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If I Were King To even Wish for power over others makes one a slave. Competition:Classroom Theory vs. Business Reality If consumers had no choice, anyone could manage a business. AWeary Dista,nce By the sweat of one's brow does his garden grow. Was Plato a Collectivist? Plato outgrew his youthful dreams of communal living. Economicsand the Press Why the press must be free of subsidies. Leonard E. Read Mark Peterson R. W. Demers John J. Roberts Brian Summers 547 550 555 557 564 Imitation R. J. Rushdoony 566 Imitation of the idle rich, while despising productivity and abundance, is a form of mass suicide. Book Review: "Eyewitness to History" by Isaac Don Levine Anyone wishing to communicate with authors may send first-class mail in care of THE FREEMAN for forwarding. 573 the Freeman A MONTHLY JOURNAL OF IDEAS ON LIBERTY IRVINGTON·ON·HUDSON, N. Y. 10533 TEL.: (914) 591-7230 LEONARD E. READ PAUL L. POIROT President, Foundation for Economic Education Managing Editor THE F R E E MAN is published monthly by the Foundation for Economic Education, Inc., a non political, nonprofit, educational champion of private property, the free market, the profit and loss system, and limited government.

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