David Gordon: Ever since I first read Man, Economy, and State in 1962, I have been a convinced Rothbardian, and it is from this standpoint that I have written the articles that appear in these volumes.
Mises understood the degree to which our intellectual environment directly guides policy and institutional frameworks. In the aftermath of the challenging times that may be ahead, the only way to build a stronger, more prosperous, and more stable future will be with an ideological revolution.
Murray Rothbard was known as the state’s greatest living enemy, and this is his most succinct and powerful statement on the topic.
Austrian economists argue that macroeconomics must be built upon microeconomic foundations. Only once we understand how the smaller parts of an economy work together can we begin to understand how the larger system works. This is the Austrian economics perspective presented as a model.
