David Gordon: The Life and Times of Murray Rothbard

Tags: History of the Austrian School of Economics, Biographies

08/08/2014 Jeff Deist David Gordon

Jeff Deist and David Gordon discuss Murray N. Rothbard’s life from an insider’s perspective, touching on Rothbard’s experience founding the Cato Institute, his relationship with Mises and the areas where they disagreed, his time with Ayn Rand and her Objectivist followers, and more.

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