Are We Good Enough For Liberty? - Lawrence Reed torrent

"Are We Good Enough for Liberty" by Lawrence W. Reed, including Leonard E. Read's classic essay, "I, Pencil". Reed's book establishes the indispensable connection between liberty and character and explains why, throughout history, "no people who lost their character kept their liberty." It is a book of stories and lessons from the past and from across the world. It instructs as well, noting that "If you do not govern yourself, you will be governed."


About the Author:
Lawrence W. Reed became president of the Foundation for Economic Education in 2008 after serving as chairman of its board of trustees in the 1990s and both writing and speaking for FEE since the late 1970s. Prior to becoming FEE’s president, he served for 20 years as president of the Mackinac Center for Public Policy in Midland, Michigan. He also taught economics full-time from 1977 to 1984 at Northwood University in Michigan and chaired its department of economics from 1982 to 1984.

He holds a B.A. in economics from Grove City College (1975) and an M.A. degree in history from Slippery Rock State University (1978), both in Pennsylvania. He holds two honorary doctorates, one from Central Michigan University (public administration, 1993) and Northwood University (laws, 2008)