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Rothbard worked with antisemitic writers in developing an isolationist revisionist history of World War II. [27] He was influenced by and called a champion of Barnes. [ 149 ] [ 26 ] [ 150 ] Rothbard favorably cited Barnes' view that "the murder of Germans and Japanese was the overriding aim of World War II".
Rothbard's theory was his practice. He was involved in nearly every political and social development of his time, from Robert Taft's presidential campaign to the 1994 elections. His last article, appearing in the Washington Post, warned that Newt Gingrich is more likely to betray the revolution than lead it.
- The Rothbardian Synthesis
- Classical Liberal Starting Point
- Austrian Theory and Anti-Statist Policy Conclusions
- States, Wars, and Broad Revisionism
- Critical Sociology of States and Anti-Imperialism
- The Synthesis Restated
Rothbard’s was after a unified science of human liberty – “science” meaning a discipline built upon theory and methods suited to understanding human action. This view was strongly opposed to “scientism,” the notion that the methods of physics were appropriate anywhere and everywhere. Rothbard’s libertarian synthesis grounded itself on classical lib...
While attending Columbia University Rothbard became a member of what he would later refer to as the Old Right. Gathered together mainly in the right wing of the Republican party, the Old Right was a loose coalition which opposed the policies of FDR’s New Deal, at home and abroad. Their chief spokesman was Senator Robert A. Taft of Ohio, who was – a...
Rothbard’s “right-wing libertarian” leanings took on theoretical stature when he learned of Austrian theory and studied with the great Ludwig von Mises. Mises, to the annoyance of social democrats in and out of the economics profession, stood uncompromisingly for laissez faire capitalism. Without attempting to justify Austrian theory here, let me j...
I shall not ask all my readers to accept this last proposition, if they are not ready for it. I bring it up mainly because it explains why Rothbard would naturally be skeptical about the state’s favorite, and biggest, operation – war. A rapidly growing literature1underscores the role of war in enhancing state power, everywhere, and it is surprising...
Rothbard’s non-interventionism, learned on the Old Right, grew into a thorough critique of the rising American Empire. The Empire demanded war to sustain itself and expand its global control. Opponents of empire and the increased statism connected with it, needed to understand and reject government and press campaigns aimed at getting us new wars t...
What tied Rothbard’s work together was, I think, its grounding on the Natural Law tradition and Aristotelian ontology. (See The Ethics of Liberty [1998].) His synthesis workedbecause of Rothbard’s deep-running commitment to human liberty and individual rights, values he saw as central to Western, Christian civilization. It worked, as well, because ...
May 31, 2019 · Murray Newton Rothbard was born in the Bronx on March 2, 1926. His father, David Rothbard, a shoemaker’s son, was raised in Vishigorod, Ukraine, 40 miles north of Warsaw on the Vistula. David, who had attended Hebrew school as a child, abandoned Judaism because its scriptures told of a God who had instigated the violent behavior of the ...
Sep 28, 2023 · Abstract. We review some of Murray Rothbard’s key insights on matters of war and foreign policy. The themes discussed include American foreign policy as imperialism, war as the health of the state, practical and ethical issues posed by nuclear weapons, the importance of nuclear disarmament, and the strategic use of smears and propaganda by government actors to both undermine antiwar views ...
Jan 15, 2010 · With WWII, Morgans get their war in Europe; Rockefellers get their war in Asia. Both sides are happy. Rockefellers take over foreign relations and create the Trilateral Commission, while electing Carter President in 1977. Presented by Murray N. Rothbard in Fall 1986 at New York Polytechnic University.
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Jan 8, 2016 · Justin Raimondo passed away on June 27, 2019. He was the co-founder and editorial director of Antiwar.com, and was a senior fellow at the Randolph Bourne Institute. He was a contributing editor at The American Conservative, and wrote a monthly column for Chronicles. He was the author of Reclaiming the American Right: The Lost Legacy of the ...
