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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, standardization, Transportation

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, police, railways, sidewalks

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