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“Socialistic practices are now so ingrained in our thinking, so customary, so much a part of our mores, that we take them for granted.”

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Leonard Read was an influential economist, writer, and thinker who made significant contributions to the theory of free-market economics. His work 'I, Pencil' had a profound impact on the understanding of free-market principles in the mid-20th century. more

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