Welcome to the Freeman

In 1950, The Freeman was published every two weeks. It arrived in mailboxes across the country to subscribers who had paid $5. In the October 30 issue of that year, the introduction (titled "The Fortnight”), contained a wrap-up of news, and it also included the memorable line “Our policy: We are anti-anti-anti-Communist.”

The issue featured an article rhapsodizing about shrimp (with asides on Algonquin culture, General Sherman and Elizabethan England). Another piece was on opera, there was a story on police corruption, and a scholarly explanation of Korea’s conflict. It also included an essay by Ludwig von Mises on Keynes, and an absolutely scathing review of Mary McCarthy’s Cast a Cold Eye.

All this to say that The Freeman was unique. It even ended the appeal for subscribers with “The Freeman—the magazine for the individualist.”

This is not a debut, but a relaunch. The Freeman ran in print from 1950 to 2016. At its best, The Freeman was an eclectic mix of the conversations that mattered, read by thoughtful people. We are bringing it back to where those conversations are happening today: Substack.

We don’t have a paywall, all our content is free to read. But if you enjoy our work, we’d appreciate your support.

The Freeman is a publication of the Foundation for Economic Education.