Articles of Interest

ANNE ROBERT JACQUES TURGOT'S career in economics was brief but brilliant, and in every way remarkable. In the first place, he died rather young, and second, the time and energy he devoted to economics was comparatively little. He was a busy man of affairs, born in Paris to a distinguished Norman family which had long served as important royal officials. Turgot's father, Michael-Etienne, was a Councillor of the Parliament of Paris, a master of requests, and top administrator of the city of Paris. His mother was the intellectual and aristocratic Dame Magdelaine-Francoise Martineau.

The present glut in the money markets, with excessively cheap money and its attendant evils and dangers to the credit structure of the country, is due to the concurrence of three main causes.

Murray N. Rothbard Myth and Truth about Libertarianism Adobe PDF Library 4.0

From Economica, No. 33 (August 1931) and No. 35 (February 1932).

From The Review of Economic Statistics, Volume 19, Number 4 (November 1937).

From The Quarterly Journal of Economics, Volume 50, Number 2 (February 1936).

A list of some films of particular interest to Austrians and libertarians.

Alan Sweezy’s  review of the Collected Works of Menger.

The original version of this paper was delivered at the Fourth Libertarian Scholars Conference, October 1976, New York City.