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Lawrence "Larry" W. Reed (born September 29, 1953), also known as Larry Reed, is president emeritus of the Foundation for Economic Education (FEE), where he has served as the Humphreys Family Senior Fellow since May 2019. Before joining FEE, Reed served as president of the Mackinac Center for Public Policy, a Midland, Michigan-based free-market think tank. To date, he remains Mackinac's president emeritus. [1]
Personal life
Reed was born and raised in Pennsylvania, United States.
He has cited the 1968 event between the Czechs and the Soviets known as the "
In 1982, he was the
Education and appointments
Reed holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in
From 1977 to 1984, he taught economics at Midland, Michigan's Northwood University, serving as chairman of the Department of Economics from 1982 to 1984. While at Northwood, Reed designed the university's dual major in economics and business management and founded its annual "Freedom Seminar".
In addition to his undergraduate and graduate education, Reed was awarded an honorary Doctorate of Public Administration from Central Michigan University in 1994 and an honorary Doctorate of Laws from Northwood University in 2008. Reed is also the recipient of the Grove City College Distinguished Alumni Award.
Long active in Michigan policy, Reed was appointed in 1993 by the state's then-Governor John Engler (R) to the Headlee Amendment Blue Ribbon Commission. The commission had been established as part of the state's 1978 "Headlee amendment" for the purpose of limiting local and state government spending.[4] It was officially abolished in 2004 by former Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm.[5]
In 1994, Reed was named to the Secchia Commission on Total Quality Government, a task force charged by Governor Engler to streamline Michigan state government. Engler and many of his administration's officials frequently cited the work of the Mackinac Center as influential in shaping administration policies.[6]
In December 2007, the Washington, D.C.- based Heritage Foundation named Reed as a visiting senior fellow.[7]
Career
Reed's interests in political and economic affairs have taken him as a freelance journalist to 78 countries on six continents since 1985.
Over the past twenty-five years, he has reported on hyperinflation in South America, black markets from behind the Iron Curtain, reforms and repression in China and Cambodia, and civil war inside Nicaragua and Mozambique. Additionally, he spent time with the Contra rebels during the Nicaraguan civil war; and lived for two weeks with Mozambique rebel forces at their bush headquarters in 1991, while the country was engaged at the height of their guerrilla conflict. Among many foreign experiences, Reed visited Cambodia in 1989 with his late friend, Academy Award winner Haing S. Ngor.
In 1986, while traveling with the Polish
Reed's articles have appeared inDuring a 2003 address on the floor of the
Foundation for Economic Education
On September 1, 2008, Reed became president of the
According to Reed, "FEE believes a free society is not only possible, it is imperative because there is no acceptable alternative for a civilized people. Our vision for the future is that through education, men and women will understand the moral, philosophic and economic principles that undergird a free society. They will appreciate the direct connection between those principles and their material and spiritual welfare. They will strive to pass those principles on from one generation to the next."[12]
Economic philosophy
Reed identifies strongly with the
Writing
Reed's 2012 book is A Republic – If We Can Keep It, is a collection of essays by Reed and historian
Another of Reed's books is Striking the Root: Essays on Liberty, a bundling of works on the topic of government use of force, previously published in FEE's magazine, The Freeman.[15]
Reed's other books include Lessons from the Past: The Silver Panic of 1893, and Private Cures for Public Ills: The Promise of Privatization, both published by the Foundation for Economic Education, and When We Are Free, with Dale M. Haywood.
In 1981 he wrote the short Great Myths of the Great Depression, which criticised various conceptions about the American Great Depression.[16]
Academic books (authored or coauthored)
- Republic – If We Can Keep It (with ISBN 1572460318
- Striking the Root: Essays on Liberty ISBN 1890624721
- Lessons from the Past: The Silver Panic of 1893 ISBN 0910614903
- Private Cures for Public Ills: The Promise of Privatization ISBN 1572460199
- When We Are Free, with Dale M. Haywood ISBN 0873590457
- Reed, Lawrence W. (2016). Real heroes : inspiring true stories of courage, character, and conviction. Wilmington, Delaware: ISI Books. OCLC 951506677.
References
- , accessed November 10, 2009
- ^ YouTube
- ^ "Our Campaigns – MI District 10 Race". www.ourcampaigns.com. November 2, 1982.
- ^ Reed, Lawrence (August 4, 2003) The Headlee Amendment: Serving Michigan for 25 Years The Mackinac Center for Public Policy
- ^ "SOM Gov". www.michigan.gov.
- ^ Goenner, James N. (2011). The Origination of Michigan's Charter School Policy: an Historical Analysis (PhD). Michigan State University. Retrieved April 13, 2021.
- ^ a b Mackinac Center for Public Policy Profile, Larry Reed
- ^ Reed, Lawrence (October 1, 2009) A Tribute to the Polish People The Freeman Online
- ^ Libertarian Party Putting Vermont Back on Track How the Power of Ideas Can Make Change Happen Archived January 23, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Foundation, The Future of Freedom (November 3, 2009). "Economic Liberty Lecture Series: Lawrence Reed" – via Vimeo.
- ^ Paul, Ron (September 23, 2003) Extension of Remarks Congressional Record
- ^ "Understanding Economics – With Lawrence Reed". Archived from the original on November 13, 2009.
- ^ Reed, Lawrence (September 24, 2009) Ask The Professor Competition: Encouraging excellence in the marketplace Archived November 5, 2009, at the Wayback Machine The Fraser Institute
- ^ A Republic – If We Can Keep It
- ^ Reed, Lawrence W. "Striking the Root". www.mackinac.org. Retrieved May 6, 2019.
- OCLC 975944242.