Dean Russel was a member of the staff of The Foundation for Economic Education, where he wrote for The Freeman, promoted the work of Ludwig von Mises, and translated the writings of Frédéric Bastiat.
Ludwig von Mises: "One may hold poets, prophets, or promulgators of new values in higher esteem than scientists. But in no case is one free to confound these two fundamentally different functions." - Epistemological Problems of Economics