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1、I,PencilMyFamilyTreeastoldtoLeonardE.ReadbI,PencilMyFamilyTreeasToldtoLeonardE.ReadIntroductionbyRichardM.EbelingAfterwordbyMiltonFriedmanFoundationforEconomicEducationIrvington-on-Hudson,NewYork10533bLeonardE.Read(1898–1983)establishedtheFoundationforEconomicEducationin1946.F
2、orthenext37yearsheservedasFEE’spresidentandlaboredtirelesslytopromoteandadvanceliberty.Hewasanaturalleaderwho,atacrucialmomentinAmericanhistory,rousedtheforcesdefendingindividualfreedomandprivateproperty.Hislifeisatestamenttothepowerofideas.AsPresidentRonaldReaganwrote:“Ournat
3、ionandherpeoplehavebeenvastlyenrichedbyhisdevotiontothecauseoffreedom,andgenerationstocomewilllooktoLeonardReadforinspiration.”Readwastheauthorof29booksandhundredsofessays.“I,Pencil,”hismostfamousessay,wasfirstpublishedin1958.Althoughafewofthemanufacturingdetailsandplacenamesh
4、avechanged,theprinciplesendure.Thisneweditionof“I,Pencil”wasmadepossiblebythegenerosityofJohnA.Kasch,M.D.bIntroductionBYRICHARDM.EBELINGItisararegifttobeabletotakethecomplexandabstractandreduceittocommonsensicaltermswithoutlosinganyoftheessentialsoftheargument.LeonardE.Readhad
5、thatraretalent.In“I,Pencil”heconveysthetruemiracleofthemarketbytellingthefamilyhistoryofanordinaryobjectofeverydaylife—anold-fashionedwritinginstrument.Howoftendowehearthatmodernlifeissocomplexthatgovernmentmustimposeitsguidinghandtoassureorderinsociety?YetinthefollowingpagesL
6、eonardReaddemonstrateshowfutileitisforanyonemindorevenagroupofgreatmindstotrytoundertakethetaskofbringingintoexistenceevery-daygoodsandservicesthatwetakeforgranted.Wegototheshoppingmall,andtheretailstoresarebrim-mingwithitemswemaywishtobuy.Weenterthesupermar-ketorgrocerystore,
7、andtheaislesarefilledwithshelfaftershelfoffoodsandrelatedcommoditiestomeetourwantsandneeds.Wedriveourcaronavacation,andineverytownorcityalongthewaystoreafterstoreoffersusalltheamenitiesforenjoyingourjourney.Wheredidallthesegoodsandservicescomefrom?Whoproducedandsuppliedthem?Ho
8、wdidallthemillionsofpeo-pleinvolvedintheirmanufactureandprovi
