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First published 1958

Why Not Try Freedom

by Leonard E. Read

The Foundation for Economic Education, Inc., Irvington, New York, 195892 pagesUpdated March 11, 2009

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Author: Leonard E. Read
First published: 1958
Format: PDF
Pages: 92
Publisher: The Foundation for Economic Education, Inc., Irvington, New York
License: Believed to be in the public domain: this work was published in the 1932-1963 window when US copyright had to be renewed after 28 years, and no renewal was found in the Catalog of Copyright Entries. Not independently confirmed.

Liberty, ethics & philosophy

Leonard E. Read Why Not Try Freedom

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Is Why Not Try Freedom free to download?: Yes. The complete 92-page PDF downloads directly from this page (5.2 MB). There is no signup, no account and no paywall.
How long is Why Not Try Freedom?: 92 pages and 6 chapters in the edition this archive serves.
Is Why Not Try Freedom in the public domain?: Believed so. US works published between 1932 and 1963 kept copyright past 28 years only if someone filed a renewal, and no renewal for this work was found in the Catalog of Copyright Entries. That is a search result rather than a legal opinion: a renewal filed under a shortened title or a different claimant would not have been found. Some copies carry a rights notice, which records the original claim and does not extend a term that lapsed.
Who wrote Why Not Try Freedom?: 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.

What's in it

6 chapters · page numbers are this file's

Forwordp. 7
Government: An Ideal Conceptp. 11
Historical Approaches to Ideal Governmentp. 41
Current Deviations from Ideal Governmentp. 53
Causes of Authoritarianismp. 65
Libertarian Means and Methodsp. 79

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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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