Tags: Economist.

Leonard Edward Read (September 26 1898 – May 14 1983) was the founder of the Foundation for Economic Education (FEE) which was one of the first modern libertarian institutions the United States.After a stint in the United States Army Air Service during World War I Read started a grocery wholesale business in Ann Arbor Michigan which was initially successful but eventually went out of business.

birth date
1898-09-26
birth place
Michigan, Hubbardston Michigan, United States
death date
1983-05-14
depiction description (caption)
Lawrence Fertig Ludwig von Mises Leonard Read and Henry Hazlitt (left to right)
influenced by
Ayn Rand, Frédéric Bastiat, Friedrich Hayek, Albert Jay Nock, Henry Hazlitt, Ludwig von Mises
institution
Foundation for Economic Education

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