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Murray Rothbard

American economist, 1926 to 1995

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Developed anarcho-capitalism, arguing that all state functions, including courts and police, could be provided by voluntary private arrangements, and opposed foreign wars.

Murray Rothbard sits in the right-libertarian part of the Caucus economy and liberty compass: strongly free market and strongly libertarian. The clearest positions are strongly free market on economy, strongly libertarian on liberty and authority and strongly non-interventionist on interventionism. The profile is close to the middle on nation.

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Where Murray Rothbard sits on ten dimensions

Each scale runs from one pole to the other, and the dot shows the overall tendency of this person's record and public life. These are simplified estimates and open to debate.

💰EconomyStrongly free market
State-ledFree market
⚖️Liberty and authorityStrongly libertarian
LibertarianAuthoritarian
🎭CultureSlightly traditional
ProgressiveTraditional
🌍NationCentered on nation
GlobalistNationalist
🌱EnvironmentLeaning growth-first
Growth-firstNature-first
🤖TechnologyStrongly tech-optimist
Tech-cautiousTech-optimist
🕊️War and peaceStrongly peace-first
Peace-firstStrength-first
🏛️InstitutionsStrongly anti-establishment
Anti-establishmentInstitutional
🙏ReligionLeaning secular
SecularReligious
🛡️InterventionismStrongly non-interventionist
Non-interventionistInterventionist

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Political views closest to Murray Rothbard

Anarcho-capitalismAbolishes the state in favor of private property, voluntary contracts and competing…95%Techno-libertarianismBelieves that digital technology, encryption and open markets can shrink the state and…89%Austrian schoolAn economic tradition that stresses individual choice, sound money and skepticism about…88%MinarchismLimits the state to a minimal "night-watchman" role of courts, police and defense.86%

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Percentages show how close two profiles are across all ten dimensions. Including a person here is for study and comparison, not approval. Portrait: Ludwig von Mises Institute, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons; see all photo credits.