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Rothbard's Austrian Perspective: A Review Article

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Murray Rothbard's untimely death has deprived the economics profession of one of its most colorful, iconoclastic and therapeutic personalities. He helped to inspire a legion of dedicated followers to make Austrian economics a significant element in the intellectual and moral spectrum of economics. The Austrians never wavered in their criticism of Soviet-style economic organization, correctly arguing that such systems were working badly. Even so, can a sub-set of economists who eschew mathematics and econometrics win respect from the mainstream? The volumes under review (Rothbard 1995) certainly make a valiant effort in that direction. Rothbard's survey of economic thought extends from “the beginning†to Karl Marx and C. F. Bastiat. Occasional references indicate more was intended. Rothbard is critical of the “Great Man†focus of much of mainstream history of economic thought, and even more critical of the “Whig interpretation,†which sees the evolution of economic thought as progress toward the current near-perfect ideas and practices of our leading graduate schools.

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  • Trescott, Paul B., 1995. "Rothbard's Austrian Perspective: A Review Article," Journal of the History of Economic Thought, Cambridge University Press, vol. 17(2), pages 316-328, October.
  • Handle: RePEc:cup:jhisec:v:17:y:1995:i:02:p:316-328_00
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