Murray Rothbard

Murray Rothbard

by Casey, Gerard

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Murray Rothbard (1926-1995) was an economist, historian, philosopher, and legal theoretician. His work was unified by a passionate and resolute commitment to a libertarianism that may be characterized as 'anarcho-capitalism' and which implied a belief that even the legal system may be provided privately without the need for a coercive collective authority. Hence, anarcho-capitalists envisage a society where the traditional role of government is wholly subsumed by private, profit-making enterpri…

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  • Full title :Murray Rothbard.

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Murray Rothbard (1926-1995) was an economist, historian, philosopher, and legal theoretician. His work was unified by a passionate and resolute commitment to a libertarianism that may be characterized as 'anarcho-capitalism' and which implied a belief that even the legal system may be provided privately without the need for a coercive collective authority. Hence, anarcho-capitalists envisage a society where the traditional role of government is wholly subsumed by private, profit-making enterprises and all social relationships are ultimately founded upon consent. Rothbard's unique intellectual.

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  • Publication Date:2010.

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The Physical Object

  • Description:1 online resource (185 pages).

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9781441135612, 1441135618
  • oclc:on1053905800
  • LC Classification:HB98 ǂb C37 2010eb
  • Dewey Decimal:330.15/7

Table of Contents

Cover; HalfTitle; Series; Title; Copyright; Contents; Series Editor's Preface; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1 Intellectual Biography ; Introduction ; Family and Education ; Rothbard Meets Mises ; Early Writings and Political Activity ; Rothbard -- Right and Left ; Rothbard in Brooklyn and Las Vegas.

Power and Market, For a New Liberty, The Ethics of Liberty Think Tanks, Institutes and Journals ; Libertarianism and Conservatism ; Rothbard -- Economist and Libertarian ; Chapter 2 Rothbard -- Libertarian ; Introduction ; Rothbard -- Praxeologist ; Rothbard -- Natural Law Ethicist.

Rothbard -- Enemy of the State Rothbard -- Defender of Liberty ; Conclusion ; Chapter 3 Influence and Reception; Introduction ; Rothbard and Nozick ; Rothbard -- Historian of Economic Crises ; Rothbard -- Historian of Liberty ; Rothbard -- Historian of Economics ; Conclusion.

Chapter 4 Contemporary Relevance The Global Financial Crisis of 2007 ; Rothbard -- Polemicist ; A World Full of Hate? ; Libertarianism and Conservatism -- Again ; Strategy ; Conclusion ; Bibliography ; Index.

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