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Articles Eugen Richter and Late German Manchester : A Reevaluation 3 Ralph Raico Ludwig von Mises as Social Rationalist 26 Joseph T. Salerno Banking, Nation States and International Politics: A Sociological Reconstruction of the Present Economic Order 55 Hans-Hermann Hoppe National Goods versus Public Goods: Defense, Disarmament, and Free Riders 88 Jeffrey Rogers Hummel Karl Marx: Communist as Religious Eschatologist 123 Murray N. Rothbard The Subjectivist Roots of James Buchanan's Economics 180 Thomas J. DiLorenzo Notes and Comments The DMVP-MVP Controversy: A Note 199 Walter Block Misconceptions about Austrian Business Cycle Theory: A Comment 208 James Clark and James Keeler Book Reviews Gary B. Madison. Understanding: A Phenomenological-Pragmatic Analysis 215 Reviewed by David Gordon Thomas Sowell. A Conflict of Visions 223 Reviewed by David Gordon David Conway. A Farewell to Marx 234 Reviewed by David Gordon Richard L. Lucier. The International Political Economy of Coffee 241 Reviewed by E. C. Pasour, Jr. Walter Block and Llewellyn H. Rockwell, Jr., eds. Man, Economy, and Liberty 249 Reviewed by Hans-Hermann Hoppe