Audio book version of Murray N. Rothbard's classic 'Economic Thought Before Adam Smith: An Austrian Perspective on the History of Economic Thought, Volume I.' Read by Jeff Riggenbach. mises.org In Economic Thought Before Adam Smith, Murray Rothbard traces economic ideas from ancient sources to show that laissez-faire liberalism and economic thought itself began with the scholastics and early Roman, Greek, and canon law. He celebrates Aristotle and Democritus, for example, but loathes Plato and Diogenes. He is kind toward Taoism and Stoicism. He is no fan of Tertullian but very much likes St. Jerome, who defended the merchant class. Now, that takes us only to page 33, just the beginning of a wild ride through the middle ages and renaissance and modern times through 1870. Murray N. Rothbard (1926-1995) was America's greatest radical libertarian author -- writing authoritatively about ethics, philosophy, economics, American history, and the history of ideas. He presented the most fundamental challenge to the legitimacy of government, and he refined thinking about the self-ownership and non-coercion principles. Biography of Murray N. Rothbard http Read 'Economic Thought Before Adam Smith' online: mises.org Links to more online books and essays by Murray N. Rothbard: Classical Economics: An Austrian Perspective on the History of Economic Thought, Volume II mises.org Audio book version: www.youtube.com The Ethics of Liberty mises.org Audio book version: www.youtube.com For a ...
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