Rothbard’s Man, Economy, and State, and Ethics of Liberty, reviewed at Samizdata.net: “But what a joy of leisured utility! Although Rothbard promises you he’s about to cover the whole of economics in one mighty swoop, it’s a breeze. You almost feel you do understand the whole of economics, in one go, as he whisks you from Robinson Crusoe’s island, all the way through to the New York Stock Exchange, via tree berries, grains of gold, and the hideous state-controlled monetary inflation system. I must warn you though; this light-headed feeling of understanding soon passes if you try to explain Rothbard’s axioms to anyone else, without holding the book open at the right page.”
