Murray Rothbard

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anarcho-capitalist economist historian human libertarian political theorist

Murray Rothbard was an American economist, political theorist, and historian known as a leading figure of anarcho-capitalism and the modern libertarian movement.

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Label	Occurrences
Murray Rothbard canonical	30
Murray N. Rothbard	9
Joey Rothbard	1
Murray Newton Rothbard	1
Rothbard	1

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instanceOf	anarcho-capitalist ⓘ economist ⓘ historian ⓘ human ⓘ libertarian ⓘ political theorist ⓘ
academicDegree	Bachelor of Arts ⓘ Doctor of Philosophy ⓘ
causeOfDeath	heart attack ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1926-03-02 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	1995-01-07 ⓘ
educatedAt	Columbia University ⓘ surface form: Columbia College, Columbia University Columbia University ⓘ Columbia University ⓘ surface form: Columbia University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
employer	Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute ⓘ University of Nevada, Las Vegas ⓘ
familyName	Murray Rothbard self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Rothbard
fieldOfWork	economics ⓘ history ⓘ libertarian theory ⓘ political philosophy ⓘ
fullName	Murray Rothbard self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Murray Newton Rothbard
genre	economic treatise ⓘ historical analysis ⓘ non-fiction ⓘ political philosophy ⓘ
givenName	Murray ⓘ
influenced	Hans-Hermann Hoppe ⓘ Lew Rockwell ⓘ Robert P. Murphy ⓘ Walter Block ⓘ modern libertarian movement ⓘ
influencedBy	Albert Jay Nock ⓘ Aristotle ⓘ Frank Chodorov ⓘ Friedrich Hayek ⓘ Ludwig von Mises ⓘ Murray Rothbard self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Murray N. Rothbard St. Thomas Aquinas ⓘ surface form: Thomas Aquinas
language	English ⓘ
memberOf	Mises Institute ⓘ surface form: Ludwig von Mises Institute Mont Pelerin Society ⓘ
movement	Austrian School of economics ⓘ anarcho-capitalism ⓘ modern American libertarianism ⓘ
notableWork	America’s Great Depression ⓘ Conceived in Liberty ⓘ For a New Liberty: The Libertarian Manifesto ⓘ Man, Economy, and State ⓘ Power and Market ⓘ The Ethics of Liberty ⓘ The Mystery of Banking ⓘ What Has Government Done to Our Money? ⓘ
placeOfBirth	The Bronx, New York City, New York, United States ⓘ surface form: Bronx, New York City, New York, United States
placeOfDeath	New York City ⓘ surface form: New York City, New York, United States
politicalIdeology	anarcho-capitalism ⓘ libertarianism ⓘ
positionHeld	academic vice president of the Ludwig von Mises Institute ⓘ professor of economics ⓘ
religion	Judaism (background) ⓘ
spouse	Murray Rothbard self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Joey Rothbard
theoreticalContribution	developed a natural-rights foundation for libertarianism ⓘ extended Austrian School economics to a comprehensive social philosophy ⓘ systematized anarcho-capitalist political theory ⓘ
viewOnEconomy	advocated laissez-faire capitalism ⓘ
viewOnMoney	supported gold standard and free banking ⓘ
viewOnState	advocated abolition of the state ⓘ
viewOnTaxation	considered taxation a form of theft ⓘ
viewOnWar	advocated non-interventionist foreign policy ⓘ

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Socialism: An Economic and Sociological Analysis → influenced → Murray Rothbard ⓘ

The Theory of Money and Credit → influenced → Murray Rothbard ⓘ

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Epistemological Problems of Economics → influenced → Murray Rothbard ⓘ

this entity surface form: Murray N. Rothbard

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Robert Nozick → influencedBy → Murray Rothbard ⓘ

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Ron Paul → influencedBy → Murray Rothbard ⓘ

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Ayn Rand → influenced → Murray Rothbard ⓘ

Leonard Read → influenced → Murray Rothbard ⓘ

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Human Action: A Treatise on Economics → influenced → Murray Rothbard ⓘ

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Austrian Economics Center → inspiredBy → Murray Rothbard ⓘ

Albert Jay Nock → influenced → Murray Rothbard ⓘ

Man, Economy, and State → author → Murray Rothbard ⓘ

Power and Market → author → Murray Rothbard ⓘ

America’s Great Depression → author → Murray Rothbard ⓘ

For a New Liberty: The Libertarian Manifesto → author → Murray Rothbard ⓘ

The Ethics of Liberty → author → Murray Rothbard ⓘ

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Conceived in Liberty → author → Murray Rothbard ⓘ

What Has Government Done to Our Money? → author → Murray Rothbard ⓘ

The Mystery of Banking → author → Murray Rothbard ⓘ

this entity surface form: Murray N. Rothbard

The Mystery of Banking → author → Murray Rothbard ⓘ

Libertarian Party (United States) → founder → Murray Rothbard ⓘ

Hoppe → influencedBy → Murray Rothbard ⓘ

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Democracy: The God That Failed → influencedBy → Murray Rothbard ⓘ

A Theory of Socialism and Capitalism → influencedBy → Murray Rothbard ⓘ

The Economics and Ethics of Private Property → influencedBy → Murray Rothbard ⓘ

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Walter Block → influencedBy → Murray Rothbard ⓘ

Frank Chodorov → influenced → Murray Rothbard ⓘ

Principles of Economics → influenced → Murray Rothbard ⓘ