Murray Rothbard

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Murray Rothbard
BornMarch 2, 1926
New York City, New York, United States
DiedJanuary 7, 1995
New York City, New York, United States
NationalityStatesian
Political orientationRight-libertarianism
Political partyLibertarian


Murray Newton Rothbard (March 2, 1926 – January 7, 1995) was a far-right Austrian economist. He was a follower of Ludwig von Mises and a friend of Ayn Rand. He supported segregation and the KKK member David Duke[1] and wanted to legalize the sale of children.[2]

In 1992, Rothbard released a program calling for the abolition of welfare and civil rights laws. Despite claiming to be a libertarian, he wanted to unleash the police against homeless people and allow them "to administer instant punishment."[3]

References

  1. Gary Anderson. "Exposing the Racist History Of Libertarianism And Murray Rothbard" Business Insider. Archived from the original on 2021-07-30.
  2. “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.”

    Murray Rothbard (1982). The Ethics of Liberty: 'Children and Rights'.
  3. Murray Rothbard (1992). A Program for Right-Wing Populism.