Article
Rothbard's Intellectual Ancestry
Reason Papers
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-1979
Disciplines
Abstract
Murray Rothbard is a prominent spokesman for neo-Austrian economics, yet the economics profession has not taken him seriously enough to investigate his claims. He and his disciples invite this neglect by treating the Rothbardian corpus more as creed-to-be-adhered-to than as theory-to-be-tested-and-improved-on. The profession's neglect is nonetheless unwise. Even if neo-Austrian economics turns out to be unsound, it should be taken seriously because of the growing number of intelligent people who identify themselves as Austrians.
Citation Information
Arthur M. Diamond. "Rothbard's Intellectual Ancestry" Reason Papers Vol. 5 (1979) p. 15 - 26 Available at: http://works.bepress.com/arthur_diamond/10/
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