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Murray Rothbard

Murray and Joey Rothbard

Today is the anniversary of Murray Rothbard’s death in 1995. I vividly remember hearing the news, as it was one of the saddest days of my life. Murray, in his breadth of knowledge and acuity of mind, was the greatest scholar I have ever met. But to me, he was more than this. I viewed him as a second father. In the years since 1995, more and more students have come to appreciate his stature, despite the efforts of his enemies to marginalize him. “I shall not look upon his like again.”

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