The Young Rothbard: An Uncomfortable Neoclassical Economist

The Young Rothbard: An Uncomfortable Neoclassical Economist

Speaking at the recent Rothbard Graduate Seminar, Dr. Joseph Salerno traces Murray Rothbard‘s intellectual development while in the economics Ph.D. program at

The Young Rothbard: an Uncomfortable Neoclassical Economist - LewRockwell

In my remarks this evening, I would like to set the stage for the Rothbard Graduate Seminar by addressing a pernicious and deeply entrenched myth about Murray Rothbard and Man, Economy, and State: namely, that Rothbard possessed a superficial knowledge of mainstream economics when writing his treatise. Nothing could be further from the truth. In fact, Rothbard deeply engaged with mainstream economic theory throughout his treatise. This is not su…