However, Rothbard later chose the term " anarcho-capitalism " for his philosophy and referred to himself as an anarchist.

Economist Murray Rothbard called Social Statics " the greatest single work of libertarian political philosophy ever written.

As part of the circle of anti-state libertarians led by Murray Rothbard during the 1950s, he played an important role in the development of modern libertarian philosophy in the United States.

Rothbard ’ s argument that Meyer was simply a libertarian and not a synthesizer, someone who was somewhat confused about the nature of tradition, can be criticized in return for forcing tradition into his philosophy through the back door by calling it “ common sense .” Rothbard insisted morality was already part of libertarianism as he understood it – the “ Aristotelian-Lockean natural rights wing ,” as he labeled it, as opposed to the “ utilitarian-emotivist-hedonistic wing .” Yet, is not the proper response to this: who is the manqué?

Meyer rested his view of freedom upon “ Christian metaphysics " as did Rothbard, Gottfried argued, making Meyer ’ s philosophy of history too “ rough ” to attract many of the Old Right who were more realist, secular and pragmatic.

Some libertarians, including Murray Rothbard and Walter Block, hold the view that the non-aggression principle is an irreducible concept: it is not the logical result of any given ethical philosophy but, rather, is self-evident as any other axiom is.

" One Rand biographer quoted Murray Rothbard as saying that he was " in agreement basically with all philosophy ," and saying that it was Rand who had " convinced him of the theory of natural rights ..." Rothbard would later become a particularly harsh critic of Rand, writing in The Sociology of the Ayn Rand Cult that:

Economist Murray Rothbard called Social Statics " the greatest single work of libertarian political philosophy ever written.

Murray Rothbard argues that the amount of gold available is not a bar to a gold standard since the free market will determine the purchasing power of gold money based on its supply.

America's Great Depression is a 1963 treatise on the 1930s Great Depression and its root causes, written by Austrian School economist and author Murray Rothbard.

Rothbard served on its board until leaving in 1981 after disagreements with Ed Crane.

Argumentation ethics builds on the concept of Discourse ethics developed by Jürgen Habermas ( Hoppe's PhD advisor ) and Karl-Otto Apel, further on misesian praxeology and the deontological ethics of economist Murray Rothbard.

Other Austrian School academics such as Murray Rothbard and Friedrich Hayek have also had a strong influence on the Institute's work.

The late economist Murray Rothbard was a major influence on the Institute's activities and served as its academic vice president until his death in 1995.

Many voluntaryists base their thinking on the ideas of voluntaryist philosophers Murray Rothbard and Robert LeFevre.

I cannot remember the day that I finally came around to the position that the state is unnecessary and destructive by its nature – that it cannot improve on, and indeed only destroys, the social and economic system that grows out of property rights, exchange, and natural social authority – but I do know that it was Rothbard who finally convinced me to take this last step.

* Classical Economics, An Austrian Perspective on the History of Economic Thought, Volume II, Chapter 1, Murray N. Rothbard

Man, Economy, and State: A Treatise on Economic Principles, first published in 1962, is a book on economics by Murray Rothbard, and is one of the most important books in the Austrian School of economics ( others are Ludwig von Mises ' The Theory of Money and Credit and Human Action ).

Rothbard describes the contents in his preface on pages xciv-xcv.

In the 1960s, Rothbard began questioning the alliance between libertarians and conservatives, especially given the vast difference of opinion on such issues as the Vietnam War.

Rothbard acknowledges that this would be a universal ethic, but, he argues, it is " Utopian and impossible for everyone to keep continual tabs on everyone else, and thereby to exercise his equal share of partial ownership over every other man.

Murray Rothbard, a libertarian but unlike Nozick an anarcho-capitalist, criticizes Anarchy, State, and Utopia in his essay " Robert Nozick and the Immaculate Conception of the State " on the basis that:

* Murray Rothbard, New Light on the Prehistory of the Austrian School Essay originally published in The Foundations of Modern Austrian Economics, edited by Edwin Dolan ( Kansas City: Sheed and Ward, 1976 ), pp. 52 – 74.

As Rothbard has said, " This semi-libertarian condition came to an end in 1663, when the English Crown included Albemarle in the mammoth Carolina land grant bestowed on a group of eight feudal proprietors.

His work has focused on topics including Objectivism, libertarianism ( particularly the work of Friedrich Hayek and Murray Rothbard ), and dialectics.

* Michael S. Rozeff: " Rothbard on fractional reserve banking-a critique.

Egalitarianism as a Revolt Against Nature and Other Essays, by Murray Rothbard, takes its title from its lead essay, which argues that egalitarian theory always results in a politics of statist control because it is founded on revolt against the ontological structure of reality itself.

Man, Economy, and State is a book on economics by Rothbard, and is one of the most important books in the Austrian School of economics.

* Konkin on Libertarian Strategy, by Murray Rothbard

Libertarian theorist Murray Rothbard argues that " the very existence of a natural law discoverable by reason is a potentially powerful threat to the status quo and a standing reproach to the reign of blindly traditional custom or the arbitrary will of the State apparatus.

Thinkers in the natural law tradition include John Locke, Lysander Spooner, and Murray Rothbard.

Murray Rothbard and other natural rights theorists hold strongly to the central libertarian non-aggression axiom, while other free-market anarchists such as David D. Friedman utilize consequentialist theories such as utilitarianism.

In The Ethics of Liberty, Murray Rothbard argues that " 100 percent self-ownership " is the only principle compatible with a moral code that applies to every person-a " universal ethic "-and that it is a natural law by being what is naturally best for man.

Rothbard, in fact, argued that Meyer's fusionism was actually the natural law-natural rights branch of libertarian thought which Rothbard himself and other true libertarians followed.

Is not the popular understanding of libertarianism ( the Libertarian Party, for example ) precisely the precepts of the “ hedonistic wing ?” With common sense and natural rights ( and even St. Thomas Aquinas ) as part of his libertarianism, could not Rothbard just as well be labeled as a fusionist manqué, or simply as a fusionist, since his synthesis did not follow the predominant utilitarian / emotivist wing of libertarianism?

Thinkers in the natural law tradition include John Locke, Lysander Spooner, and Murray Rothbard.

" In The Ethics of Liberty, Rothbard asserted the right of 100 percent self-ownership, as the only principle compatible with a moral code that applies to every person-a " universal ethic "-and that it is a natural law by being what is naturally best for man.

Economist Murray Rothbard, noted for his espousal of anarcho-capitalism, argues that the state itself is a coercive monopoly as it uses " violence " to establish " a compulsory monopoly over police and military services, the provision of law, judicial decision-making, the mint and the power to create money, unused land (' the public domain '), streets and highways, rivers and coastal waters, and the means of delivering mail.

Egoism has also been referenced by those who claim themselves to be anarcho-capitalists, such as Murray Rothbard.

In a 1995 interview in Reason magazine he said the " difference between me and people like Murray Rothbard is that, though I want to know what my ideal is, I think I also have to be willing to discuss changes that are less than ideal so long as they point me in that direction.

Gottfried has also been a close friend of important political and intellectual figures: Richard Nixon, Pat Buchanan, John Lukacs, Christopher Lasch, Robert Nisbet, Murray Rothbard, and Joseph Sobran.

" Rothbard also criticized the “ organized Anti-Anti-Semitism ” that critics of the state of Israel have to suffer.

Murray Rothbard, a former student of von Mises, also mentions the fictional country in his own works.

Anarcho-capitalist Murray N. Rothbard, in his Power and Market ( 1970 ), criticized limited liability laws, while also maintaining that similar arrangements may emerge in a free market, stating:

The Ethics of Liberty, also by Rothbard, is an exposition of the libertarian political position.

Rothbard also disagreed with Tucker that interest would disappear with unregulated banking and money issuance.