About The Freeman: Ideas on Liberty, edited by Sheldon Richman, is the flagship publication of the Foundation for Economic Education and one of the oldest and most respected journals of liberty in America. For more than 50 years it has uncompromisingly defended the ideals of the free society. Through its articles, commentaries and book reviews, several generations of Americans have also learned the consequences and contradictions that inevitably result from collectivism, interventionism, and the welfare state. No other magazine, newspaper, or scholarly journal introduces readers to so many implications of what the free society is all about: its moral legitimacy, its tremendous efficiency, and its liberating effects in every area of life. That is why The Freeman has attracted such a wide range of readers — from high school students to college professors, from home-schooling parents to doctors, and business people. During its history The Freeman has been home to such intellectual giants as Ludwig von Mises, F. A Hayek, Henry Hazlitt, and Murray Rothbard. Today some of the best spokesmen for liberty continue this tradition — including Walter Williams, Israel Kirzner, Thomas Szasz, Burton Folsom, Robert Higgs, Richard Epstein, Mario Rizzo, Peter Boettke, Roger Garrison, Steven Horwitz, James Bovard, David Henderson, and Lawrence Reed.