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In the course of his life, Rothbard was associated with a number of political thinkers and movements. During the early 1950s, he studied with the great Austrian economist [[Ludwig von Mises]] and began working for the [[William Volker Fund]]. During the late 1950s, Rothbard was briefly an intimate of [[Ayn Rand]] and [[Nathaniel Branden]], whom he would later criticize strongly. In the late 1960s, Rothbard advocated an alliance with the [[New Left]] anti-war movement, on the grounds that the conservative movement had been completely subsumed by the statist establishment. It was during this phase that he associated with [[Karl Hess]] and founded ''[[Left and Right]]: A Journal of Libertarian Thought'' with [[Leonard Liggio]] and George Resch. | In the course of his life, Rothbard was associated with a number of political thinkers and movements. During the early 1950s, he studied with the great Austrian economist [[Ludwig von Mises]] and began working for the [[William Volker Fund]]. During the late 1950s, Rothbard was briefly an intimate of [[Ayn Rand]] and [[Nathaniel Branden]], whom he would later criticize strongly. In the late 1960s, Rothbard advocated an alliance with the [[New Left]] anti-war movement, on the grounds that the conservative movement had been completely subsumed by the statist establishment. It was during this phase that he associated with [[Karl Hess]] and founded ''[[Left and Right]]: A Journal of Libertarian Thought'' with [[Leonard Liggio]] and George Resch. | ||
During the 1970s and '80s, Rothbard was active in the [[United_States_Libertarian_Party|Libertarian Party]]. He was frequently involved in the party's internal politics, allying himself with [[Justin Raimondo]], [[Williamson Evers|Bill Evers]], and [[Ron Paul]], and clashing with [[Ed Crane]] and supporters of [[Russell Means]]. In 1989, Rothbard left the Libertarian Party and began building bridges to the post-[[Cold War]] right. He was the founding president of the conservative-libertarian [[John Randolph Club]] and supported the presidential campaign of [[Pat Buchanan]] in 1992. However, prior to his death, Rothbard had become disillusioned with the Buchanan movement. | During the 1970s and '80s, Rothbard was active in the [[United_States_Libertarian_Party|Libertarian Party]]. He was frequently involved in the party's internal politics, allying himself with [[Justin Raimondo]], [[Williamson Evers|Bill Evers]], and [[Ron Paul]], and clashing with [[Ed Crane]] and supporters of [[Russell Means]]. In 1989, Rothbard left the Libertarian Party and began building bridges to the post-[[Cold War]] right. He was the founding president of the conservative-libertarian [[John Randolph Club]] and supported the presidential campaign of [[Pat Buchanan]] in 1992. However, prior to his death in [[Manhattan]] of a [[Myocardial infarction|heart attack]], Rothbard had become disillusioned with the Buchanan movement. | ||
In addition to his work on economics and political theory, Rothbard also wrote on economic history. He is one of the few economic authors who have studied and presented the pre-[[Adam Smith|Smithian]] economic schools, such as the [[scholastics]] and the [[physiocrats]]. These are discussed in his unfinished, multi-volume work ''[[An Austrian Perspective on the History of Economic Thought]]''. His other books include ''[[Man, Economy, and State]]'' (ISBN 0945466323), ''[[Power and Market]]'', ''[[America's Great Depression]]'', ''[http://www.mises.org/rothbard/newliberty.asp For a New Liberty: The Libertarian Manifesto]'', ''[http://www.mises.org/rothbard/ethics/ethics.asp The Ethics of Liberty]'', and the essay "Sociology of the Ayn Rand Cult" [http://www.lewrockwell.com/rothbard/rothbard23.html]. | In addition to his work on economics and political theory, Rothbard also wrote on economic history. He is one of the few economic authors who have studied and presented the pre-[[Adam Smith|Smithian]] economic schools, such as the [[scholastics]] and the [[physiocrats]]. These are discussed in his unfinished, multi-volume work ''[[An Austrian Perspective on the History of Economic Thought]]''. His other books include ''[[Man, Economy, and State]]'' (ISBN 0945466323), ''[[Power and Market]]'', ''[[America's Great Depression]]'', ''[http://www.mises.org/rothbard/newliberty.asp For a New Liberty: The Libertarian Manifesto]'', ''[http://www.mises.org/rothbard/ethics/ethics.asp The Ethics of Liberty]'', and the essay "Sociology of the Ayn Rand Cult" [http://www.lewrockwell.com/rothbard/rothbard23.html]. | ||