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{{Infobox politician|name=Murray Rothbard|image_size=200|birth_date=March 2, 1926|birth_place=[[New York City]], [[State of New York|New York]], [[United States of America|United States]]|death_date=January 7, 1995|death_place=New York City, New York, United States|nationality=Statesian|political_orientation=[[ | {{Infobox politician|name=Murray Rothbard|image_size=200|birth_date=March 2, 1926|birth_place=[[New York City]], [[State of New York|New York]], [[United States of America|United States]]|death_date=January 7, 1995|death_place=New York City, New York, United States|nationality=Statesian|political_orientation=[[Anarcho-capitalism]]|political_party=[[Libertarian Party (United States)|Libertarian]]|image=Murray Rothbard.png}} | ||
'''Murray Newton Rothbard''' (March 2, 1926 – January 7, 1995) was a [[Far-right politics|far-right]] [[Austrian economics|Austrian economist]]. He was a follower of [[Ludwig von Mises]] and a friend of [[Ayn Rand]]. He supported [[segregation]] and the [[Ku Klux Klan|KKK]] member [[David Duke]]<ref>{{Web citation|author=Gary Anderson|newspaper=Business Insider|title=Exposing the Racist History Of Libertarianism And Murray Rothbard|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/exposing-the-racist-history-of-libertarianism-and-murray-rothbard-2011-10?op=1&r=US&IR=T|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210730173811/https://www.businessinsider.com/exposing-the-racist-history-of-libertarianism-and-murray-rothbard-2011-10?op=1&r=US&IR=T|archive-date=2021-07-30}}</ref> and wanted to legalize the sale of children.<ref>{{Citation|author=Murray Rothbard|year=1982|title=The Ethics of Liberty|chapter=Children and Rights|chapter-url=https://mises.org/library/children-and-rights|quote=Now if a parent may own his child (within the framework of non-aggression and runaway freedom), then he may also transfer that ownership to someone else. He may give the child out for adoption, or he may sell the rights to the child in a voluntary contract. In short, we must face the fact that the purely free society will have a flourishing free market in children.}}</ref> | '''Murray Newton Rothbard''' (March 2, 1926 – January 7, 1995) was a [[Far-right politics|far-right]] [[Austrian economics|Austrian economist]]. He was a follower of [[Ludwig von Mises]] and a friend of [[Ayn Rand]]. He supported [[segregation]] and the [[Ku Klux Klan|KKK]] member [[David Duke]]<ref>{{Web citation|author=Gary Anderson|newspaper=Business Insider|title=Exposing the Racist History Of Libertarianism And Murray Rothbard|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/exposing-the-racist-history-of-libertarianism-and-murray-rothbard-2011-10?op=1&r=US&IR=T|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210730173811/https://www.businessinsider.com/exposing-the-racist-history-of-libertarianism-and-murray-rothbard-2011-10?op=1&r=US&IR=T|archive-date=2021-07-30}}</ref> and wanted to legalize the sale of children.<ref>{{Citation|author=Murray Rothbard|year=1982|title=The Ethics of Liberty|chapter=Children and Rights|chapter-url=https://mises.org/library/children-and-rights|quote=Now if a parent may own his child (within the framework of non-aggression and runaway freedom), then he may also transfer that ownership to someone else. He may give the child out for adoption, or he may sell the rights to the child in a voluntary contract. In short, we must face the fact that the purely free society will have a flourishing free market in children.}}</ref> | ||
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