Leonard Edward Read was the founder of the Foundation for Economic Education, one of the first free market think tanks in the United States. He wrote 29 books and numerous essays, including "I, Pencil
Lawrence Fertig, Ludwig von Mises, Leonard Read and Henry Hazlitt (left to right)
Libertarianism is a political philosophy that holds liberty and personal sovereignty as primary values. Many libertarians believe that the concept of freedom is in accord with the non-aggression princ
Thomas Paine, whose theory of property showed a libertarian concern with the unequal distribution of resources under statism
Sébastien Faure, prominent French theorist of libertarian communism as well as atheist and freethought militant
Murray Bookchin, American libertarian socialist theorist and proponent of libertarian municipalism and communalism
Former congressman Ron Paul, a self-described libertarian, whose presidential campaigns in 2008 and 2012 garnered significant support from youth and libertarian Republicans