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Murray Rothbard
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American economist (1926–1995)
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Murray Newton Rothbard (1926–1995) was an American economist, philosopher, activist, and historian. Born and deceased in New York City, he held citizenship in the United States. Rothbard was educated at Columbia University, where he earned a doctorate under the supervision of Ludwig von Mises. His professional career included positions at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, the Stern School of Business, and the New York University Tandon School of Engineering.
His work focused on libertarianism, general economics, and anarcho-capitalism. He was a member of the Peace and Freedom Party and the Libertarian Party. Rothbard wrote in English and produced 51 works, including *Power & Market*, *For a New Liberty*, *Anatomy of the State*, *The Betrayal of the American Right*, and *America's Great Depression*. He died of a myocardial infarction due to natural causes.
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- Works
- 51
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- Power & Market
- For a New Liberty
- Anatomy of the State
- The Betrayal of the American Right
- America's Great Depression
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- United States
- Place of birth
- New York City
- Place of death
- New York City
- Occupation
- economic historian
- Educated at
- Columbia University
- Political party
- Libertarian Party
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Academic degree
- doctorate
- Doctoral advisor
- Ludwig von Mises
- Field of work
- general economics
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- Political ideology
- anarcho-capitalism
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- 1926-03-02
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- myocardial infarction
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- natural causes
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- Murray Newton Rothbard
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Encyclopedic overview
Murray Newton Rothbard ( US: /ˈrɔːθbɑːrd/; March 2, 1926 – January 7, 1995) was an American economist of the Austrian School, economic historian, political theorist, and activist. Rothbard was a central figure in the 20th-century American libertarian movement, particularly its right-wing strands, and was a founder and leading theoretician of anarcho-capitalism. He wrote over twenty books on political theory, history, economics, and other subjects.
Rothbard argued that all services provided by the "monopoly system of the corporate state" could be provided more efficiently by the private sector and wrote that the state is "the organization of robbery systematized and writ large". He called fractional-reserve banking a form of fraud and opposed central banking. He categorically opposed all military, political, and economic interventionism in the affairs of other nations.
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