Monday, February 26, 2018

Walter Block On Ayn Rand and Ludwig von Mises



In response to the post, Did Tyler Cowen Just Take a Swipe at the Mises Institute?, Dr. Walter Block emails:
Dear Bob:

I for one am not an overzealous disciple who overrates Mises and Rand

Rather, I am a very zealous disciple who rates both of them VERY highly.

On Rand:

Block, Walter E. 2002. “The Libertarian Minimal State?” A critique of the views of Nozick, Levin and Rand, Journal of Ayn Rand Studies, Vol. 4, No. 1, pp. 141-160; reprinted in Younkins, Ed, ed., 2004. Philosophers of Capitalism: Menger, Mises, Rand and Beyond; http://www.walterblock.com/publications/minimal_state.pdf

Block, Walter E. 2003.  “Libertarianism vs. Objectivism; A Response to Peter Schwartz,” Reason Papers, Vol. 26, Summer, pp. 39-62; http://www.reasonpapers.com/pdf/26/rp_26_4.pdf Nambla, child sexuality, child abuse

Block, Walter E. 2005. “Ayn Rand and Austrian Economics: Two Peas in a Pod.” The Journal of Ayn Rand Studies. Vol. 6, No. 2, Spring, pp. 259-269

Block, Walter E. 2007. “The Non Fictional Robert Stadlers: Traitors to Liberty.” Ayn Rand’s “Atlas Shrugged”: A Philosophical and Literary Companion.  Edward W. Younkins, editor. Hampshire, England: Ashgate.

Block, Walter E. 2008. “Religion and Libertarianism: Ayn Rand was wrong.” June 18;

Block, Walter E. 2010. “Is Libertarianism a Part of the Right or the Left? Neither. We Are Unique” April 13http://archive.lewrockwell.com/block/block156.html

Block, Walter E. 2011. Ayn Rand, Religion and Libertarianism, Journal of Ayn Rand Studies Vol., 11, No. 1, Issue 21, July, pp. 63-79.

Block, Walter E.  2014. “Justifying a Stateless Legal Order: a critique of Rand and Epstein.” Journal of Private Enterprise; 29(2) Spring: 21-49; http://journal.apee.org/index.php/Category:Spring_2014http://journal.apee.org/index.php?title=2014.Spring.JPE_part2.pdf

Block, Walter E. 2014.  “On Ayn Rand, Murray Rothbard and Thick Libertarianism” June 1;

On Mises:

Barnett and Block, 2004, 2005, 2005-2006, 2007, 2012; Block, 1977; Block, Klein and Hansen, 2007

Barnett, William II and Walter E. Block. 2004. “On the Optimum Quantity of Money,” Quarterly Journal of Austrian Economics, Vol. 7, No. 1, pp. 39-52; http://www.mises.org/journals/qjae/pdf/qjae7_1_4.pdf

Barnett II, William and Walter E. Block. 2012. “The Optimum Quantity of Money, Once Again.” Economics, Management, and Financial Markets; Vol. 7, No. 1, March, pp. 9-24; http://www.addletonacademicpublishers.com/component/option,com_sectionex/Itemid,103/id,23/view,category/#catid145Password: AddletonAP2009.

Barnett, William II, and Walter E. Block.  2005.  “Money: Capital Good, Consumers’ Good, or (Media of) Exchange Good?”Review of Austrian Economics. 18 (2): 179-194; http://www.gmu.edu/rae/archives/VOL18_2_2005/4_Barnett.pdf

Barnett, William II, and Walter E. Block. 2005-2006. “Mises, Rothbard and Salerno on Costs.” Corporate Ownership & Control, Winter, Vol. 3, No. 2, pp. 204-206

Barnett, William II and Walter E. Block. 2007. “Saving and Investment: A Praxeological Approach.” New Perspectives on Political EconomyVol. 3, No. 2, pp. 129 – 138;
no future goods, fn 16

Barnett II, William and Walter E. Block. 2012. “The Optimum Quantity of Money, Once Again.” Economics, Management, and Financial Markets; Vol. 7, No. 1, March, pp. 9-24; http://www.addletonacademicpublishers.com/component/option,com_sectionex/Itemid,103/id,23/view,category/#catid145Password: AddletonAP2009.

Block, Walter E. 1977. "Austrian Monopoly Theory -- a Critique (of Mises and Kirzner)," The Journal of Libertarian Studies: An Interdisciplinary Review, Vol. I, No. 4, fall, pp. 271-279; http://www.mises.org/journals/jls/1_4/1_4_1.pdf

Block, Walter E., Peter Klein and Per Henrik Hansen. 2007. “The Division of Labor under Homogeneity: A Critique of Mises and Rothbard” The American Journal of Economics and Sociology, April Vol. 66 Issue 2, pp. 457-464; http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/toc/ajes/66/2http://141.164.133.3/exchange/walterblock/Inbox/Re:%20link_x003F_-2.EML/1_multipart_xF8FF_2_j.1536-7150.2007.00520.pdf/C58EA28C-18C0-4a97-9AF2-036E93DDAFB3/j.1536-7150.2007.00520.pdf?attach=1

Best regards,

Walter

Walter E. Block, Ph.D.
Harold E. Wirth Eminent Scholar Endowed Chair and Professor of Economics
Loyola University New Orleans

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