Man, Economy, and Liberty: Essays in Honor of Murray N. Rothbard

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art I: Economics 1. Rothbardian Monopoly Theory and Antitrust Policy Dominick T. Armentano 2. Prisoner's Dilemma, Transaction Costs, and Rothbard Roger A. Arnold 3. Fractional Reserve Banking: An Interdisciplinary Perspective Walter Block 4. Gold and the Constitution: Retrospect and Prospect Gregory Christainsen 5. Professor Rothbard and the Theory of Interest Roger W. Garrison 6. From the Economics of Laissez Faire to the Ethics of Libertarianism Hans-Hermann Hoppe 7. Welfare Economics: A Modern Austrian Perspective Israel M. Kirzner 8. Why Rothbard Will Never Win the Nobel Prize! Gary North 9. Economic Efficiency and Public Policy E. C. Pasour, Jr. 10. Comparable Worth: Theoretical Foundations Ellen Frankel Paul v ix 3 12 24 32 44 56 77 89 110 125 vi Man, Economy, and Liberty 11. Three National Treasures: Hazlitt, Hutt, and Rothbard Llewellyn H. Rockwell, Jr. 12. Murray Rothbard as Investment Advisor Mark Skousen 13. Utility and the Social Welfare Function Leland B. Yeager Part II: Philosophy 14. Freedom and Virtue Revisited Douglas J.DenUyl 15. Particular Liberties Against the General Will Antony Flew 16. In Defense of Rights David Gordon 17. Ethics vs. Coercion: Morality or Just Values? Tibor R. Machan 18. Historical Entitlement and the Right to National Resources Jeffrey Paul Part III: Political Science 19. The Role of Government Randall G. Holcombe 20. Caste and Class: The Rothbardian View of Governments and Markets David Osterfeld 21. The Political Importance of Murray N. Rothbard Ron Paul Part IV: History 22. A Utopia for Liberty: Individual Freedom in Austin Tappan Wright's Islandia Arthur A. Ekirch, Jr. 139 151 175 195 214 229 236 247 269 283 329 335 Table of Contents 23. John Prince Smith and the German Free-Trade Movement Ralph Raico 24. Commentator on Our Times: A Quest for the Historical Rothbard Sheldon Richman Part V: Personal 25. A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum or the Reviews of "Mr. First Nighter" Justus D. Doenecke 26. Himself, at Sixty—With Apologies to Ogen Nash Robert Kephart and Dyanne Petersen 27. Rothbard as Cultural Conservative `Neil McCaffrey 28. My View of Murray Rothbard JoAnn Rothbard 29. Testimonial ÌSÁargit von Rothbard Bibliography Name Index Subject Index Editors and Contributors l·Áises vii 341 352 383 392 395 398 400 403 411 415 421