FEE History
This year marks the founding of FEE, making it one of the oldest free-market organizations in the U.S.
What is 1946?
This long-running magazine published by FEE focuses on economic and libertarian principles.
What is The Freeman?
FEE promotes this economic system, which is based on voluntary exchange, private property, and entrepreneurship.
What is free market capitalism?
This economist and author of Economics in One Lesson was a founding member of FEE.
Who is Henry Hazlitt?
FEE’s content reaches millions of people through its website, featuring articles, videos, and educational resources.
What is FEE.org?
This French economist, famous for The Law and the concept of the “seen and unseen,” influenced FEE’s philosophy.
Who is Frédéric Bastiat?
Before founding FEE, Leonard Read served as the general manager of this organization, where he defended free-market policies.
What is the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce?
Milton Friedman wrote the introduction to the 50th-anniversary edition of this famous Leonard Read essay, which illustrates the power of the free market through the story of a simple writing utensil.
What is I, Pencil?
This Austrian economist, whose work FEE frequently cites, argued that socialist economies fail due to their inability to perform economic calculation.
Who is Ludwig von Mises?
Before The Freeman became the flagship publication of the Foundation for Economic Education (FEE), FEE's first publication was called this.
What is Ideas on Liberty?
Published by FEE in 1946 and authored by Milton Friedman and George Stigler, this booklet argued against rent control and highlighted the negative effects of price ceilings on housing markets.
What is Roofs or Ceilings?
FEE has long warned against this economic fallacy, which assumes that breaking things, such as through war or disasters, stimulates economic growth.
What is the broken window fallacy?
Leonard Read once famously debated this Nobel Prize-winning economist, who argued in favor of government intervention and monetary policy.
Who is Paul Samuelson?
FEE’s work inspired the founding of this internationally recognized libertarian think tank, known for publishing the annual "Economic Freedom of the World" report.
What is the Fraser Institute?
According to Austrian economists and FEE’s teachings, central banks create business cycles through this practice, which artificially lowers interest rates and distorts investment.
What is credit expansion / monetary expansion?