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DECLINE OF THE FREE MARKET AND ITS RESTORATION
By
Leonard E. Read
The Mont Pelerin Society
The Semmering, Austria
September 6-12, 1964
Liberty's hold over the minds and hearts of men has weakened, and the
practice of liberty grows rarer. But regardless of how far liberty -- and
its correlate, the free market -- has declined, the decline is easily lost
sight of except by the very few who can and do view events long-range.
Most people -- like wild animals placed in a zoo -...