commentaire du livre de Leonard E. Read, "The Path of Duty", The Freeman, December, Vol 32, n°12

• 1983, George C. Roche III, Remembering Leonard Read. A Special Kind of Leadership, Imprimis, Décembre, Vol 12, n°12

• 1993, Mary Sennholz, Leonard E. Read: Philosopher of Freedom, Irvington-on-Hudson, N.Y.: Foundation for Economic Education

• 1996,
  • Melvin D. Barger, “From Leonard Read: A Legacy of Principles”, The Freeman, May, pp355–359
  • Mary Sennholz, "Leonard Read, the Founder and Builder", The Freeman, May, Vol 46, n°5

• 1998,
  • Bettina Bien Greaves, Leonard E. Read, Crusader, The Freeman: Ideas on Liberty, September, Vol 48, n°9, pp522–526
  • Edward H. Crane, Introduction, In: Leonard Read, Anything That's Peaceful, Irvington-on-Hudson, N.Y.: Foundation for Economic Education, ppix-xii
  • Edmund A. Opitz, Leonard E. Read: A Portrait, The Freeman: Ideas on Liberty, septembre, Vol. 48, n°9, pp518–521

• 2008, Donald J. Boudreaux et Nick Slepko, "Read, Leonard E. (1898–1983)", In: Ronald Hamowy, dir., "The Encyclopedia of Libertarianism", Cato Institute - Sage Publications, pp416-418

Liens externes

• (en)Leonard E. Read sur Wikipedia
• (en)Leonard Read sur Disinfopedia
• (en)Foundation for Economic Education
  

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