# Why Liberty Takes Character **URL:** **By** Lawrence W. Reed, Aaron Ross Powell, Trevor Burrus **Published:** April 22, 2016 --- Lawrence W. Reed joins us for a discussion on how to effectively communicate the ideas of liberty through storytelling. What's the best way to teach the principles of economics and individual liberty to people? Is having 'good character' a timeless virtue? Lawrence W. Reed joins us this week to discuss his work at the Foundation for Economic Education and FEE's history in the worldwide free market movement. He also shares a few stories about 'Real Heroes' of liberty. **Show Notes and Further Reading** [The Foundation for Economic Education](https://fee.org/) has made the full text of Henry Hazlitt's classic book _Economics in One Lesson_ available online for free [here](https://fee.org/resources/economics-in-one-lesson-2/). Aaron mentions reading Reed's essays on character and liberty. They are available here, organized into a short book [_The Great Hope: Essays on Character and Liberty_](https://fee.org/resources/the-great-hope-essays-on-character-and-liberty-by-lawrence-w-reed/) . Reed's ongoing [Real Heroes series can be found here](https://fee.org/resources/topics/real-heroes). New features are released every Friday; [here is Reed's account of the life of Witold Pilecki](https://fee.org/articles/he-volunteered-to-go-to-auschwitz/).