Archive for Murray N. Rothbard
Government in Business
In the midst of nationwide prosperity, some economic and social problems keep nagging at the public. All over the country, they take the same form. What are they? Traffic congestion, inadequate roads, overcrowded schools, juvenile delinquency, water shortages.
1Oct2006 | Murray N. Rothbard | 0 comments | ContinuedThe Solution
To save our economy from destruction and from the eventual holocaust of run away inflation, we the people must take the money-supply function back from the government. Money is far too important to be left in the hands of bankers and of Establishment economists and financiers. To accomplish this goal, money must be returned to [...]
1Nov1995 | Murray N. Rothbard | 3 comments | ContinuedFractional Reserve Banking: Part II
We have already described one part of the contemporary flight from sound, free market money to statized and inflated money: the abolition of the gold standard by Franklin Roosevelt in 1933, and the substitution of fiat paper tickets by the Federal Reserve as our "monetary standard." Another crucial part of this process was the federal [...]
1Oct1995 | Murray N. Rothbard | 3 comments | ContinuedTaking Money Back: Part I
Money is a crucial command post of any economy, and therefore of any society. Society rests upon a network of voluntary exchanges, also known as the "free-market economy"; these exchanges imply a division of labor in society, in which producers of eggs, nails, horses, lumber, and immaterial services such as teaching, medical care, and concerts, [...]
1Sep1995 | Murray N. Rothbard | 3 comments | ContinuedThe First Liberty Library
Who was Thomas Hollis? Murray Rothbard reminds us of the important role Hollis played in establishing liberty in America.
1Oct1966 | Murray N. Rothbard | 0 comments | ContinuedMercantilism: A Lesson for Our Times?
Dr. Rothbard is a consulting economist in New York City. Among his works are the comprehensive two-volume treatise, Man, Economy, and State (1962) and America‘s Great Depression (1963). Mercantilism has had a "good press" in recent decades, in contrast to nineteenth century opinion. In the days of Adam Smith and the classical economists, mercantilism was [...]
1Nov1963 | Murray N. Rothbard | 0 comments | ContinuedRestrictionist Pricing of Labor
Dr. Rothbard is a consulting economist in New York City. This article is largely derived from a more comprehensive treatment of the topic in a chapter on "Monopoly and Competition" from his two-volume treatise, Man, Economy, and State (Princeton: D. Van Nostrand, 1962). It might be asserted that labor unions, in exacting higher wage rates [...]
1May1963 | Murray N. Rothbard | 0 comments | ContinuedThe Bogey Of "Administered Prices"
Dr. Rothbard is a consulting economist in New York City. Among the perennial critics of Big Business, one favorite charge is pressed, whether times are good or bad: prices are too high. If there is a depression, then Big Business is keeping prices too high and thus causing unemployment; if a boom is underway, then [...]
1Sep1959 | Murray N. Rothbard | 1 comment | ContinuedHuman Rights are Property Rights
Dr. Rothbard is an economist in New York City. Much is heard these days of the distinction between human rights and property rights, and many who claim to champion the one turn with scorn upon any defender of the other. They fail to see that property rights, far from being in conflict, are in fact [...]
1Apr1959 | Murray N. Rothbard | 0 comments | ContinuedGovernment in Business
In the midst of nationwide prosperity, some economic and social problems keep nagging at the public. All over the country, they take the same form. What are they? Traffic congestion, inadequate roads, overcrowded schools, juvenile delinquency, water shortages. Such matters have proven troublesome in many ways; above all, they seem to breed conflicts.
1Sep1956 | Murray N. Rothbard | 10 comments | ContinuedLetters
Concerning Water Dear Mr. Read: Congratulations on publishing the stimulating and challenging article on “Ownership and Control of Water” in the November issue of Ideas On Liberty. It is highly important that we think more about such fine points of complexity in our societal system. I offer these further thoughts on water rights, not as [...]
1Mar1956 | Murray N. Rothbard | 0 comments | ContinuedThe Railroads Of France
Mr. Rothbard is a free-lance writer and has taught economies at The City College of New York. Ever since railroads were established by private enterprise, they have been a favorite candidate for nationalization. France offers a typical story of government operation of the railroads. France took its first halting step toward nationalization of railways in [...]
1Sep1955 | Murray N. Rothbard | 0 comments | Continued-
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