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In 1953, Rothbard married JoAnn Beatrice Schumacher (1928–1999), [47] whom he called Joey, in New York City. [ 45 ] : 124 She was a historian, Rothbard's personal editor, and a close adviser as well as hostess of his Rothbard Salon.
The Ethics of Liberty is a 1982 book by American philosopher and economist Murray N. Rothbard, [1] in which the author expounds a libertarian political position. [2] Rothbard's argument is based on a form of natural law ethics, [ 3 ] and makes a case for anarcho-capitalism .
David Friedman is the son of economists Rose and Milton Friedman. He graduated magna cum laude from Harvard University in 1965, with a bachelor's degree in chemistry and physics. [ 5 ] He later earned a master's (1967) and a PhD (1971) in theoretical physics from the University of Chicago . [ 6 ]
The Machinery of Freedom is a nonfiction book by David D. Friedman that advocates an anarcho-capitalist society from a consequentialist perspective. The book was published in 1973, [ 1 ] with a second edition in 1989 and a third edition in 2014.
Rothbard concluded that libertarianism had its roots in the political left, and therefore that libertarians of the Old Right would be better suited in alliance with the growing anti-authoritarianism of the New Left. As Rothbard put it in the opening editorial of the journal: "Our title, Left and Right, reflects our concerns in several ways. It ...
He traces the evolution of the movement, as well as the life stories of Ayn Rand, Milton Friedman, Ludwig von Mises, F. A. Hayek, and Murray Rothbard, and details how they intertwined. Doherty does not proceed strictly in chronological order, preferring instead to break up the action into short stories on central themes. [2]
For a New Liberty: The Libertarian Manifesto (1973; second edition 1978; third edition 1985) is a book by American economist and historian Murray Rothbard, in which the author promotes anarcho-capitalism. The work has been credited as an influence on modern libertarian thought and on part of the New Right.
Milton Friedman described Rand as "an utterly intolerant and dogmatic person who did a great deal of good". [14] One Rand biographer quoted Murray Rothbard as saying that he was "in agreement basically with all [Rand's] philosophy" and that it was Rand who had "convinced him of the theory of natural rights". [15]