Man, Economy and State. As early as 1946, Luhnow earmarked Volker Fund money to support Leonard Read and agreed to fund the establishment the Foundation for Economic Education, which became the first major post-war libertarian think tank. The following year he funded the founding conference of the Mont Pelerin Society. By the late 1950s, Luhnow had led the Fund to provide critical support for a host of political groups, including the Intercollegiate Studies Institute and the Institute for Humane Studies. In the 1960s Luhnow's leadership of the Fund became more and more erratic until he eventually fired most of its staff and much of the Volker Fund's remaining assets were given to the Hoover Institution at Stanford University. Notes External links Waging the War of Ideas, a speech given by John Blundell discussing Luhnow and Volker Fund List of books discussing Luhnow and Kansas City politics, from the Kansas City Public Library 1895 births 1978 deaths 20th-century American businesspeople American libertarians American political activists