First published 1988
Man, Economy, and Liberty: Essays in Honor of Murray N. Rothbard
Man, Economy, and Liberty: Essays in Honor of Murray N. Rothbard by Walter Block is available as a free PDF and EPUB download at freecapitalists.org.
- Walter Block
- First published
- 1988
- Format
- PDF and EPUB
- Pages
- 450
- ISBN
- 9781610160094
- Publisher
- Auburn, Alabama: The Ludwig von Mises Institute
- License
- Still in copyright. Published here by permission of Walter Block, granted 2026-09-22.
Austrian theory & method Liberty, ethics & philosophy
In 1986, a remarkable party was held on Murray Rothbard's sixtieth birthday, and papers written in his honor were presented. Two years later the book was released. It contained many wonderful essays--both scholarly and humorous--on his work and life. At last it is back in print. Essays by Armentano, Arnold, Block, Christiansen, Garrison, Hoppe, Kirzner, North, Pasour, Ron Paul, Ellen Paul, Yeager, Den Uyl, Gordon, Machan, Jeffrey Paul, Holcombe, Osterfeld, Ekirch, Raico, Richman, Doenecke, Kephart, McCaffrey -- and JoAnn Rothbard as well as Margit von Mises (yes, she was there!)
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- How long is Man, Economy, and Liberty: Essays in Honor of Murray N. Rothbard?
- 450 pages, 31 chapters, and about 164,363 words in the edition this archive serves.
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- No. This edition is published here by permission and the work itself reserves all rights. It is free to read and download from this archive, but it is not public domain and not Creative Commons.
- Who wrote Man, Economy, and Liberty: Essays in Honor of Murray N. Rothbard?
- Walter Block (born 1941) is a Professor of Economics at Loyola University. This archive holds 90 of Block's works.
What's in it
31 chapters · 164,363 words · free to read here
- Copyright Page
- Introduction
- 1. Rothbardian Monopoly Theory and Antitrust Policy
- 2. Prisoner’s Dilemma, Transaction Costs, and Rothbard
- 3. Fractional Reserve Banking: An Interdisciplinary Perspective
- 4. Gold and the Constitution: Retrospect and Prospect
- 5. Professor Rothbard and the Theory of Interest
- 6. From the Economics of Laissez Faire to the Ethics of Libertarianism
- 7. Welfare Economics: A Modern Austrian Perspective
- 8. Why Rothbard Will Never Win the Nobel Prize!
- 9. Economic Efficiency and Public Policy
- 10. Comparable Worth: Theoretical Foundations
- 11. Three National Treasures: Hazlitt, Hutt, and Rothbard
- 12. Murray Rothbard as Investment Advisor
- 13. Utility and the Social Welfare Function
- 14. Freedom and Virtue Revisited
- 15. Particular Liberties Against the General Will
- 16. In Defense of Rights
- 17. Ethics vs. Coercion: Morality or Just Values?
- 18. Historical Entitlement and the Right to National Resources
- 19. The Role of Government
- 20. Caste and Class: The Rothbardian View of Governments and Markets
- 21. The Political Importance of Murray N. Rothbard
- 22. A Utopia for Liberty: Individual Freedom in Austin Tappan Wright’s Islandia
- 23. John Prince Smith and the German Free-Trade Movement
- 24. Commentator on Our Times: A Quest for the Historical Rothbard
- Part V: Personal
- Rothbard Bibliography
- Name Index
- Subject Index
- Editors and Contributors
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