Murray Rothbard’s scholarship spanned an enormous range, including philosophy, methodology, economic theory, the history of economic and political thought, economic history, economic policy, law, and contemporary politics. I was well along in my career as an economist specializing in the economic history of the United States when I began to read
We are advised against speaking ill of the dead. In this regard, I am safe, I suppose, because Paul A. Samuelson , whom I intend to criticize, remains alive, although he will soon be 93 years old and therefore cannot be long for this world. When I was first learning economics, in the 1960s, Samuelson was held up by my teachers as the greatest
[Foreword to Great Wars and Great Leaders by Ralph Raico (2010)] For many years, I have described Ralph Raico as “my favorite historian.” When David Theroux and I were making our plans in 1995 for the publication of a new scholarly quarterly, The Independent Review , and selecting the scholars we would ask to serve as associate editors, I knew
[Independent Institute, the Beacon , April 2011] Anyone who knows me well also knows that I revere my father. Two years ago, on the 100th anniversary of his birth, I wrote a short remembrance of him as a tribute to the most important man in my life, the kind of man who might well inspire others, as he inspired me. In view of how greatly I esteem
[ The Transformation of the American Economy, 1865–1914 ] This book, my first, was composed for the most part in 1969 and 1970 and published in 1971, exactly forty years ago. At that time, I was in my mid-twenties and had just completed my work for the PhD degree in economics at the Johns Hopkins University. At Hopkins, I had been trained
[Day 28 of Robert Wenzel’s 30-day reading list that will lead you to become a knowledgeable libertarian, this interview of Robert Higgs by Ángel Martín appeared (in Spanish translation) in La Escuela Austriaca desde Adentro II: Historias e ideas de sus pensadores , ed. Adrián Ravier (Madrid: Unión Editorial, 2011).] How did you come to know
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