Murray N. Rothbard vs. the Philosophers - Ludwig von Mises Institute

Contents
PREFACE BY DAVID GORDON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .vii
INTRODUCTION: LAW AND NATURE IN THE WORK OF
MURRAY N. ROTHBARD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
Rothbard’s Unpublished Writings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Rothbard on Leo Strauss . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6
Criticism of the Subjectivism of Values . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
Criticism of Hayek: Historical Rights
and Natural Rights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23
Criticism of the Concept of Coercion in Hayek . . . . . . . . .38
REVIEWS AND COMMENTS BY MURRAY NEWTON ROTHBARD . . . .47
1. Letter on Rugged Individualism
by George B. Cutten . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49
2. Confidential Memo to the Volker Fund on
F.A. Hayek’s Constitution of Liberty . . . . . . . . . . . . .61
3. Letter on The Constitution of Liberty
by F.A. von Hayek . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .71
4. Review of Lionel Robbins, The Great Depression . . . . .79
5. Letter on The Eighteenth-Century Commonwealthman
by Caroline Robbins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .82
6. Letter on What is Political Philosophy?
by Leo Strauss . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .92
7. Letter on Thoughts on Machiavelli by Leo Strauss . . . .96
8. Letter on On Tyranny by Leo Strauss . . . . . . . . . . . .102
9. The Symposium on Relativism: A Critique . . . . . . . . .104
10. On Polanyi’s The Great Transformation . . . . . . . . . .121
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