1,549 works, 150 years of economic thought. Each one summarized and searchable, with cited passages inside.

Rothbard, Mensch, Wirtschaft und Staat I — Summary Rothbard’s first volume develops economics as a systematic deduction from purposeful individual action, extending Misesian praxeology into value, exchange, money, produc...

Murray N. Rothbard, The Ethics of Liberty — Summary The Ethics of Liberty is a single-author philosophical treatise. Its scope is systematic: Rothbard tries to supply the moral foundation for libertarian political order,...
Murray N. Rothbard, “The Mantle of Science” (1960) This file is a single-author methodological essay, reprinted from Scientism and Values...
Murray N. Rothbard, “The Fallacy of the Public Sector” (1961) This file is a single-author polemical essay in political economy...
Murray N. Rothbard, “Left and Right: The Prospects for Liberty” (1965) This file is a single political-theoretical essay/chapter...
Murray N. Rothbard, “The Spooner-Tucker Doctrine: An Economist’s View” This file is a single theoretical essay/chapter. Rothbard’s scope is historical and corrective: he praises Lysander Spooner and Benjamin R...
Murray N. Rothbard, “Why Be Libertarian?” — Summary This file is a short polemical essay. Its scope is the motivational foundation of libertarian politics: Rothbard asks what can sustain a costly, lifelong alienation fro...
Murray N. Rothbard, Economic Depressions: Causes & Cures Rothbard’s pamphlet presents an Austrian critique of Keynesian business-cycle management...
Murray N. Rothbard, “The Meaning of Revolution” (1969) This file is a short polemical-theoretical essay. Rothbard’s scope is conceptual and strategic: he clarifies what “revolution” should mean for libertarians, arguing...
Summary — Murray N. Rothbard, “Anarcho-Communism” (1970) This short polemical essay is a New Left-era intervention in which Rothbard distinguishes libertarian anti-statism from anarcho-communism...
Murray N. Rothbard, “Conservation in the Free Market” (1970) — Summary Rothbard’s essay is a polemical libertarian intervention into early environmental politics...
Murray N. Rothbard, “The Great Women’s Liberation Issue: Setting It Straight” (1970) This file is a single-author polemical essay...