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Book SynopsisGerard Casey is Associate Professor of Philosophy at University College Dublin, Ireland, Adjunct Professor at the Maryvale Institute, Birmingham, UK, and Adjunct Scholar at the Ludwig von Mises Institute, Alabama, USA.
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Table of ContentsSeries Introduction, Series Editor's Preface, Acknowledgements; 1. Intellectual Biography; Introduction; Family and Education; Rothbard meets Mises; Early Writings and Political Activity; Rothbard - Right and Left; Rothbard in Brooklyn and Las Vegas; Power and Market, For a New Liberty, The Ethics of Liberty; Think Tanks, Institutes and Journals; Libertarianism and Conservatism; Rothbard - Economist and Libertarian; 2. Rothbard - Libertarian; Introduction; Rothbard - Praxeologist; Rothbard - Natural Law Ethicist; Rothbard - Enemy of the State; Rothbard - Defender of Liberty; 3. Influence and Reception; Introduction; Rothbard and Nozick; Rothbard - Historian of Economic Crises; Rothbard - Historian of Liberty; Rothbard - Historian of Economics; Conclusion; 4. Contemporary Relevance; The Global Financial Crisis of 2007; Rothbard - Polemicist; A World Full of Hate?; Libertarianism and Conservatism - Again; Strategy; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.