Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, June 8, 2023. To watch my speech in Pittsburgh on June 6, click on this link: https://livestream.com/accounts/13431056/events/7040172/videos/236470961.
Read MoreIreland's Economy Grew 5 Times Faster than U.S. in 2022 →
It's freedom, not the “luck of the Irish,” that explains Ireland’s remarkable economic success.
Read MoreSpeech to Capitol Hill Interns on "Was Jesus a Socialist?" →
For Senator Rand Paul and The Fund for American Studies — July 13, 2022.
Read MoreMackinac Center President Emeritus to Receive Poland's Highest Honor →
Mackinac Center President Joe Lehman: "His stories and experiences have prompted real change and continue to inspire the next generation of freedom fighters. There are few who have done more to assist the fight for liberty, not only in Poland, but around the globe. I am proud to call him my friend and colleague.”
Read MorePoland to Bestow Highest Honor on Reed →
Reed will receive the Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland, which is the highest honor bestowed by Poland upon a foreigner. US President Ronald Reagan and British intellectual Sir Roger Scruton are among its past recipients.
Read MoreA 2021 Video Appeal for FEE →
A short video appeal on the occasion of FEE’s 75th anniversary and the close of 2021.
Read MoreMy Take on the Biden and EU "Stimulus" Plans for the Polish Economic Forum - May 2021 →
The centralized assumption of member debts by the EU effectively rewards those countries with bad fiscal policies and penalizes those countries with better fiscal policies. This produces a moral hazard, meaning an incentive to do more of the very behavior that caused the problem in the first place.
Read MoreLiberty and Economics in Basic Terms →
Paul Krugman is less an economist than he is a propagandist. That and much more in this wide-ranging April 8, 2021 interview—in both video and audio only.
Read MoreMandy Connell and I Talk Socialism on KOA-Denver →
My old friend Mandy Connell and I rip socialism on her show on KOA-Denver, 24 March 2021.
Read MorePeter Wood & Lawrence Reed Discuss Pilgrim Landing at Plymouth →
Former Alaska Lt. Governor Loren Leman interviews anthropologist and NAS president Peter Wood and me on the significance of the Pilgrims’ landing at Plymouth in December 1620. Lots of historical detail here!
Read MoreA Brief History of Liberty in America →
Juventude Libertária de Sergipe (Libertarian Youth of Sergipe) in Brazil conducted this interview with me recently on the subject of the history of liberty in America. Subtitles in Portuguese for my friends in Brazil. Recorded September 2020.
Read MoreGwartney Institute at Ottawa University Interviews Me on "Was Jesus a Socialist?" →
November 2020 - A discussion with the Gwartney Institute team on my book, “Was Jesus a Socialist?”
Read MoreElection Integrity: A Discussion with Hans Spakovsky and Lawrence Reed →
The challenges of holding a free and fair election in the midst of a pandemic, high passions, mass mail-in balloting and ballot harvesting.
Read MoreCharles Moscowitz Interviews Me About Jesus and Socialism →
A half-hour discussion about my book, Was Jesus a Socialist? - June 9, 2020
Read MoreAshley King Interviews Me About the Humanitarian Thomas Clarkson -- March 2020
One of history’s greatest humanitarians was abolitionist Thomas Clarkson, whose under-told story should inspire all friends of liberty.
Read MoreEconomist Bob Murphy Interviews Me -- March 2020 →
Topics discussed range from Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, the Soviet Empire, the importance of character, and the uncommon man.
Read MoreAn Interview in Mexico City →
Major Influences in My Life and Career →
Some colleagues on the FEE staff asked me to jot down some of the major influences in my life and career, so here they are. Or at least nine of them, anyway!
Read MoreTHANK YOU, FEE staff, trustees and friends for this amazing video -- 14 June 2019 →
Wow, this surprise video left me almost speechless at FEEcon in Atlanta, June 13-15, 2019!
Read MoreThank you, Richard Lorenc, for this thoughtful piece! →
“Larry is proud that his legacy at FEE is that of a vibrant and growing organization whose core principles he strengthened greatly and to which he has infused a powerful dimension of personal character” — Richard Lorenc, executive vice-president, FEE.
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