Murray N. Rothbard, “The Zionist Conquest of American Opinion,” Property and Freedom Journal (July 30, 2026).

This previously unpublished piece, found in an online PDF, is from the Leonard P. Liggio papers at the Hoover Institution Library & Archives, which gives the preferred citation as Rothbard, Murray N., “The Zionist Conquest of American Opinion”, Leonard P. Liggio papers, Hoover Institution Library & Archives, https://n2t.net/ark:/54723/h30g3h843. Likely written September–November 1976, according to a Likely written September–November 1976, according to a Grok estimate. [audio; pdf]

For related Rothbard and PFS pieces, see

• PFS, “Nozick v. Rothbard on Zionism and Israel (1979),” PFS Blog (July 30, 2026)
• Tyler Kubik, “Murray N. Rothbard Bibliography: 1940–1986,” Property and Freedom Journal (May 16, 2026); and
• PFS posts on Zionism

From the Vault: Kinsella, Better than the Nolan Chart, StephanKinsella.com (Oct. 28, 2009).

In “Classical Liberalism versus Anarchocapitalism” (originally published in Property, Freedom and Society: Essays in Honor of Hans-Hermann Hoppe (2009)), Jesus Huerta de Soto provides an excellent chart (above) that I think is superior to the Nolan Chart (below). [continue reading…]

From the Vault: Douglas E. French, “Book Review: Classical Economics: An Austrian Perspective on the History of Economic Thought, Volume II by Murray N. Rothbard,” The Freeman (March 1997)

Related

• Rothbard, An Austrian Perspective on the History of Economic Thought (Auburn, Ala.: Mises Institute, 2006)
  • Vol. I: Economic Thought Before Adam Smith
  • Vol. II: Classical Economics
• re Vol. III, The History of Economic Thought: From Marx to Hayek: Volume 3 of Rothbard’s History of Economic Thought
• Vance, Murray Rothbard and Liberty Magazine (re Skousen on Rothbard, re Rothbard’s negative views on Smith and classical economics)

Classical Economics: An Austrian Perspective on the History of Economic Thought, Volume II by Murray N. Rothbard

Edward Elgar Publishing Limited • 1995 • 528 + xvi pages • $99.50

Reviewed by Douglas E. French

Years ago Murray Rothbard set out to write an Austrian answer to Robert Heilbroner’s The Worldly Philosophers. Rothbard was much more ambitious than Heilbroner, whose 347 pages only (lightly) covers from Adam Smith to The Modern World. Professor Rothbard kept finding more and more characters that influenced economic thought, resulting in a two-volume history of economic thought from the Austrian perspective. His death in 1995 kept him from finishing the third volume. [continue reading…]

An entry buried in Tyler Kubik’s “Murray N. Rothbard Bibliography: 1940–1986”: “964.“Rothbard Replies 1.” Libertarian Review 7, no. 12, January 1979, p. 10. Re: R. Nozick’s letter on Anwar Sadat; Rothbard replies to Nozick’s criticism that he, Rothbard, is more anti-Zionist than Sadat.” PDF

This led me to the previous Rothbard piece to which Nozick was responding: Murray N. Rothbard, “The Plumb Line: Camp David and After,” The Libertarian Review (October 1978): 14–16. This issue also includes Earl C. Ravenal, “The Middle East After Camp: David Walking on Water,” The Libertarian Review (October 1978): 17–25 (correct link: pdf), which is also worth reading.

Text of Rothbard’s first piece, Nozick’s letter, and Rothbard’s reply below. [continue reading…]

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Property and Freedom Podcast, Episode 340.

Below is the video of the speech by PFS stalwart Saifedean Ammous: “Rothbard on Palestine,” at 100 Years with Rothbard (Porto, Portugal, June 27, 2026). See Cataláxia Editora Rothbard 100 Youtube playlist.

Transcript and summary below.

See Kinsella, Rothbard Takes Portugal: 100 Years with Rothbard: A Personal Account.

See also other PFS posts on Zionism.

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Reginald Godwyn, “The Jury’s Ancient Power: Why Every Englishman Should Know About Jury Nullification,” Libertarian Alliance (UK) (July 29, 2026).

Related

• On jury nullification and the Fully-Informed Jury Amendment, or FIJA, see: Stephan Kinsella, “Legislation and the Discovery of Law in a Free Society,” Legal Foundations of a Free Society (Houston, Texas: Papinian Press, 2023), n. 139
• Don Doig, “New Hope for Freedom: Fully Informed Juries” (pdf), pamphlet published by the International Society for International Liberty
• Comment, “The Changing Role of the Jury in the Nineteenth Century,” Yale L.J. 74 (1964): 170–92 (2)
• Lysander Spooner, “An Essay on Trial by Jury,” in The Lysander Spooner Reader (San Francisco: Fox & Wilkes, 1992; version available online at http://www.lysanderspooner.org/works), at 122
• FIJA-and-Militia-Nut-material (StephanKinsella.com)
• Fun fact: I was raised on Penn Blvd. in Prairieville, Louisiana, and lived in Pennsylvania for a while. Coincidence? I think not!

The Jury’s Ancient Power: Why Every Englishman Should Know About Jury Nullification

Reginald Godwyn • July 29, 2026

This article is concerned exclusively with the constitutional history and legal status of trial by jury in England and Wales. It is not intended to influence the outcome of any criminal proceedings currently before the courts, nor to encourage any juror in any pending case to reach a verdict other than in accordance with his oath and his own conscientious assessment of the evidence. The discussion is directed solely to matters of constitutional principle and to the proper scope of public debate concerning the future of jury trial.

There are few institutions in England older than trial by jury. There are fewer still that continue to exercise a genuine restraint on the power of the State. Parliament may pass whatever laws it pleases. Governments may prosecute whom they choose. Judges may explain the law in whatever terms they consider correct. Yet in every Crown Court where a jury is empanelled, twelve ordinary citizens retain the power to refuse conviction—even where the evidence appears overwhelming and the judge has directed that the law points only one way. [continue reading…]

From the vault: Murray N. Rothbard, with two articles, “No Time for Pessimism” and “Kingdom Come: The Politics of the Millennium,” and three Reflections in Liberty (January 1989). The Reflections and first article are covered here; the second article will be covered in a second post.

Reflections

• “Pineapple Face?” (p. 5): Rothbard notes the media’s habitual nickname for Panamanian leader Manuel Noriega—“pineapple face”—and mockingly asks whether this shows “remarkable and brutal insensitivity toward the pockmarked.” He facetiously predicts that the “Pockmarked League of America” will soon protest. [continue reading…]

Hans-Hermann Hoppe, “On War, Democratic Peace, and Reeducation: The “German Experience” in Reactionary Perspective,” Property and Freedom Journal (July 28, 2026).

This is based on Hoppe, “On War, Democratic Peace, and Reeducation: The “German Experience” in Reactionary Perspective,” which was supposed to be forthcoming in a book based on the Mises Institute’s Revisionist History of War Conference, May 15, 2025—May 17, 2025, which seems unlikely at the present time.

It also served as the basis for Professor Hoppe’s talk PFP307 | Hans-Hermann Hoppe: Democratic Peace and Re-Education: The German Experience (PFS 2025). See also PFP290 | Hoppe: Considerations and Reflections of a Veteran Reactionary Libertarian (AERC 2025), Professor Hoppe’s 2025 AERC speech in which he talked a bit about what he was planning to do in in his PFS 2025 talk.

Related

• On the Frankfurt school: My Path to the Austrian School of Economics; Habermas, Hoppe’s Teacher and PhD Advisor, dies at 96; On War, Democratic Peace, and Reeducation: The “German Experience” in Reactionary Perspective; Tom Woods Elite Letter: The Hans Hoppe Interview (2025)
• Hoppe, “Introduction,” in Democracy: God that Failed (2001)

From the Vault: “Vortrag von Professor Hoppe in der „Akademie Modelhof“: „Privatrechtsgesellschaft ohne Staat““, Mises Institut Deutschland (Jan. 16, 2013) (“Lecture by Professor Hoppe at the Modelhof Academy: “Private law society without a state”). See also Modelhof Akademie; Vortrag von Professor Hoppe in der “Akademie Modelhof”: “Privatrechtsgesellschaft ohne Staat,” HansHoppe.com

January 16, 2013 – On November 23, 2012, Prof. Dr. Hans-Hermann Hoppe spoke at the “Akademie Modelhof” (Müllheim, Canton Thurgau, Switzerland) on the topic of “Private law society without a state”.

In his lecture, Prof. Hoppe demonstrates that competition in today’s party democracy – a competition in lying and profiteering, in deception and camouflage – cannot produce good results.

As an alternative, he offers a private-law society, based on self-determination and voluntariness. In this system, conflicts are resolved neutrally.

Prof. Hoppe also points out that the model of a private law society is not a utopia, but rather rigorously thought out, realistic, and, upon closer inspection, even self-evident.

We thank the “Akademie Modelhof” for permission to publish the videos.

Andreas Marquart

The videos are below. English translations TBD. (Vimeo versions: Lecture; Q&A)

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Cristiano Fiori Chiocca, “Rothbard’s 100th birthday celebration in Porto – and the libertarian cause was the one who received the gift,” Instituto Rothbard (20/07/2026)

[Google translation]

This year, 2026, marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of Murray Rothbard, an economist, philosopher, activist, intellectual, and professor with encyclopedic knowledge on such a vast range of subjects that he is one of the few people in history who can boast the title of polymath.

By definition, a polymath is someone who has in-depth knowledge of a wide range of subjects, and Rothbard, in addition to perfectly fitting the definition, had the clarity to express this knowledge as another remarkable quality. [continue reading…]

[StephanKinsella.com cross-post]

Principled libertarians are anti-state because they favor property rights and oppose aggression.¹ This does not mean respect for rights, or the non-aggression principled is our “only,” or even the “highest,” “value”;² nor that we believe in “absolute” property rights, whatever that means.³ It only means that we have a principled case for property rights and we oppose aggression; we recognize that it is impossible to justify aggression.⁴

And for these reasons we oppose both private crime or aggression, and institutionalized aggression by the state, including taxation and other forms of institutionalized theft by the state—such as eminent domain, conscription, intellectual property law,⁵ and so on (as well as many other types of aggression).⁶ [continue reading…]

1. The Nature of the State and Why Libertarians Hate It, StephanKinsella.com (May 3, 2010). [↩]
2. Kinsella, The “Liberty Is Your Only Value” Canard. [↩]
3. Kinsella, Dominiak & Wysocki, “Libertarianism, Defense of Property, and Absolute Rights”. [↩]
4. Kinsella,”What Libertarianism Is“and “What It Means To Be an Anarcho-Capitalist,” both in Legal Foundations of a Free Society (Houston, Texas: Papinian Press, 2023). [↩]
5. Intellectual Property versus Intellectual Property Rights. [↩]
6. See discussion of Rothbard’s typology of state interventions in Kinsella, KOL493 | Rothbard’s Greatest Hits: A Personal Mix Tape (Porto, Portugal); The Undeniable Morality of Capitalism, n.14; Intellectual Property Rights as Negative Servitudes; see Rothbard, Power and Market, in the chapter “Fundamentals of Intervention. [↩]

Hans-Hermann Hoppe, “My Discovery of Human Action and of Mises as a Philosopher,” Property and Freedom Journal (July 27, 2026); also in The Influence and Significance of Human Action After 75 Years, Joseph T. Salerno, ed. (Auburn, Ala.: Mises Institute, 2025), presented at the Human Action Conference, Ludwig von Mises Institute, Auburn, AL, May 16, 2024. Now finally available online. Who knows when Hoppe’s “On War, Democratic Peace, and Reeducation: The “German Experience” in Reactionary Perspective” will ever be published (it was supposed to be forthcoming in a book based on the Mises Institute’s Revisionist History of War Conference, May 15, 2025—May 17, 2025). [continue reading…]

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Property and Freedom Podcast, Episode 339.

Below is the video of the speech by Professor Anxo Bastos at 100 Years with Rothbard (Porto, Portugal, June 27, 2026), “Rothbard’s Contributions to the Austrian School.” See Cataláxia Editora Rothbard 100 Youtube playlist. Transcript and summary below. The speech and youtube video are in Portuguese and Spanish (I think). This podcast episode features an AI narration of the English translation (below), prepared by Jorge Besada.

See Kinsella, Rothbard Takes Portugal: 100 Years with Rothbard: A Personal Account. See also Miguel Anxo Bastos Boubeta, Nation, Secession, and Freedom (pp 27–35), in The Emergence of a Tradition: Essays in Honor of Jesús Huerta de Soto, Volume II, David Howden and Philipp Bagus, eds. (Cham: Palgrave Macmillan / Springer, 2023). [continue reading…]

From the vault: Murray N. Rothbard, “Loathing the Fear in New York, New York,” , Liberty (November, 1989): 29–32. And one Reflection: “Two cheers for Webster” (p. 7).

Also in this issue: Hoppe, “Intimidation by Argument—Once Again” (Nov. 1989; also in EEPP, Appendix).

“Two cheers for Webster” (p. 7): Grok summary:

Rothbard gives qualified support (“two cheers”) to the Supreme Court’s Webster decision. He argues it largely preserves the core right to abortion choice established in Roe v. Wade, making only a marginal restriction: states may require viability testing earlier in the second trimester (up to about the 20th week). He notes this limit already existed in Roe itself, which never recognized an absolute right of privacy or bodily self-ownership across all trimesters—only in the first, after which “state interest” could regulate or ban abortion. [continue reading…]

Originally published at The Rude Awakening.

Broken Window Press

The Rude Awakening (June 25, 2026)

By Sean Ring

I never thought Marc Andreessen would make me laugh, but his X post was a masterclass in head-smacking, jaw-dropping disbelief.

“Every day I see something I am convinced I hallucinated.”

He was quoting a local news story from Oakland, California. KTVU, a Fox affiliate, reported that car break-ins across the city had declined. A rare public safety win! Fewer victims. Fewer shattered windows. Fewer mornings ruined.

Then came the kicker. [continue reading…]

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Property and Freedom Podcast, Episode 338.

Below is the video and text of the speech by PFS member Fernando Chiocca of Instituto Rothbard (Brazil/Brasil) at 100 Years with Rothbard (Porto, Portugal, June 27, 2026): “Rothbardianism at Rothbard’s Centenary.”¹ See also Chiocca’s Prezi presentation. The speech and youtube video are in Brazilian Portuguese. This podcast episode features an AI narration of the English translation, prepared by Jorge Besada.

See Cataláxia Editora Rothbard 100 Youtube playlist. For further information, photos, and so on, see Kinsella, Rothbard Takes Portugal: 100 Years with Rothbard: A Personal Account.

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1. See also PFP327 | Fernando Fiori Chiocca, “The First Knight of Libertarianism” (Rothbard at 100); Fernando Chiocca, How to win the economic debate (PFS 2012). [↩]

Anti-Iran War Spain’s defeat of Milei’s pro-war Argentina in the World Cup.  Pastor Chuck Baldwin explains.

After nearly five months since the start of the U.S. initiated 2026 Straight of Hormuz Crisis it should be clear that bombing, blockades, and rhetorical bluster cannot compel the flow of commerce through the region. Since February 28, 2026, the movement of crude oil and other commodities remains at a standstill.

Former Navy SEAL, apocalyptic novelist, and social commentator, Matt Bracken highlights the impossibility U.S. forces controlling Iran’s coastal islands, Kharg and Qeshm. His X, Gab and Substack accounts are worth following. Aside from the World Trade Organization data on crude oil movement, all of the graphics in this post are Bracken’s creations. [continue reading…]

From the vault: Murray N. Rothbard, “My Break With Branden and the Rand Cult,” Liberty (September 1988): 27–32. This issue also contains Rothbard’s entries in the Reflections section:

• “Her feet’s too big!”, p. 7: Rothbard mocks Eileen Ford (of the Ford Model Agency) for her lifelong personal hatred of Eleanor Roosevelt, which she attributes purely to Roosevelt’s appearance—calling her an “ugly old toad” with “awful size 50 feet”—rather than any political or ideological disagreement. He notes the absurdity of such superficial judgment and compares it to the Fats Waller lyric “Hate you cause your feet’s too big,” asking whether modern culture has become a living parody of that song. [continue reading…]

The Mises Institute used to have a very useful feature, the Mises Wiki (archive), but like many aspects of Mises.org since Jeff Tucker and Doug French left, it has fallen into desuetude.¹

As noted in this Facebook post (and LinkedIn post), David Veksler has revived it at his site,  freecapitalists.org, as The Austrian Economics Wiki: “A free encyclopedia of Austrian economics and the libertarian tradition.” Heroic!

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1. See Kinsella, “My Years with the Mises Institute,” Property and Freedom Journal (May 2, 2026), the sections Pointless Name Changes, Website Changes, and Journal Confusion and Mises.org; Copyright and Open Publishing/Information. [↩]

Fernando Chiocca, From Let Trannies Compete in Women’s Sports, Instituto Rothbard (12/01/2024) (Google translation)

One of the most imbecile topics that has occupied the public debate in recent years is transgenderism, or more precisely, gender ideology. Men who feel better acting and living like women, and vice versa, are nothing new. And this is all what transgenderism is, something that has always occurred to a tiny percentage of individuals in all human societies, as the writings of early civilizations and the studies of anthropologists show. When discussing the sexual division of labor of pre-Columbian peoples, Alexander Goldenweiser notes that: [continue reading…]

From Lipton Matthews, “Individualism, Not Just IQ: The Overlooked Driver of the Great Divergence,” Property and Freedom Journal (July 23, 2026)

Related

• PFP041 | Hans-Hermann Hoppe, From the Malthusian Trap to the Industrial Revolution: An Explanation of Social Evolution (PFS 2009)

Lipton Matthews, “Individualism, Not Just IQ: The Overlooked Driver of the Great Divergence,” Property and Freedom Journal (July 23, 2026)

Why did Europe, and not China, become the dominant power of the modern world? It is a question that has kept historians arguing for decades, and for good reason. Around 1000 CE, China was arguably the more advanced civilization, with better engineering, a more sophisticated bureaucracy, and larger cities than anything Europe had to offer. And it was not just China. Japan and Korea also had relatively high human capital levels during the pre-industrial era and by several modern measures East Asians score higher on IQ tests than Europeans do. So if raw brain power explained who ends up on top, the map of scientific and industrial achievement today would look quite different. [continue reading…]

From @conza and conza.au, an online version of Mises Made Easier: Percy L. Greaves Jr.’s glossary for Ludwig von Mises’s Human Action — 670 terms, from a posteriori to Zwangswirtschaft, each with Greaves’s page citations to Mises’s works.