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Rothbard The Urbanist Part 6: Traffic Control

October 19, 2009 By Adam Hengels

Maybe the delay in posts led you to believe the Rothbard Series was complete.  The good news is that there are a few more posts to go, and the ones coming up next should be the most interesting to urbanists. If you haven’t kept up with our discussion, Murray Rothbard’s classic For A New Liberty … [Read more...]

Filed Under: infrastructure, privatization, Rothbard The Urbanist, Transportation Tagged With: emergence, For a New Liberty, Free-market, Murray Rothbard, Private Roads, private streets, privatization, railways, Transportation

Rothbard the Urbanist Part 5: Diversity and Discrimination

August 25, 2009 By Adam Hengels

This 5th installment of the Rothbard Series dovetails well with the most recent post on segregation by guest blogger, Stephen Smith, as well as a post back in July over at Austin Contrarian.  If you haven’t kept up with our discussion, Murray Rothbard’s classic For A New Liberty can be … [Read more...]

Filed Under: housing, Jane Jacobs, privatization, Rothbard The Urbanist Tagged With: discrimination, diversity, For a New Liberty, Free-market, Jane Jacobs, Murray Rothbard, segregation

Rothbard the Urbanist Part 4: Policing

August 3, 2009 By Adam Hengels

I apologize for the extended delay between posts.  Personal (newborn) and professional priorities have prevented me from having the free time I once had. Unfortunately posts will probably continue to be sporadic until things settle down a little. We are now at Part 4 in the multi-part series … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Economics, history, privatization, Rothbard The Urbanist, Transportation Tagged With: For a New Liberty, Harlem, Murray Rothbard, railways

Rothbard the Urbanist Part 3: Prevention of Blockades

June 18, 2009 By Adam Hengels

In the last post, we discussed the first paragraphs of chapter 11 of Murray Rothbard's For A New Liberty. (available free from Mises.org as pdf, web page, and audio book) Those paragraphs discussed the private ownership of all land, including streets and roads. Rothbard clearly and concisely … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Economics, privatization, Rothbard The Urbanist Tagged With: For a New Liberty, Murray Rothbard, privatization

Rothbard the Urbanist Part 2: Safe Streets

June 2, 2009 By Adam Hengels

The recent post, Public Education’s Role in Sprawl and Exclusion generated some interest and fantastic comments.   I recommend reading Murray Rothbard's For a New Liberty in its entirety.  It is elegant in its consistently radical application of principles.  It is available for free from the Mises … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Economics, infrastructure, planning, privatization, Rothbard The Urbanist, Transportation, Zoning Tagged With: For a New Liberty, Jane Jacobs, Murray Rothbard, private streets, privatization, safety

Rothbard the Urbanist Part 1: Public Education’s Role in Sprawl and Exclusion

May 4, 2009 By Adam Hengels

I’ve been meaning to address the public education system’s complex role in land use patterns, and found that Murray Rothbard does a better job in his 1973 manifesto, For a New Liberty than I ever could.  In summary, locally-funded public education is an engine of geographical segregation, which … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Economics, housing, Rothbard The Urbanist, sprawl, Zoning Tagged With: affordability, exclusionary zoning, For a New Liberty, Murray Rothbard, property taxes, public education, schools, suburbs, zoning

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