Born of Ideas

Born of Ideas is a rich, accessible collection of essays by economist and historian Lawrence W. Reed that illuminates the ideas, individuals, and events that made the American Revolution truly exceptional. Reed argues that America’s founding was not simply a military conflict but first and foremost a revolution of the mind and spirit - one that had been percolating for generations before the first shots were fired at Lexington. Drawing on more than five decades of scholarship and writing for the Foundation for Economic Education, Reed weaves together 32 compelling stories that together form a panoramic portrait of what it took - philosophically, economically, and morally - to birth a free nation.