"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."

Are We Good Enough for Liberty?

Reed, Lawrence W.

Jameson Books, Inc.

A Lesson from the Past: The Silver Panic of 1893

Business & Money

Economics

Foundation for Economic Education

After writing a column in a small town paper for a few years, some fans of Lawrence Reed decided to put this collection together for your enjoyment. What’s so special about this volume is not just that it’s good reading. It’s also that the author is, in many respects, having a conversation with the very people who live in that small town. Because they are among the people left who still hold the two values through which the author regards the world: liberty and character. Readers of this book will not only be able to see the world with greater breadth and depth, but they’ll also find guideposts in a universe that at times seems morally disorienting. They’ll find sketches of people, living and dead, who are exemplars of liberty and character (and some who are not). And they’ll recall that these values are not quaint enlightenment fancies, but timeless truths to be rediscovered from time to time.

The Great Hope: Essays on Character and Liberty

Politics & Social Sciences

Politics & Government

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

A collection of essays by FEE President Lawrence W. Reed and historian Burton W. Folsom, Jr. that surveys the economic history of the United States and the modern world. Along the way, they dismiss commonly-held fallacies and present the stories of the individuals who changed history and expanded liberty for everyone.

A Republic--If We Can Keep It

History

Folsom Jr., Burton W.

Historical Study & Educational Resources

Foundation for Economic Education, Incorporated

“We need these stories. We need to read them to our children and our grandchildren.” —Dennis Prager “We learn by stories, and this powerful, well-written book gives us forty superb ones. They couldn’t be more timely in an age that is experiencing too much bluster, blather, exhibitionism, and ignorance.” —Steve Forbes
What makes someone a hero?
Is it fame, power, money, creative talent, athletic ability, good looks?
Despite what our culture typically celebrates, none of those things makes a hero.
No, heroism springs from character, the critical element that defines a person. The good news is that character is something every one of us can mold; it is simply the sum of the choices we make as we face new challenges and opportunities.
And here’s even better news: this lively, accessible book gives you real, flesh-and-blood models of character, courage, and conviction—men and women you won’t just admire but also can emulate.
Author Lawrence W. Reed ranges far and wide in Real Heroes—from major historical figures to remarkable people you’ve never heard of; from the distant past to the present; from the United States, to Europe, to Asia; from statesmen to scientists, athletes to inventors, entrepreneurs to theologians, writers to teachers. Reed’s heroes include:
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<li>The nineteenth-century American educator who was vilified and threatened for daring to teach black girls</li>
<li>The unsung British activist who fought for decades to end slavery</li>
<li>The courageous Cambodian who alerted the world to Pol Pot’s killing fields</li>
<li>The Polish soldier who volunteered to go to the notorious concentration camp Auschwitz to expose Nazi brutality and defend the liberty of his people</li>
</ul>
Concise and compelling, Real Heroes highlights memorable quotations from each hero and features a bulleted summary of lessons at the end of each profile. 
We desperately need more heroes today. America is a country with a proud history of heroes, but now it seems we’ve forgotten more of them than we’re producing.
It’s time to change that. And Real Heroes is here to help.

Real Heroes: Inspiring True Stories of Courage, Character, and Conviction

Biographies & Memoirs

Historical

Intercollegiate Studies Institute

Socialism is making a comeback--and so is the idea that "Jesus was a socialist." In this timely new book, Foundation for Economic Education president emeritus Lawrence W. Reed shows it is pure fantasy to believe that Jesus wanted earthly governments to redistribute wealth, centrally plan the economy, or impose welfare states. Economist and historian Lawrence W. Reed has been hearing people say "Jesus was a socialist" for fifty years. And it has always bothered him. Now he is doing something about it. His new book demolishes the claim that Jesus was a socialist. Jesus called on earthly governments to redistribute wealth? Or centrally plan the economy? Or even impose a welfare state? Hardly. Point by point, Reed answers the claims of socialists and progressives who try to enlist Jesus in their causes. As he reveals, nothing in the New Testament supports their contentions. Was Jesus a Socialist? could not be more timely. Socialism has made a shocking comeback in America. Poll after poll shows that young Americans have a positive image of socialism. In fact, more than half say they would rather live in a socialist country than in a capitalist one. And as socialism has come back into vogue, more and more of its advocates have tried to convince us that Jesus was a socialist. This rhetoric has had an impact. According to a 2016 poll by the Barna Group, Americans think socialism aligns better with Jesus's teachings than capitalism does. When respondents were asked which of that year's presidential candidates aligned closest to Jesus's teachings, a self-proclaimed "democratic socialist" came out on top. Sure enough, the same candidate earned more primary votes from under-thirty voters than did the eventual Democratic and Republican nominees combined. And in a 2019 survey, more than 70 percent of millennials said they were likely to vote for a socialist. Was Jesus a Socialist? expands on the immensely popular video of the same name that Reed recorded for Prager University in July 2019. That video has attracted more than four million views online. Ultimately, Reed shows the foolishness of trying to enlist Jesus in any political cause today. He writes: "While I don't believe it is valid to claim that Jesus was a socialist, I also don't think it is valid to argue that he was a capitalist. Neither was he a Republican or a Democrat. These are modern-day terms, and to apply any of them to Jesus is to limit him to but a fraction of who he was and what he taught."

Was Jesus a Socialist?: Why This Question Is Being Asked Again, and Why the Answer Is Almost Always Wrong

ISI Books

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