Send a Quote Enter a brief message. SendOk2 “When the socialist economies of Eastern Europe disintegrated, the cause was evident to nearly everyone: the stifling directives of central planning had all but obliterated individual initiative and accountability. The cure was just as obvious: a healthy dose of entrepreneurship and private enterprise.” ~ Dr. Lawrence W. Reed (1953-) President of the Foundation for Economic Education, economist, authorSource: One size doesn’t fit all, Why not teachers as entrepreneurs?, THE NEW AMERICAN, p. 8, January 31, 1996.