American economist of the austrian school, libertarian political theorist, and historian
Murray Rothbard was an economist, philosopher, historian, professor, writer, essayist, and activist from the United States . Born as Murray Newton Rothbard on March 2, 1926, in The Bronx, New York , he obtained his education from the Birch Wathen Lenox School and Columbia University . His doctoral advisor was Ludwig von Mises .
Rothbard founded Left and Right: A Journal of Libertarian Thought and the Cato Institute . He passed away on January 7, 1995, in New York City .