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Economic liberty and the pencil

April 02, 2010 | By PACIFIC LEGAL FOUNDATION

Author: Joshua Thompson On this date, April 2, all the way back in 1827,  Joseph Dixon began manufacturing lead pencils.  What does this have to do with economic liberties you ask?  Well, one of my favorite pieces written on the utility and necessity of free enterprise is titled, I, Pencil.  It is a short essay written ...