Editor’s Note

Dr. Floyd A. Harper has been a member of the staff of The Foundation for Economic Education since 1946. He came to The Foundation from Cornell University, where he had served as Professor of Marketing for over a decade.

His writings, which are characterized by down-to-earth practicality, include numerous articles and booklets, and the notable books The World’s Hunger (with F. A. Pearson) and The Crisis of the Free Market.

Dr. Harper’s occupation is economics; his pre-occupation is liberty. His thinking is here offered as a stimulant to independent thinking, and as an antidote to collective apathy.