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Murray Rothbard

1926 - 1995

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Murray Newton Rothbard (; March 2, 1926 – January 7, 1995) was an American economist of the Austrian School, economic historian, political theorist, and activist. Rothbard was a central figure in the 20th-century American libertarian movement, particularly its right-wing strands, and was a founder and leading theoretician of anarcho-capitalism (as termed by Rothbard; but later opposing the 'anarchism' label on both etymological and historical grounds). He wrote over twenty books on political theory, history, economics, and other subjects. Rothbard argued that all services provided by the "monopoly system of the corporate state" could be provided more efficiently by the private sector and wrote that the state is "the organization of robbery systematized and writ large". Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Murray Rothbard is the 76th most popular economist (down from 49th in 2019), the 1,221st most popular biography from United States (down from 697th in 2019) and the 22nd most popular American Economist.

Murray Rothbard is most famous for his work in economics, specifically his contributions to anarcho-capitalism and Austrian school of economics.

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Among economists, Murray Rothbard ranks 76 out of 414. Before him are Benjamin Graham, Friedrich List, Thorstein Veblen, Gérard Debreu, James Tobin, and Robert Solow. After him are Finn E. Kydland, Beatrice Webb, Tjalling Koopmans, Oliver E. Williamson, Albert O. Hirschman, and James M. Buchanan.

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Among people born in 1926, Murray Rothbard ranks 59. Before him are Maria Schell, Clifford Geertz, George Habash, Tony Bennett, Vivian Maier, and John G. Kemeny. After him are Margot Frank, Masatoshi Koshiba, Abdoulaye Wade, Peter Lax, Kim Jae-gyu, and Ingrid Thulin. Among people deceased in 1995, Murray Rothbard ranks 40. Before him are John B. Calhoun, Edda Mussolini, Edward Bernays, Hugo Pratt, Fred Perry, and Ginger Rogers. After him are Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, Lita Grey, Jonas Salk, Louis Malle, Pierre Schaeffer, and Aziz Nesin.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Murray Rothbard ranks 1,221 out of 20,380. Before him are Gerald Edelman (1929), Mark Milley (1958), Paul Lauterbur (1929), John Tate (1925), Bette Midler (1945), and Kirstie Alley (1951). After him are Colin Powell (1937), Roberta Flack (1937), Stephen Covey (1932), Sam Shepard (1943), Phoebe Cates (1963), and George F. Kennan (1904).

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Among ECONOMISTS In United States

Among economists born in United States, Murray Rothbard ranks 22. Before him are Douglass North (1920), Lawrence Klein (1920), Kenneth Arrow (1921), Thorstein Veblen (1857), James Tobin (1918), and Robert Solow (1924). After him are Oliver E. Williamson (1932), James M. Buchanan (1919), Irving Fisher (1867), Robert Reich (1946), Harry Markowitz (1927), and George Stigler (1911).

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