Today is the 24 th anniversary of Murray’s Rothbard’s death. What did he stand for? In an outstanding recent article , Lew Rockwell, one of Murray’s closest friends and the founder of the Mises Institute and LewRockwell.com, offers the best answer. Lew says: “If you want to understand Murray Rothbard, you need to keep one principle in mind. If you
I am sorry to have to report that Ralph Raico has passed away. His intellectual brilliance was evident from an early age, and while still in high school, he attended Ludwig von Mises’s seminar at New York University. There he met Murray Rothbard, who became his lifelong friend. Ralph was one of the most brilliant members of Rothbard’s Circle
Today would have been the 89th birthday of Burt Blumert, one of the greatest personalities of the modern libertarian movement. Burt was the indispensable man behind the scenes and was a key figure in the Mises Institute, the Center for Libertarian Studies, and LewRockwell.com. He was one of Murray Rothbard’s closest friends; and when you met him,
Nathaniel Branden died today. He was for many years the leading follower of Ayn Rand and lectured widely on her philosophy of Objectivism. He and Rand split in 1968, and after that his main work was in the psychology of self-esteem. He was by all accounts a dynamic and effective lecturer. For a brief time, Murray Rothbard and his followers in the
Tibor Machan passed away yesterday, a few days after his 77 th birthday. It is hard to believe that Tibor is no longer with us, as he was a man of indefatigable energy. He was an ardent defender of libertarianism; and in a vast number of publications, he showed a rare ability to apply philosophical principles to contemporary issues. In
In an article that appeared in the Wall Street Journal, May 20-21, 2017 under the pretentious title “ An Einstein for the Dismal Science ,” Eric Maskin made extravagant claims for the significance of Paul Samuelson. For Maskin, himself a Nobel laureate in economics, Samuelson was one of the three “most important creative economists of the 20 th
Today is the 78th birthday of Ralph Raico, the foremost historian of classical liberalism. Among many other works, Ralph is the author of two outstanding collections of essays, Classical Liberalism and the Austrian School and Great Wars and Great Leaders . As the latter title suggests, he is a great exponent of revisionist history. In all of
March 2 would have been Murray Rothbard’s ninetieth birthday. Had he lived, you can be sure he would have been up all night, going through the results of Super Tuesday. In any election, he was able to provide a detailed account of every candidate, issue, faction, economic interest, newspaper, magazine, and television station involved. Elections
Today would have been the ninety-second birthday of JoAnn Rothbard, the beloved wife of Murray Rothbard for forty-two years. In the dedication to America’s Great Depression , he called her “the indispensable framework,” and anyone who knew them could have no doubt why he said this. Murray discussed all his ideas with her, and she was a gifted
Hoy es el 24 aniversario del fallecimiento de Murray Rothbard. ¿Qué representó él? En un artículo reciente destacado, Lew Rockwell, uno de los amigos más cercanos de Murray y fundador del Instituto Mises y LewRockwell.com, ofrece la mejor respuesta. Lew dice: “Si quieres entender a Murray Rothbard, debes tener en cuenta un principio. Si recuerdas
What is the Mises Institute?
The Mises Institute is a non-profit organization that exists to promote teaching and research in the Austrian School of economics, individual freedom, honest history, and international peace, in the tradition of Ludwig von Mises and Murray N. Rothbard.
Non-political, non-partisan, and non-PC, we advocate a radical shift in the intellectual climate, away from statism and toward a private property order. We believe that our foundational ideas are of permanent value, and oppose all efforts at compromise, sellout, and amalgamation of these ideas with fashionable political, cultural, and social doctrines inimical to their spirit.