The Legacy of Murray N. Rothbard

Libertarian and Austrian Economist

2025
Buch

Verfasst von: Roberta Adelaide Modugno
Buchreihe: Palgrave Studies in Austrian Economics
Verlag: Springer Nature Switzerland
Enthalten in: Springer Professional "Wirtschaft+Technik"; Springer Professional "Wirtschaft"

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Dieses Buch bietet einzigartige Einblicke in das Leben und Werk von Murray N. Rothbard. Nachdem er sein frühes Leben und seine Begegnungen mit Ludwig von Mises detailliert beschrieben hat, wird untersucht, wie die sozialen und politischen Bedingungen seiner Zeit sein Denken beeinflussten und ihn in Richtung klassischer Liberalismus, Österreichischer Schule und Libertarismus führten. Rothbards wertvolle Beiträge zu diesen Traditionen werden skizziert, wobei ein besonderer Schwerpunkt auf seinen Betrachtungen der menschlichen Natur, des Naturrechts, der Konjunkturzyklen und des freien Marktes liegt. Auch seine Auseinandersetzung mit politischen und sozialen Fragen wird diskutiert und reicht von seiner Opposition gegen den Vietnamkrieg und seinem Misstrauen gegenüber dem Staat bis hin zu seiner Analyse der sowjetischen Sezession. Dieses Buch untersucht das Vermächtnis von Murray N. Rothbard und unterstreicht die anhaltende Bedeutung seiner Ideen und Arbeiten. Sie wird für Studierende und Wissenschaftler relevant sein, die sich für die Geschichte des ökonomischen Denkens und der politischen Philosophie ebenso interessieren wie für die österreichische Ökonomie und den Libertarismus.

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Inhaltsverzeichnis

Frontmatter

1. Introduction

Abstract

A second English edition was necessary because of the importance that Rothbard’s thought has for contemporary society and because of the changes that occurred in the world since 2022. Today, we are witnessing the growth and invasiveness of states, while in Europe, a supranational Leviathan has emerged, adding heavily to the oppression that individuals already suffer at the hands of their nation states. Rothbard’s ideas are also particularly relevant today given the wars that are raging around the world.

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2. Biography and Historical and Cultural Context

Abstract

Murray Newton Rothbard (see Block and Rockwell, 1988; Bassani, 1996; 2004; Modugno, 1998; 2009, forthcoming; Rockwell, 1995; Hoppe, 1998; Raimondo, 2000; Gordon, 2007; Casey, 2010; Marcognat, 2012; Iannello, 2017) was born in the Bronx in New York City on March 2, 1926, to Jewish parents, immigrants from Poland determined to enter American society. Rothbard’s father, David, was born near Warsaw and emigrated in 1910.

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3. Rothbard, the Economist

Abstract

Now that we have outlined the context and personal experiences of Rothbard, we have the necessary basis for examining his work and thought. First, it should be emphasized that Rothbard, although deeply influenced by Mises and the Austrian school, combined these influences with the Old Right culture to which he was deeply attached and with the natural law tradition that permeated the American classical liberal culture of the founding fathers and Thomas Jefferson. From all this, as we will see, emerges a reworking and, in part, a revision of the Austrian school that is particularly original.

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4. Rothbard the Political Scientist and Political Philosopher

Abstract

In 1973, Rothbard published For a New Liberty: The Libertarian Manifesto. It is a text in which we find a deeply militant Rothbard who is very much affected by the historical, cultural, and political climate of those years. The most forceful theme in Rothbard’s thought and militancy is his opposition to the United States involvement in the Vietnam War. These were years that brought to maturity Rothbard’s detachment from the New Right and the formation of a conscious libertarian movement that was independent and opposed to any military and imperialist commitment of the United States in foreign policy.

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5. Legacy

Abstract

Rothbard was an extremely prolific and active author, managing to make libertarianism an autonomous current of thought and a movement with specific characteristics. In a very original way, he managed to combine Austrian economics, an ethics based on natural rights, the American individualist-anarchist tradition, and a great passion for the history of economic thought, explaining all the while, through an elaboration of the anti-statist legacy, how and why the government oppresses and robs the majority of the population. From an institutional point of view, he helped to found or otherwise worked with the major libertarian organizations from the 1940s to the 1990s, including the Foundation for Economic Education, the Volker Fund, the Institute for Humane Studies, the Libertarian Party, the Cato Institute, and the Ludwig von Mises Institute—the dream of a lifetime. Through his commitment, he has contributed to the formation of new generations of Austrian economists and libertarians in the United States and internationally.

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Titel: The Legacy of Murray N. Rothbard
Verfasst von: Roberta Adelaide Modugno
Verlag: Springer Nature Switzerland
Electronic ISBN: 978-3-032-06870-5
Print ISBN: 978-3-032-06869-9
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-032-06870-5

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Inhaltsverzeichnis

Frontmatter

1. Introduction

2. Biography and Historical and Cultural Context

3. Rothbard, the Economist

4. Rothbard the Political Scientist and Political Philosopher

5. Legacy

Backmatter