The North Brothers: Building Economic Theory "From Principles Indisputably True"

The North Brothers: Building Economic Theory “From Principles Indisputably True”

Tags: Capital and Interest Theory, Biographies, World History

11/11/2010 Murray N. Rothbard

Weighing in on the side of John Locke, not only on interest rates but also in a general and comprehensive vision of economic laissez-faire that even surpassed Locke, were two brothers, Dudley and Roger North, writes Murray N. Rothbard (1926–1995).

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