Shortly after Murray Rothbard’s lamented death in January, 1995, Lew Rockwell telephoned me. He asked me to write a book review journal for the Mises Institute, covering new books in philosophy, history, politics, and economics. Moreover, he wanted the first issue in one month. I managed to meet the deadline and continued to write the journal for a number of years. Articles from The Mises Review form the bulk of the material included in these volumes; but a few reviews from other sources are here as well. Ever since I first read Man, Economy, and State in 1962, I have been a convinced Rothbardian, and it from this standpoint that I have written my articles. David Gordon, from the Foreword
David Gordon is a philosopher an intellectual historian who studied under such luminaries as Friedrich Hayek and Robert Nozick. His greatest influence is his mentor Murray Rothbard. For over twenty years, David has been writing book reviews for the Mises’ Institute’s journal, The Mises Review. Fortunately the Mises Institute has now published three substantial volumes of Dr. Gordon’s reviews (some of which appeared in other places). The series is appropriately titled “An…