The Foundation for Economic Education (FEE) is one of the oldest free-market organizations established in the United States

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 to study and advance the freedom philosophy

Classical liberalism

Classical liberalism is the philosophy committed to the ideal of limited government, constitutionalism, rule of law, due process, and liberty of individuals including freedom of religion, speech, press, assembly, and free markets....

. Murray Rothbard

Murray Rothbard

Murray Newton Rothbard was an American author and economist of the Austrian School who helped define capitalist libertarianism and popularized a form of free-market anarchism he termed "anarcho-capitalism." Rothbard wrote over twenty books and is considered a centrally important figure in the...

 recognizes FEE for creating a "crucial open center" that he credits with launching the movement. FEE promotes, researches and promulgates free-market, classical liberal, and libertarian

Libertarianism

Libertarianism, in the strictest sense, is the political philosophy that holds individual liberty as the basic moral principle of society. In the broadest sense, it is any political philosophy which approximates this view...

 ideas through its monthly magazine, The Freeman

The Freeman

The Freeman: Ideas on Liberty is one of the oldest and most respected libertarian journals in the United States. It is published by the Foundation for Economic Education . It started as a digest sized monthly study journal; it currently appears 10 times per year and is a larger-sized magazine. FEE...

, as well as through pamphlets, lectures, and academic sponsorship.