内容简介
Inrecentyears,libertarianimpulseshaveincreasinglyinfluencednationalandeconomicdebates,fromwelfarereformtoeffortstocurtailaffirmativeaction.MurrayN.Rothbard'sclassicTheEthicsofLibertystandsasoneofthemostrigorousandph
作者简介
MurrayN.Rothbard,ascholarofextraordinaryrange,mademajorcontributionstoeconomics,history,politicalphilosophy,andlegaltheory.HedevelopedandextendedtheAustrianeconomicsofLudwigvonMises,inwhoseseminarhewasamainparticipantformanyyears.HeestablishedhimselfastheprincipalAustriantheoristinthelatterhalfofthetwentiethcenturyandappliedAustriananalysistohistoricaltopicssuchastheGreatDepressionof1929andthehistoryofAmericanbanking.Rothbardwasnoivory-towerscholar,interestedonlyinacademiccontroversies.Quitethecontrary,hecombinedAustrianeconomicswithaferventcommitmenttoindividualliberty.Hedevelopedauniquesynthesisthatcombinedthemesfromnineteenth-centuryAmericanindividualistssuchasLysanderSpoonerandBenjaminTuckerwithAustrianeconomics.Anewpoliticalphilosophywastheresult,andRothbarddevotedhisremarkableintellectualenergy,overaperiodofsomeforty-fiveyears,todevelopingandpromotinghisstyleoflibertarianism.Indoingso,hebecameamajorAmericanpublicintellectual.
