Murray N. Rothbard – författare

The authoritative text on the libertarian political positionIn recent years, libertarian impulses have increasingly influenced national and economic debates, from welfare reform to efforts to curtail affirmative action. Murray N. Rothbard's classic The Ethics of Liberty stands as one of the most rigorous and philosophically sophisticated expositions of the libertarian political position.Rothbard's unique argument roots the case for freedom in the concept of natural rights and applies it to a host of practical problems. And while his conclusions are radical—that a social order that strictly adheres to the rights of private property must exclude the institutionalized violence inherent in the state—Rothbard's applications of libertarian principles prove surprisingly practical for a host of social dilemmas, solutions to which have eluded alternative traditions.The Ethics of Liberty authoritatively established the anarcho-capitalist economic system as the most viable and the only principled option for a social order based on freedom. This classic book's radical insights are sure to inspire a new generation of readers.

The authoritative text on the libertarian political positionIn recent years, libertarian impulses have increasingly influenced national and economic debates, from welfare reform to efforts to curtail affirmative action. Murray N. Rothbard's classic The Ethics of Liberty stands as one of the most rigorous and philosophically sophisticated expositions of the libertarian political position.Rothbard's unique argument roots the case for freedom in the concept of natural rights and applies it to a host of practical problems. And while his conclusions are radical—that a social order that strictly adheres to the rights of private property must exclude the institutionalized violence inherent in the state—Rothbard's applications of libertarian principles prove surprisingly practical for a host of social dilemmas, solutions to which have eluded alternative traditions.The Ethics of Liberty authoritatively established the anarcho-capitalist economic system as the most viable and the only principled option for a social order based on freedom. This classic book's radical insights are sure to inspire a new generation of readers.

This is the first extensive treatment from a modern Austrian perspective of the history of economic thought up to Adam Smith and as such takes into account the profound influence of religious, social and political thought upon economics. In Economic Thought before Adam Smith, Murray Rothbard contends that laissez-faire liberalism and economic thought itself began with the Catholic scholastics and early Roman and canon law, rather than with Adam Smith. The scholastics, he argues, established and developed the subjective utility and scarcity theory of value, as well as the theory that prices, or the value of money, depend on its supply and demand. This continental, or 'pre-Austrian' tradition, was destroyed, rather than developed, by Adam Smith whose strong Calvinist tendencies towards glorifying labour, toil and thrift is contrasted with the emphasis in Scholastic economic thought towards labour in the service of consumption.Tracing economic thought from the Greeks to the Scottish Enlightenment, this book is notable for its inclusion of all the important figures in each school of thought with their theories assessed in historical context. Classical Economics, the second volume of Professor Rothbard's history of economic thought from an Austrian perspective, is also available.

As the first comprehensive treatment of Classical economics from a modern Austrian perspective, this important history of nineteenth century economic thought discusses the key members of each school and reassesses their work. Professor Rothbard's approach offers new perspectives on both Ricardo and Say and their followers. The author suggests that Ricardianism declined after 1820 and was only revived with the work of John Stuart Mill. The book also resurrects the important Anglo-Irish school of thought at Trinity College, Dublin under Archbishop Richard Whately. Later chapters focus on the roots of Karl Marx and the nature of his doctrines, and laissez-faire thought in France including the work of Frederic Bastiat. Also included is a comprehensive treatment of the bullionist versus anti-bullionist and the Currency versus banking School controversies in the first half of the nineteenth century, and their influence outside Great Britain.Tracing economic thought from Smith to Marx, this book is notable for its inclusion of all the important figures in each school of thought and for assessing their theories in religious, political, philosophical and historical context. Economic Thought before Adam Smith, the first volume of Professor Rothbard's history of economic thought from an Austrian perspective, is also available.

Murray N. Rothbard was the leading voice of the Austrian School of Economics during its post-war American revival. His research in economic theory, history, method and policy, was the major impetus for today's burgeoning interest in the Austrian School and the broader realm of free-market thought.The Logic of ActionTwo is a careful selection of Rothbard's most important scholarly articles. Some have appeared in mainstream journals, others have been long out of circulation, and still others are published here for the first time. It was Rothbard's major ambition to shore up the scientific status of the Austrian School and, at the same time, demonstrate the theory's radical, free-market implications for government policy.The book confirms Rothbard as an intellectual giant, and presents his many contributions to the Austrian School, a systematic alternative to mainstream thought that reaches radical, free-market policy conclusions.

The era of modern economics emerged with the publication of Carl Mengers seminal work, Principles of Economics, in 1871. In this slim book, Menger set forth the correct approach to theoretical research in economics and elaborated some of its immediate implications. In particular, Menger sought to identify the causal laws determining the prices that he observed being paid daily in actual markets.4 His stated goal was to formulate a realistic price theory that would provide an integrated explanation of the formation of market phenomena valid for all times and places.5 Mengers investigations led him to the discovery that all market prices, wage rates, rents, and interest rates could ultimately be traced back to the choices and actions of consumers striving to satisfy their most important wants by economizing scarce means or economic goods. Thus, for Menger, all prices, rents, wage, and interest rates were the outcome of the value judgments of individual consumers who chose between concrete units of different goods according to their subjective values or marginal utilities to use the term coined by his student Friedrich Wieser. With this insight was born modern economics.

Makt och Marknad: Staten och Ekonomin av Murray N. Rothbard, översatt av Fredrik Pettersson, är en teoretisk och ekonomisk analys av statens påverkan på marknaden. Verket är en fristående del av Rothbards större arbete Människa, ekonomi och stat och belyser statens roll som en aktör som ingriper i fria marknader genom våldsamma interventioner, såsom beskattning och reglering. Rothbard argumenterar för att marknaden kan tillhandahålla samtliga funktioner som traditionellt tillskrivs staten, inklusive försvar och rättskipning, på ett frivilligt och effektivt sätt. Boken är både banbrytande och kontroversiell, då den teoretiskt ifrågasätter statens nödvändighet ur ett ekonomiskt perspektiv och föreslår att ett samhälle utan stat är genomförbart. Rothbard använder en praxeologisk metod för att visa på konflikt och exploatering som oundvikliga följder av statlig intervention, i kontrast till den harmoni som uppstår på en fri marknad. Makt och Marknad är ett centralt verk inom den libertarianska filosofin och den österrikiska ekonomiska skolan.

Utbildning: Fri och Påtvingad av Murray N. Rothbard undersöker de grundläggande frågorna kring statens roll i utbildning och argumenterar för individens rätt att själv bestämma över sin utbildning. Rothbard analyserar hur statligt tvång i skolgång underminerar den individuella utvecklingen och främjar likformighet snarare än mångfald. Genom historiska exempel och teoretisk analys visar författaren att fri utbildning, där staten inte styr, bättre främjar ett samhälle baserat på frivilliga associationer och individuell frihet.

Vad har staten gjort med våra pengar? är en svensk översättning av Murray N. Rothbards klassiska verk What Has Government Done to Our Money?, publicerad av Ludwig von Mises Institute. I denna kortfattade men kraftfulla bok undersöker Rothbard hur statlig inblandning har undergrävt penningvärdet och orsakat ekonomiska kriser genom inflation och manipulering av pengar. Boken ger en tydlig och lättbegriplig introduktion till österrikisk monetär teori och förklarar hur och varför pengar förlorar sitt värde. Perfekt för alla som vill förstå grunderna i vad pengar är och hur statlig politik påverkar våra pengar på ett negativt sätt.

Detta verk av Murray Rothbard undersöker orsakerna till ekonomiska depressioner och presenterar en kritisk analys av statens roll i att orsaka och förvärra ekonomiska cykler genom bankkreditexpansion. Rothbard diskuterar hur inflation, skapad av centralbanker, leder till konstgjorda uppgångar som i sin tur orsakar oundvikliga nedgångar och depressioner. Rothbard utgår från Ludwig von Mises' österrikiska konjunkturcykelteori, där statligt ingripande och kreditexpansion pekas ut som huvudorsaker till ekonomiska kriser, med förslaget att endast en återgång till en frimarknadsekonomi kan förhindra dessa cykler​.