How Murray Rothbard Became a Libertarian
Murray Rothbard shares how he became a libertarian and his subsequent intellectual journey.
A prolific author and Austrian economist, Murray Rothbard promoted a form of free market anarchism he called “anarcho-capitalism.”
In this talk, given at the 1981 National Libertarian Party Convention, Rothbard tells the story of how he came to learn about economics and libertarianism as he grew up in the Bronx and attended Columbia University in the 1930s and 40s. He reminisces about meeting Frank Chodorov, Baldy Harper, George Stigler, and Ludwig von Mises, and takes a number of audience questions.