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Murray Rothbard (1926-1995) was a libertarian economist who extended the [[Austrian School of Economics]] to broader opposition to government.  For example, Rothbard defended private [[monopolies]] while most economists view them as harmful.<ref>http://www.mises.org/story/1800</ref>

'''Murray N. Rothbard''' (1926-1995) was a [[libertarian]] economist who extended the [[Austrian School of Economics]] to broader opposition to government.  For example, Rothbard defended private [[monopolies]] while most economists view them as harmful.<ref>http://www.mises.org/story/1800</ref>

Rothbard is praised by the Mises Institute, which continues to promote his work.

He was a significant figure in the development of the libertarian political movement, but later broke with the libertarians in 1989 in a return to his earlier [[paleoconservative]] views.  He was a central figure in the [[Libertarian Party]] until 1989, but a critic of their 1980 Presidential candidate [[Ed Clark]] and of the [[Cato Institute]] over the direction of the party; this eventually resulted in a split in the party at their 1983 convention in which Rothbard and his supporters remained in the party and the personalities close to the Cato Institute left the party.  In 1988 he was instrumental in convincing [[Ron Paul]] to run for President on the Libertarian ticket.  After leaving libertarianism and returning to paleoconservatism, he was involved in the movement to draft [[Patrick Buchanan]] to seek the Republican Party nomination for President in 1992.  <ref>Raimondo, Justin.  ''An Enemy of the State: The Life of Murray N. Rothbard''.  Prometheus Books, 2000.''</ref>  He died in 1995.  Rothbard is praised by the Mises Institute, which continues to promote his work.