1947: I Enter The Movement
Recently, a friend found a copy of the following letter, in the files of my late friend, Dr.F. A. (Baldy) Harper. It was a nostalgic moment, because this fateful letter constituted my entry into the libertarian movement, although of course I could not realize this fully at the time. With the [...]

Up until the 1960s, the morality play purporting to explain the enormous rise of state power in twentieth-century America was a simple one. Liberals and leftists hailed the growth of government intervention as the result of a drive by workers, farmers, and altruistic intellectuals overriding opposition by selfish big-business interests. Conservatives portrayed the mirror image [...]

A video of Rothbard speaking on American banking history at a Mises Institute conference.