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Episode 185
Mark Thornton opens this triple-header episode with a live Radio Rothbard appearance from Mises University, joining Ryan McMaken to discuss inflation…
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The Myth of Free Banking in Scotland
Reviewing Lawrence H. White's Free Banking in Britain, Murray Rothbard dismantles the claim that Scotland enjoyed a century of successful free bankin…
3 weeks, 2 days ago
I Spent 28 Years Arresting Criminals. Rothbard Was Right All Along
Murray Rothbard realized the present system of punishment for committing crimes is both inadequate and unjust. We need to move to a system of restitu…
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Rothbard vs. the Free Bankers
Episode 560
Bob reviews Murray Rothbard's 1988 essay "The Myth of Free Banking in Scotland," his sharp response to Larry White's influential account of Scottish …
3 weeks, 2 days ago
The Dupes of War
No matter how legitimate the reasons might seem for going to war, the results are always horrific, and wars rarely, if ever, accomplish their stated …
3 weeks, 3 days ago
Part V: Applying the Treatise, 1956–1962
The completion of the first draft of Man, Economy, and State enabled Murray Rothbard to move on to other activities and projects. He earned his docto…
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Part IV: The Rothbardian Theory of Interventionism, 1955–1956
Murray Rothbard used his general-equilibrium approach with its emphasis on economic interrelations to erect a systematic framework of interventionism…
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Part III: A Böhm-Bawerkian Treatise, 1953–1955
Murray Rothbard’s project drastically changed in mid-1953. Unable to rely on Mises’s sparse treatment of production theory, Rothbard adopted his old …
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Part II: A Misesian Textbook, 1949–1953
Murray Rothbard’s economic perspective changed significantly in 1949 when he met Ludwig von Mises and read his magnum opus, Human Action. With the fi…
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Part I: Neoclassical Training, 1945–1949
Murray Rothbard started his career with a foundational training in neoclassical economics. At Columbia University, he learned from highly regarded pr…
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