What is Leonard Read?
{{Infobox economist | name = Leonard Read | school_tradition = [[Austrian School]] | birth_date = {{birth date|1898|09|26}} | birth_place = [[Hubbardston, Michigan|Hubbardston]], [[Michigan]], [[United States|U.S.]] | death_date = {{Death date and age|1983|05|14|1898|09|26|mf=yes}} | death_place = | nationality = American | institution = [[Foundation for Economic Education]] (founder) | field = | alma_mater = | influences = [[Frédéric Bastiat]]<br>[[Murray Rothbard]]<br>[[Milton Friedman]]<br>[[F. A. Hayek]]<br>[[Henry Hazlitt]]<br>[[Ludwig von Mises]]<br>[[Albert Jay Nock]]<br>[[Ayn Rand]] | influenced = | contributions = | awards = | signature = <!-- file name only --> | repec_prefix = | repec_id = }} '''Leonard Edward Read''' was an American [[businessman]], [[World War I]] [[veteran]], and [[libertarian]] political activist. Read supported the [[Austrian School]] of [[Economics]] and started the [[Foundation for Economic Education]]. He also wrote 29 [[book]]s and the [[essay]] [[I, Pencil]]. The [[magazine]] he and the [[Foundation for Economic Education]] [[publish]]ed called [[The Freeman]] was something that [[Ronald Reagan]] read and Reagan said that it was part of why he became a [[conservative]]. {{US-bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Read, Leonard}} [[Category:Businesspeople from Michigan]] [[Category:1898 births]] [[Category:1983 deaths]]