Joseph T. Salerno on Murray Rothbard, Demagogic Politics, and the Austrian Economists

In This Episode:

• Joseph T. Salerno, Academic Vice President of the Mises Institute, joins the podcast to talk about Murray Rothbard’s political and economic thought
• why a demagogue is necessary for the masses to re-establish control over their government in the age of social democracy
• a primer on the economic theory of the Austrian economists, as well as their underlying anthropology and praxeology

Texts Mentioned:

• “Education in Economic Liberty” by Wilhelm Röpke in What is Conservatism? edited by Frank S. Meyer
• “Why I am Not a Conservative” by F.A. Hayek
• “The Use of Knowledge in Society” by F.A. Hayek
• America’s Great Depression by Murray Rothbard
• Human Action by Ludwig von Mises
• “Murray Rothbard versus the Progressives” by Joseph T. Salerno
• “In Defense of Demagogues” by Murray Rothbard
• Rothbard versus the Philosophers edited by Roberta Modugno
• “Why a Socialist Economy is Impossible” by Joseph T. Salerno
• “The End of Socialism and the Calculation Debate Revisited” by Murray Rothbard
• The Road to Serfdom by F.A. Hayek
• The Constitution of Liberty by F.A. Hayek
• “Joe Salerno on His Career as an Heir to Rothbard” by Joseph T. Salerno
• “A Radical Right-wing Alternative” in the New York Times, 1971
• Dan McCarthy “Conservative Conversations” special lecture
• Mises Institute
• Money: Sound and Unsound  by Joseph T. Salerno

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