The Lithuanian Free Market Institute continues a series of publications “Readings in Economic Policy” and presents a collection of American economist Murray N. Rothbard’s works, Property and Market Order. This book is intended to all those interested in economic policy and willing to take a critical look at the established “truths.”
While presenting this publication, Lithuanian free-market philosopher Algirdas Degutis, the compiler of Property and Market Order, said that although Robert Nozick is considered to be the main counterpoise to Rawls‘s and other egalitarian theories, he himself writes in his book that it was Rothbard who expounded the libertarian idea to him and removed the scales from his eyes. By writing easily apprehensible texts and being consistent, Rothbard created libertarianism, a systemic doctrine of individual freedom and free markets.
As one Lithuanian reviewer noted, the Lithuanian Free Market Institute has made a bold stroke by presenting to the public – in the midst of the electoral fever - a collection of writings of M. N. Rothbard, a prominent thinker of our times. “Advocates of the free-market ideas should be rejoicing now. And even though at the time of global economic moderation consumers’ senses tend to nestle up to conservative values, hopefully, this book will be a good seed into the autumnal soil. When it grows up and matures, it might become a plant that climbs up. In the scale of liberty, of course, “ – wrote the reviewer.
The collection contains Rothbard‘s articles The Anatomy of the State, Property and Exchange; Justice and Property Rights; Antimarket Ethics: A Praxeological Critique and other eminent works.
Rothbard’s collection Property and Market Order is a third book in LFMI’s series on readings in economic policy. Last year the Institute published A Collection of Economic and Political Essays by Frederick Bastiat and in 2006 it initiated a publication of Ludwig von Mises’ Economic Policy: Thoughts for Today and Tomorrow.
