DOCSLIB.ORG

Libertarian Forum

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
Libertarian Forum A Semi-Monthly Newsletter THE Libertarian Forum Joseph R. Peden, Publisher Murray N. Rothbard, Editor VOLUME 11, NOS. 22-23 NOVEMBER 15 - DECEMBER 1, 1970 35C THE ELECTIONS We live in a time of increasingly intense and unpre- bers, etc., they also have a great need to revere their dictable changes in attitudes and values, a time when a valid President, to consider him as a wise authority figure analysis of existing social and ideological trends may be a bit above the battle. And so the brawling nature of the completely outmoded a few months later. Who, for example, Nixon-Agnew campaign put the Middle American voters could have predicted last spring that the flourishing anti- off, discomfited them, made their wise authority images war movement would now be dead as a dodo? Dead.. .or seem too much like local wardheelers for comfort. Fur- dormant? Any analysis of the November elections has to thermore, the Democrats were able to draw the teeth keep this humbling fact in mind. of Agnewism by shifting notably rightward, by stressing Be that as it may, the press has underestimated the their own devotion to "law and order". Thus, the clumsy crushing defeat suffered by the Nixon Administration. attempt by the Republicans to turn such a generally Despite an ardent nation-wide galvanizing effort by Nixon revered and moderate figure as Adlai Stevenson into a and Agnew, despite their continual hammering at the seem- crypto-Weatherman backfired badly by making the Repub- ingly popular issue of polarization against the Left, despite licans rather ridiculous, a backfiring that also beset Agnew's enormously greater financing and a demoralized Democratic attempts at rhetorical alliteration. opposition, the Democratic Party has emerged from the The failure to polarize the country against the Left was 1970 elections as the secure majority of the country. The also considerably helped by the fact that the Left seems Democrats gained nine Congressmen and no less than to have suddenly disappeared. The campuses are always eleven governors, and their victories were scored through- quieter in the fall than in the spring, but even so the extent out the country, South, West and Middle West. The famous of campus relapse into apolitical passivity this fall has Nixonian "Southern strategy" totally collapsed, and gover- been truly remarkable. The Yale students have turned norship races were lost throughout the South; only in dramatically from the Panthers to football and Boola- Tennessee did the strategy succeed. In fact, only in Boola, and on campus after campus the story is the same. Tennessee, New York, and Connecticut did the Republicans The larger meaning of the election, then, is that the do very well at all. The common argument that the Re- prospect of civil war that seemed to be looming~onthe publicans lost far fewer House races than the Admini- horizon, a war in which fascist repression would have stration usually loses in off-year elections overlooks crushed a vociferous Left, seems now but a ghost of the a crucially important fact: that President Nixon, in contrast past. The Center still holds, and more strongly than to all previous Presidents, did not bring a Republican it has for several years. House into office with him. Furthermore, the fact that the Democrats lost a few seats in the Senate takes on proper perspective only when Retreat From Freedom we realize that an unusually large number of Democratic Leonard E. Read seems to be worried; apparently he senators were up for re-election this year-the products is having considerable difficulty in defending the thesis of the Democratic sweeps in the 1958 recession year and that everyone must obey all laws, no matter how noxious in the 1964 Goldwater debacle. It is all too easily forgotten they may be. And so in the current Notes from FEE that the Republicans began 1970 with the expectation of ("Defiance of Law", November ), Mr. Read returns to capturing the Senate. the dialogue (see "On Civil Obedience," Lib. Forum, It is about time that political commentators face the July). Except that it is a curious form of dialogue indeed, fact that the Republicans have not organized either house for Mr. Read cleaves to his lofty principle that no critic of Congress since 1954, and that, apart from the Presi- or emitter of fallacy may be mentioned in his work. At dency , we are drifting close to a one-party Democratic first glance, this principle seems to have a monkish, nation. Furthermore, there is no hope for Republican almost saintly air, an air of discussing only ideas and control of Congress in the foreseeable future. never people; until we realize that this attitude stifles The Nixon-Agnew failure seems to be due to several any sort of intellectual dialogue whatever, for it means factors. One is the offsetting of the anti-Left "social that one need never comes to grips with anyone else's issue" by the mess that the Nixon Administration has views. If philosophers or scholars upheld this view, any made of the economy; a second is the fact that the peace sort of intellectual advance would be stifled; there would issue, despite its dormancy, still remains (the peace can- be no book reviews, no critique of the unsound ok advance didates in Congress did fairly well). Another reason of the sound in anyone's work. If, for example, Henry is the fact that Nixon-Agnew overplayed their hand. While (Continued on page 8) Middle Americans revile the Left, hippies, students, bom- Page 2' The Libertarian Forum November 15 - December I, 1970 STIRRINGS, RIGHT AND LEFT In these changing times, it becomes increasingly- dif- ficult to tell "leftn, "right" or in between without a detailed anarchism with socialism. scorecard. There are new stirrings throughout the left- In his review of Guerin, Widmer criticizes the French right spectrum, and all t h r o ugh that spectrum authori- follower of Proudhon and Bakunin for still being tied to tarian and libertarian elements appear and vie for support. the mystique of the "working class" and ignoring the The November Festival of Liberation in Los Angeles, individualist aspects of anarchism, while Chomsky is for example, was addressed not only by such veteran criticized for "his narrow insistence on following some- anarcho-capitalists as Robert LeFevre and the editor what doctrinaire European historians and seeing anarchism of the Lib. Forum , but also by the confused and incon- as purely integral to socialism. He does not recog- sistent but definitely anarchistic "leftist" Paul Goodman, nize that much of what can, and has been, reasonably called and also by the great-one-man crusader for liberty in the anarchism, from William Godwin through Paul Goodman, psychiatric profession, Dr. Thomas Szasz, who while has been non-Socialist in any usual leftist sense. The anarcho-Marxism of the New Left, now often subordinated now embraced by the New Left, himself looks upon Hayek and Mises as his philosophical mentors. And over at the to neo-Leninism, linguistically misleads him." bastion of Conservatism, Yational Review, a recent reviewer, Widmer concludes his review-article on a hopeful and ecumenical note. "Whether by way of traditional European while hailing Soviet Democrat Irving Howe's recent edited Left- libertarianism, n a tiv e Am e r i c a n individualistic work attacking the New Left, also praised the New Leftist rightism, or philosophical anarchism, we arrive at the journalist Nicholas von Hoffman for his critiques of necessity for transforming our institutions. Why are we Liberal Social Democracy. anarchists now almost in fashion in America? Because, On the Left, increasing support for the libertarian and in fact, the state's illegitimacy is becoming widely, if anarchist positions has appeared recently in severalforms. fragmentarily, manifest to many." The liberal weekly The Nation has recently acquired the In the meanwhile, left-liberal Margot Hentoff has a veteran left-anarchoid Emile Capouya as its literary perceptive review of Bill Buckley's The Governor Listeth editor, a move which is perhaps reflected in the recent in the New Y ork Review of Books (December 3). (Worth favorable lead review of several anarchist books. (Kingsley the price of admission is the cartoon of Chairman Bill Widmer, "Anarchism Revived: Left, Right, and All Around," by the marvelous political caricaturist David Levine, The Nation, November 16). Professor Widmer, himself making Buckley look something like an evil chipmunk). an anarchist (probably of the anarcho-syndicalist variety), Essentially, Mrs. Hentoff is nostalgic about Buckley's reviews the Tuccille book, Radical Libertarianism, Daniel former libertarianism and attacks him for abandoning his Guerin's Anarchism (both recently reviewed in the Lib. previous quasi-libertarianism principles to sit at the feet Forum), and Professor Robert Paul Wolff's ( a recent of Power and the Establishment. yrs. Hentoff observes convert to anarchism) In Defense of Anarchism (Harper the fact that in his recent essays, we come upon him in & Row, 86 pp. $4.50, Paper $1.00). Even though he dis- the middle of a journey toward a rather awful kind of agrees with Tuccille's lai ssea- faire capitalism, Widmer's moderation," a moderation that has come upon Bill as he treatment of Jerry's book is the most favorable of the three. "moves away from the absence of power, that condition Widmer sees that our kiud of anarchism is the expression which was his abiding charm." Hear, hear! Buckley, she of a native American libertarianism which "may be one of notes, "is beginning to take on the weight of middle-aged our finest and most redeeming heritages." Widmer calls responsibility, sounding more often like a resilient prince our position "anarcho-rightism", which "takes laissez- of the Church than like a purifying spirit." faire economics and open competition seriously-not just For example, Mrs.
Load more

Recommended publications
  • Libertarian Forum
    A Monthly Newsletter THE Libertarian Forum - - Joseph R. Peden, Publisher Murray N. Rothbard, Editor VOLUME IV, NO. 2 February, 1972 PHASE I1 CRACKING Richard Milhous Nixon has achieved another "first": large amounts of excess capacity!) The problem, as acknow- generally it takes a year or two of price-wage controls ledged by Argus investment research, is that Phase I and before they visibly begin to collapse, and the heady euphoria Phase I1 "evidently had a more depressing effect on business of the public turns to sour recrimination. But in his wisdom, spending for inventories and other requirements of economic Richard Nixon has managed to have Phase I1 visibly recovery than anyone had expected" (not us!). Connally cracking before it has hardly begun. The bloom is off the will find out that no amount of Texas toughness is going to rose, for the public, for unions, and even for the staunchest induce businessmen to suffer losses voluntarily in order to supporters of the controls, the nation's businessmen. As pull the Nixonite chestnuts out of the fire. Finally, the the ardently pro-control Business Week put it (Jan. 29) Administration sternly insists that they will keep wage and "The Phase I1 honeymoon is over." Prices skyrocket in the price controls indefinitely; or as Connally told businessmen stores, coal miners gain a 17% wage increase, while other in a burst of madcap illogic that will make old pragmatist people's wages are frozen and rent controls are firmly John Dewey turn over in his grave, they will keep the control imposed. Some businesses are allowed price increases; program "until it works." In an age of socio-economic others are brought sharply to book.
    [Show full text]
  • Copyright by Rhiannon Jade Goad 2013
    Copyright by Rhiannon Jade Goad 2013 The Thesis Committee for Rhiannon Jade Goad Certifies that this is the approved version of the following thesis: “Dr. Paul Cured my Apathy”: Ron Paul’s Libertarian Discourse APPROVED BY SUPERVISING COMMITTEE: Supervisor: Susan S Heinzelman Christopher King “Dr. Paul Cured my Apathy”: Ron Paul’s Libertarian Discourse by Rhiannon Jade Goad, B.A. Thesis Presented to the Faculty of the Graduate School of The University of Texas at Austin in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degrees of Master of Arts and Master of Public Affairs The University of Texas at Austin August 2013 Abstract “Dr. Paul Cured my Apathy”: Ron Paul’s Libertarian Discourse Rhiannon Jade Goad, M.A.;M.Paff The University of Texas at Austin, 2013 Supervisor: Susan S Heizelman During the 2008 and 2012 presidential elections, many young white men found a political hero in the 77-year-old Republican Congressman from Texas, whose rallies often center on obscure, technical arguments concerning the Federal Reserve. It is because of the grassroots support of the young white men who adore him that Ron Paul has become a major figure in today’s political scene. What attracts young white men to Ron Paul? This paper explores the history and discourse of Libertarianism to better understand the political subjectivity and identity of Ron Paul supporters. In Chapter 2, I historically contextualize Paul’s libertarian discourse. I argue that the discourse of libertarianism is characterized by claims to an apolitical, ahistorical past in which Libertarian rhetoric naturalizes discourses of free market capitalism, “classical” liberalism, and “authentic” Americanism.
    [Show full text]
  • Markets Not Capitalism Explores the Gap Between Radically Freed Markets and the Capitalist-Controlled Markets That Prevail Today
    individualist anarchism against bosses, inequality, corporate power, and structural poverty Edited by Gary Chartier & Charles W. Johnson Individualist anarchists believe in mutual exchange, not economic privilege. They believe in freed markets, not capitalism. They defend a distinctive response to the challenges of ending global capitalism and achieving social justice: eliminate the political privileges that prop up capitalists. Massive concentrations of wealth, rigid economic hierarchies, and unsustainable modes of production are not the results of the market form, but of markets deformed and rigged by a network of state-secured controls and privileges to the business class. Markets Not Capitalism explores the gap between radically freed markets and the capitalist-controlled markets that prevail today. It explains how liberating market exchange from state capitalist privilege can abolish structural poverty, help working people take control over the conditions of their labor, and redistribute wealth and social power. Featuring discussions of socialism, capitalism, markets, ownership, labor struggle, grassroots privatization, intellectual property, health care, racism, sexism, and environmental issues, this unique collection brings together classic essays by Cleyre, and such contemporary innovators as Kevin Carson and Roderick Long. It introduces an eye-opening approach to radical social thought, rooted equally in libertarian socialism and market anarchism. “We on the left need a good shake to get us thinking, and these arguments for market anarchism do the job in lively and thoughtful fashion.” – Alexander Cockburn, editor and publisher, Counterpunch “Anarchy is not chaos; nor is it violence. This rich and provocative gathering of essays by anarchists past and present imagines society unburdened by state, markets un-warped by capitalism.
    [Show full text]
  • De-Socialization in a United Germany
    De-Socialization in a United Germany Hans-Hermann Hoppe* I s a result of the defeat of Hitler's Germany in Word War 11, there were 10 million refugees living on a significantly A reduced German territory; 40 percent of the population was bombed-out (the population of Cologne, for instance, had declined from 750,000 to 32,000) and 60 percent was undernourished.' In those territories occupied by the Western Allies, initially the economic system inherited from the Nazi regime-a command-war- economy-was retained. Almost all consumer goods were rationed, all-around price and wage controls remained in effect, and imports and exports were strictly regulared by the military administration. Black markets and barter trade were ubiquitous. Due to general price maxima and an expansionary supply of paper Reichs marks, no goods were to be found and money was largely u~eless.~alack-market prices experienced a highly inflationary development and substitute curren- cies like coffee, cigarettes, and butter emerged. German output in 1946 was less than one-third of what it had been in 1938. Chaos and desperation were the mark of the day. In respone to the beginning Cold War between the Allies, in particular the United States and the Soviet Union, the Western *Hans-Hermann Hoppe is associate professor of economics at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.. or details see Gustav Stolper, German Realities (New York:Reynal & Hitchcock, 1948); Frank Grube and Gerhard Richter, Die Schwarzmarktzeit: Deutschland zwischen 1945 und 1948 (Hamburg, 1979); Theodor Eschenburg, Jahre der Besatzung 1945-1949 (Stuttgart,1983); Charles Kindleberger, The German Economy, 1945-1947: Charles Kindleberger's Letters /?om the Field (Westport, Conn.: Meckler, 1989) with a historical introduction by Giinther Bischof.
    [Show full text]
  • Paolo Silvestri Anthropology of Freedom and Tax Justice: Between Exchange and Gift
    Paolo Silvestri Anthropology of Freedom and Tax Justice: between Exchange and Gift. Thoughts for an interdisciplinary research agenda1 1. Introduction The way in which fiscal institutions and fiscal policies are conceived and imple- mented raises problems at the intersection of so many ethical, institutional, legal, political and philosophical issues, both practical and theoretical, that a unified framework of all these rather fragmented issues seems to be quite impossible. Let us consider just a few of these issues. The performance of fiscal institutions is crucial for its effects on equality, inclusiveness and social mobility. Tax issues, or, rather, tax injustices are at the core, if not the origin of modern democratic and legal-political (and not only economic) institutions. The arrangement of fiscal institutions touches salient political-social issues, many of them at the heart of a sound and democratic good governance both at local and global level: transparency, accountability, efficacy, legitimacy, and trust. Last but not least, taxation is ambivalently connected to citi- zens’ trust/distrust relationships: among themselves as well as toward political, legal, and administrative institutions, since taxation is often perceived as the most immedi- ate presence (for better or for worse) of such institutions in their lives. 1 This little essay is dedicated to a great man, a man who one day gave me a great gift, rekindling my hopes for the future. At the time when I received that gift, I immediately felt an immense sense of gratitude, and an immediate boost to find ways to be able to pay my debts and honour, at my very best, the credit and trust I was given.
    [Show full text]
  • Liberty, Property and Rationality
    Liberty, Property and Rationality Concept of Freedom in Murray Rothbard’s Anarcho-capitalism Master’s Thesis Hannu Hästbacka 13.11.2018 University of Helsinki Faculty of Arts General History Tiedekunta/Osasto – Fakultet/Sektion – Faculty Laitos – Institution – Department Humanistinen tiedekunta Filosofian, historian, kulttuurin ja taiteiden tutkimuksen laitos Tekijä – Författare – Author Hannu Hästbacka Työn nimi – Arbetets titel – Title Liberty, Property and Rationality. Concept of Freedom in Murray Rothbard’s Anarcho-capitalism Oppiaine – Läroämne – Subject Yleinen historia Työn laji – Arbetets art – Level Aika – Datum – Month and Sivumäärä– Sidoantal – Number of pages Pro gradu -tutkielma year 100 13.11.2018 Tiivistelmä – Referat – Abstract Murray Rothbard (1926–1995) on yksi keskeisimmistä modernin libertarismin taustalla olevista ajattelijoista. Rothbard pitää yksilöllistä vapautta keskeisimpänä periaatteenaan, ja yhdistää filosofiassaan klassisen liberalismin perinnettä itävaltalaiseen taloustieteeseen, teleologiseen luonnonoikeusajatteluun sekä individualistiseen anarkismiin. Hänen tavoitteenaan on kehittää puhtaaseen järkeen pohjautuva oikeusoppi, jonka pohjalta voidaan perustaa vapaiden markkinoiden ihanneyhteiskunta. Valtiota ei täten Rothbardin ihanneyhteiskunnassa ole, vaan vastuu yksilöllisten luonnonoikeuksien toteutumisesta on kokonaan yksilöllä itsellään. Tutkin työssäni vapauden käsitettä Rothbardin anarko-kapitalistisessa filosofiassa. Selvitän ja analysoin Rothbardin ajattelun keskeisimpiä elementtejä niiden filosofisissa,
    [Show full text]
  • Murray N. Rothbard: an Obituary
    MurrayN. Rothbard , IN MEMORIAM PREFACE BY JoANN ROTHBARD EDITED BY LLEWELLYN H. ROCKWELL, JR. Ludwig von Mises Institute Auburn, Alabama 1995 Copyright © 1995 by the Ludwig von Mises Institute, Auburn, Alabama 36849-5301 All rights reserved. Written permission must be secured from the publisher to use or reproduce any part of this book, except for brief quotations in critical reviews or articles. ISBN: 0-945466-19-6 CONTENTS PREFACE, BY JOANN ROTHBARD ................................................................ vii HANS F. SENNHOLZ ...................................................................................... 1 RALPH RAIco ................................................................................................ 2 RON PAUL ..................................................................................................... 5 RICHARD VEDDER .................•.........•............................................................. 7 ROCER W. GARRISON .................................................................................. 13 WALTER BLOCK ........................................................................................... 19 MARTIN ANDERSON •.•.....................................•........................................... 26 MARK THORNTON ..................................................................•.................... 27 JAMES GRANT .............................................................................................. 29 PETER G. KLEIN .........................................................................................
    [Show full text]
  • CPAC: the Origins and Role of the Conference in the Expansion and Consolidation of the Conservative Movement, 1974-1980
    University of Pennsylvania ScholarlyCommons Publicly Accessible Penn Dissertations 2015 CPAC: The Origins and Role of The Conference in the Expansion and Consolidation of the Conservative Movement, 1974-1980 Daniel Preston Parker University of Pennsylvania, [email protected] Follow this and additional works at: https://repository.upenn.edu/edissertations Part of the Political Science Commons, and the United States History Commons Recommended Citation Parker, Daniel Preston, "CPAC: The Origins and Role of The Conference in the Expansion and Consolidation of the Conservative Movement, 1974-1980" (2015). Publicly Accessible Penn Dissertations. 1113. https://repository.upenn.edu/edissertations/1113 This paper is posted at ScholarlyCommons. https://repository.upenn.edu/edissertations/1113 For more information, please contact [email protected]. CPAC: The Origins and Role of The Conference in the Expansion and Consolidation of the Conservative Movement, 1974-1980 Abstract The Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) is an annual event that brings conservative politicians, public intellectuals, pundits, and issue activists together in Washington, DC to discuss strategies for achieving their goals through the electoral and policy process. Although CPAC receives a great deal of attention each year from conservative movement activists and the news outlets that cover it, it has attracted less attention from scholars. This dissertation seeks to address the gap in existing knowledge by providing a fresh account of the role that CPAC played in the expansion and consolidation of the conservative movement during the 1970s. Audio recordings of the exchanges that took place at CPAC meetings held between 1974 and 1980 are transcribed and analyzed. The results of this analysis show that during the 1970s, CPAC served as an important forum where previously fragmented single issue groups and leaders of the Old Right and New Right coalitions were able to meet, share ideas, and coordinate their efforts.
    [Show full text]
  • Percentage Tax Designation Institutions. on Sugden's
    International Review of Economics (2021) 68:101–130 https://doi.org/10.1007/s12232-021-00364-2 RESEARCH ARTICLE Percentage tax designation institutions. On Sugden’s contractarian account Paolo Silvestri1 Received: 12 September 2020 / Accepted: 27 January 2021 / Published online: 27 February 2021 © The Author(s) 2021 Abstract “Percentage Tax Designation Institutions”, also known as “Percentage Philanthropy Laws”, are fscal institutions through which taxpayers can freely designate a cer- tain percentage of their income tax to organizations whose main activity is of public interest: churches, third-sector organizations, political parties, etc. A comprehensive explanation of such systems is still lacking. In The Community of Advantage, Robert Sugden provides an original theoretical account of the Italian “8 × 1000” institution as one of those forms of regulation that “would be justifed as ways of expanding opportunity for mutually benefcial transactions” and, more particularly, as a lib- eral and “contractarian approach to the provision of public goods”. This article is an attempt to expand and deepen the understanding not only of the 8 × 1000 but also of the 5 × 1000 and 2 × 1000 institutions, by refecting on and possibly refning Sug- den’s contractarian account, at least with regard to the part that relies on and devel- ops the voluntary exchange tradition (Wicksell, Lindahl and Buchanan). To remain faithful to two normative premises of Sugden’s approach—the opportunity criterion and the correlated freedom of choice—we must introduce some theoretical adjust- ments to take into due account the way in which taxpayers’ freedoms—not only freedom of choice but also autonomy—are afected by default rules and the related redistribution procedures.
    [Show full text]
  • Free Market Islamism As Ideology
    Beyond Compare? Free Market Islamism as Ideology Kazmi, Z. (2018). Beyond Compare? Free Market Islamism as Ideology. Journal of Political Ideologies, 23(2), 117-140. https://doi.org/10.1080/13569317.2018.1453252 Published in: Journal of Political Ideologies Document Version: Peer reviewed version Queen's University Belfast - Research Portal: Link to publication record in Queen's University Belfast Research Portal Publisher rights © 2018 Taylor & Francis.This work is made available online in accordance with the publisher’s policies. Please refer to any applicable terms of use of the publisher. General rights Copyright for the publications made accessible via the Queen's University Belfast Research Portal is retained by the author(s) and / or other copyright owners and it is a condition of accessing these publications that users recognise and abide by the legal requirements associated with these rights. Take down policy The Research Portal is Queen's institutional repository that provides access to Queen's research output. Every effort has been made to ensure that content in the Research Portal does not infringe any person's rights, or applicable UK laws. If you discover content in the Research Portal that you believe breaches copyright or violates any law, please contact [email protected]. Download date:29. Sep. 2021 Beyond Compare? Free Market Islamism as Ideology ZAHEER KAZMI (Journal of Political Ideologies, forthcoming 2018) This paper explores the ideological relationship between free market capitalism and Islamism, shedding particular
    [Show full text]
  • Ralph Raico: Champion of Authentic Liberalism Daniel P
    State University of New York College at Buffalo - Buffalo State College Digital Commons at Buffalo State History Theses History and Social Studies Education 12-2012 Ralph Raico: Champion of Authentic Liberalism Daniel P. Stanford [email protected] Advisor Gary Marotta, Ph.D., Professor of History First Reader Gary Marotta, Ph.D., Professor of History Second Reader John D. Abromeit, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of History Department Chair Andrew D. Nicholls, Ph.D., Professor of History To learn more about the History and Social Studies Education Department and its educational programs, research, and resources, go to http://history.buffalostate.edu/. Recommended Citation Stanford, Daniel P., "Ralph Raico: Champion of Authentic Liberalism" (2012). History Theses. Paper 13. Follow this and additional works at: http://digitalcommons.buffalostate.edu/history_theses Part of the European History Commons, Intellectual History Commons, and the United States History Commons Ralph Raico: Champion of Authentic Liberalism by Daniel P. Stanford An Abstract of a Thesis in History Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts December 2012 College at Buffalo State University of New York Department of History 1 ABSTRACT OF THESIS Ralph Raico: Champion of Authentic Liberalism This paper explores the intellectual life and writings of Professor Emeritus in History at Buffalo State College, Ralph Raico. The central thesis seeks to portray Professor Raico as the great modern libertarian revisionist historian, and the great modern champion of historical, classical liberalism. More broadly, the work attempts to solidify Professor Raico’s reputation as a major figure in the modern American libertarian movement. Raico’s intellectual foundations are fully developed, beginning from grade school at Bronx High School of Science, to his attendance of Ludwig von Mises’s New York University seminar, to his P.h.D.
    [Show full text]
  • The Essential Rothbard
    THE ESSENTIAL ROTHBARD THE ESSENTIAL ROTHBARD DAVID GORDON Ludwig von Mises Institute AUBURN, ALABAMA Copyright © 2007 Ludwig von Mises Institute All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any man- ner whatsoever without written permission except in the case of reprints in the context of reviews. For information write the Ludwig von Mises Institute, 518 West Magnolia Avenue, Auburn, Alabama 36832 U.S.A.; www.mises.org. ISBN: 10 digit: 1-933550-10-4 ISBN: 13 digit: 978-1-933550-10-7 CONTENTS Introduction . 7 The Early Years—Becoming a Libertarian . 9 Man, Economy, and State: Rothbard’s Treatise on Economic Theory . 14 Power and Market: The Final Part of Rothbard’s Treatise . 22 More Advances in Economic Theory: The Logic of Action . 26 Rothbard on Money: The Vindication of Gold . 36 Austrian Economic History . 41 A Rothbardian View of American History . 55 The Unknown Rothbard: Unpublished Papers . 63 Rothbard’s System of Ethics . 87 Politics in Theory and Practice . 94 Rothbard on Current Economic Issues . 109 Rothbard’s Last Scholarly Triumph . 113 Followers and Influence . 122 Bibliography . 125 Index . 179 5 INTRODUCTION urray N. Rothbard, a scholar of extraordinary range, made major contributions to economics, history, politi- Mcal philosophy, and legal theory. He developed and extended the Austrian economics of Ludwig von Mises, in whose seminar he was a main participant for many years. He established himself as the principal Austrian theorist in the latter half of the twentieth century and applied Austrian analysis to topics such as the Great Depression of 1929 and the history of American bank- ing.
    [Show full text]