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First published 1970

Talking To Myself

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Author
Leonard E. Read
First published
1970
Format
PDF
Pages
180
Publisher
The Foundation for Economic Education, New York
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Leonard E. Read Talking To Myself

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How long is Talking To Myself?
180 pages and 25 chapters in the edition this archive serves.
Who wrote Talking To Myself?
Leonard E. Read (1898–1983) was an American founder and president of the Foundation for Economic Education (FEE), and had a lifelong devotion to educating people about freedom in down-to-earth ways that would stick with them. This archive holds 39 of Read's works.

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25 chapters · page numbers are this file's

  1. 1. Go Where the Action Isp. 15
  2. 2. Know Them By Their Cheersp. 19
  3. 3. Talking To Myself About Excellencep. 23
  4. 4. Education Versus Propogandap. 33
  5. 5. Getting Results - Here and Nowp. 41
  6. 6. Sinking In a Sea of Butsp. 49
  7. 7. The Urgency Argumentp. 54
  8. 8. Why Freedom Is Not Trustedp. 62
  9. 9. When Freedom Becomes Second Naturep. 70
  10. 10. Getting to Know Beansp. 76
  11. 11. Games We Play With Laborp. 85
  12. 12. The Dilemma of Valuep. 95
  13. 13. Don't Throw Out the Babyp. 103
  14. 14. The Right To Do As I Pleasep. 112
  15. 15. Reflections on the Guilt Complexp. 118
  16. 16. Forget the Common Manp. 122
  17. 17. One Big Strong Organizationp. 127
  18. 18. Lump Thinkingp. 133
  19. 19. The Decadence Theory of Reformp. 137
  20. 20. High Time to Awakep. 142
  21. 21. Read's Lawp. 149
  22. 22. The "Freedom" That Leads to Slaveryp. 154
  23. 23. The Fiction Known As "We"p. 158
  24. 24. Civil Obediencep. 165
  25. 25. Patience! It's Brighter Than You Think!p. 170
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Leonard E. Read 1898–1983

Leonard E. Read (1898–1983) was an American founder and president of the Foundation for Economic Education (FEE), and had a lifelong devotion to educating people about freedom in down-to-earth ways that would stick with them. Read more about Leonard E. Read.

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