The Crisis of American Foreign Policy | Murray N. Rothbard
For Rothbard, there was nothing more important than the issue of war and peace. As he put it, libertarians were usually quite good in opposing the regulations of OSHA or criticizing the destructive effects of price controls. But when faced with the role of the warfare state as the single most important factor in the expansion of government power: "Blank out"—a turn of phrase he used, giving credit to Ayn Rand—was the typical response he'd witnessed from far too many libertarians. By not focusing enough attention on the role of "war and peace," all the other issues concerning price control, free will and determinism, and so forth, become "pointless … if we're all washed away" as a species. Includes question and answer session. Special thanks to Chris Sciabarra for making this important recording available. http://mises.org
Murray N. Rothbard (1926-1995) was America's greatest radical libertarian author – writing authoritatively about ethics, philosophy, economics, American history, and the history of ideas. He presented the most fundamental challenge to the legitimacy of government, and he refined thinking about the self-ownership and non-coercion principles.
Links to selected online writings by Murray Rothbard:
For a New Liberty: The Libertarian Manifesto
http://tinyurl.com/qgt9xqf
Audio version: http://tinyurl.com/ph9k2zu
The Ethics of Liberty
http://tinyurl.com/pekmz3j
Audio version: http://tinyurl.com/pwt6pzz
Man, Economy, and State: A Treatise on Economics
http://tinyurl.com/y8zg569h
Audio version: http://tinyurl.com/axhdzg3
The Progressive Era
http://tinyurl.com/ydhn5aob
Audio version: http://tinyurl.com/wd53r7v
The Betrayal of the American Right
http://tinyurl.com/r33fgpt
Audio version: http://tinyurl.com/yx6vjudz
Economic Thought Before Adam Smith: An Austrian Perspective on the History of Economic Thought, Volume I
http://tinyurl.com/y6zwh9fk
Audio version: http://tinyurl.com/a3obfgu
Classical Economics: An Austrian Perspective on the History of Economic Thought, Volume II
http://tinyurl.com/y47odk98
Audio version: http://tinyurl.com/bd44b6s
The Case Against the Fed
http://tinyurl.com/qbr9twj
Audio version: http://tinyurl.com/na9ds33
What Has Government Done to Our Money?
http://tinyurl.com/p3mkr6z
Audio version: http://tinyurl.com/pku6eyp
A History of Money and Banking in the United States
http://tinyurl.com/ot23t9p
Audio version: http://tinyurl.com/o8xj73s
Conceived in Liberty, Vol. 1
http://tinyurl.com/qvbpost
Audio version: http://tinyurl.com/nhv65at
Conceived in Liberty, Vol. 2
http://tinyurl.com/uceyl7p
Audio version: http://tinyurl.com/pdo4xup
Conceived in Liberty, Vol. 3
http://tinyurl.com/vbp8nyb
Audio version: http://tinyurl.com/q5kw4ke
Conceived in Liberty, Vol. 4
http://tinyurl.com/wxochm3
Audio version: http://tinyurl.com/ns5gkuv
Conceived in Liberty, Vol. 5
http://tinyurl.com/y8kv3nau
Audio version: http://tinyurl.com/qtlup2h
Ludwig von Mises: Scholar, Creator, Hero
http://tinyurl.com/obyk7yp
The Origins of Individualist Anarchism in America
http://tinyurl.com/wdwyym9
Anatomy of the State
http://tinyurl.com/tjvfrp4
Education: Free and Compulsory
http://tinyurl.com/wb7gsfy
Economic Depressions: Their Cause and Cure
http://tinyurl.com/yawtlck4
Ten Great Economic Myths
http://tinyurl.com/nnr9dh9
The Economics of War
http://tinyurl.com/otzpgct
Left, Right, and the Prospects for Liberty
http://tinyurl.com/pdxlthg
Myth and Truth About Libertarianism
http://tinyurl.com/ybbop99u
War, Peace, and the State
http://tinyurl.com/jr6kp4g
Nations by Consent: Decomposing the Nation-State
http://tinyurl.com/htdmzag
Kingdom Come: The Politics of the Millennium
http://tinyurl.com/nhps5vo
Egalitarianism as a Revolt Against Nature
http://tinyurl.com/oqxsjl3
Murray N. Rothbard vs. The Philosophers
http://tinyurl.com/kv8eeup
America's Great Depression
http://tinyurl.com/p7wqfgx
Wall Street, Banks, and American Foreign Policy
http://tinyurl.com/qgnc7ra
World War I as Fulfillment: Power and the Intellectuals
http://tinyurl.com/pyzyfzb
Related online resources:
Murray N. Rothbard: A Legacy of Liberty
http://tinyurl.com/y8syv4ql
Murray Rothbard: Mises's True Heir
http://tinyurl.com/ycwj37kq
The Political Importance of Murray Rothbard
http://tinyurl.com/ybxat2r8
Man, Economy, and Liberty: Essays in Honor of Murray N. Rothbard
http://tinyurl.com/oevl64l
Murray Rothbard Soars, Bill Buckley Evaporates
http://tinyurl.com/jhs7985
Murray N. Rothbard: Mr. Libertarian
http://tinyurl.com/o7v6zgj
Penthouse Interviews Murray Rothbard
http://tinyurl.com/yan7hu5r
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