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Jan 10, 2025 · Lawrence W. (“Larry”) Reed is FEE's President Emeritus, Humphreys Family Senior Fellow, and Ron Manners Global Ambassador for Liberty. He previously served as president of FEE from 2008-2019. He chaired FEE’s board of trustees in the 1990s and has been both writing and speaking for FEE since the late 1970s.

Jan 24, 2025 · Late last year, The Economist magazine declared Spain’s economy the best in the world.Key indicators forecast a strong 2024: expected GDP expansion of 3%, which would comfortably beat the EU, US, and UK (though the data for the last quarter of 2024 have yet to be published); unemployment, always a problem in Spain, down to its lowest since 2007; and a 3% reduction in public debt.

Jan 28, 2025 · FEE is answering the call. Late last year, FEE announced the launch of a new initiative called the Education Entrepreneurship Lab, led by FEE Senior Fellow Kerry McDonald. In addition to the existing brand of LiberatED, this initiative included a variety of new programs, such as the Enterprising Founder Award and the Entrepreneur-in-Residence ...

Jan 8, 2025 · As documented by FEE’s Kerry McDonald, who has profiled dozens of microschool founders, there is growing demand for small, personalized learning environments. Parents and children prefer the personalized approach, and many former educators find that owning their own microschool is a welcome liberation from the impersonal, bureaucratic system ...

Mar 11, 2025 · My colleague, Maggie Anders, recently made an insightful post on X. Tuesday, March 11, 2025 Leer en Español Why Jobs Don’t Justify Government Spending Government jobs aren’t a free lunch.

Dec 27, 2024 · One of the most exciting programs we introduced this fall as part of the Lab is the FEE Enterprising Founder Award. Thanks to a generous donor, this award provides monetary prizes to three school founders who embrace free-market principles as …

Jan 23, 2025 · Image Credit: Custom image by FEE. Politics. America. American Exceptionalism. China. Economic Growth. Europe. Japan. Douglas Carswell . Facebook Twitter Flipboard LinkedIn Reddit Email. Remember when Japan was predicted to overtake America? Back in the 1980s, Japan was the coming country. Japan’s economy had enjoyed decades of rapid growth.

Feb 21, 2025 · Editor’s Note: Our latest addition to the FEE ebook library is the monumental work by economist George Reisman: Capitalism: A Treatise on Economics. The following excerpt is taken from the beginning of Chapter 20. The Importance of …