Murray N. Rothbard (1926–1995) was one of the most important participants in Ludwig von Mises’s seminar, and undoubtedly the premiere Austrian economist of the twentieth century. Here, David Gordon discusses Rothbard’s contributions to economic theory and their broader historical context. In his 1962 Man Economy and State , Rothbard built on
Friedrich August von Hayek (1899–1992) In 1969, Friedrich Hayek taught at UCLA; he was Flint Professor of Philosophy, a visiting position of great prestige which had in past years been held by Bertrand Russell and Alfred Tarski. I was then a senior and enrolled in his only undergraduate class, Philosophy of the Social Sciences. He also taught a
A great many people have learned from Mises and Rothbard, but Lew Rockwell belongs to a much more select class: he has developed their thought in an original way. His essay, “The Economics of Discrimination,” included in the present collection of Rockwell’s speeches and articles, stands as an especially impressive contribution. Through a
[Preface to Classical Liberalism and the Austrian School by Ralph Raico (2012)] Ralph Raico in this brilliant book calls to our attention the dictum of Augustin Thierry: “The great precept that must be given to historians is to distinguish instead of confounding” (p. 136). Thierry, as Raico shows, did not always follow his own advice; but the
[ Robert Nozick . By Ralf M. Bader. Continuum, 2010. Xii + 136 pages] Ralf Bader has given us an excellent guidebook to Anarchy, State, and Utopia , but he has done much more than this. He offers insightful arguments of his own, often in defense of Nozick against his nonlibertarian critics. His book is a major advance in libertarian political
Murray Rothbard regarded Ronald Hamowy as the funniest person he had ever known, and when I met him in 1979, it was easy to see why. Once in a bookstore near UC Berkeley, he paid for a book by credit card, which wasn’t then as common as it is today. The sales clerk said, “This is all right, but personally I just use credit cards in emergencies.”
No one who met Jim Sadowsky could ever forget him. I first saw him at a conference at Claremont University in California in August 1979; his great friend Bill Baumgarth, a political science professor at Fordham, was also there. His distinctive style of conversation at once attracted my attention. He spoke in a very terse way, and he had no
[Prefacio a Classical Liberalism and the Austrian School por Ralph Raico (2012)] En este brillante libro Ralph Raico llama nuestra atención sobre el dictamen de Agustín Thierry: “ El gran precepto para los historiadores es el de distinguir en lugar de confundir”. (p. 136). Thierry, como demuestra Raico, no siempre siguió su propio consejo, pero
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