“The State is, and always has been, the great single instrument of coercion, predation, and exploitation.”

— Murray Rothbard

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About Murray Rothbard

Economist • American

Murray Newton Rothbard was a prominent American economist of the Austrian School and a central figure in the 20th-century libertarian movement. He is considered the founder of modern anarcho-capitalism, a political...

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