During the 1950’s and early 1960’s Murray N. Rothbard was writing “private” book reviews in his capacity as a research analyst for the Volcker Fund. Towards the end of his tenure in this position Rothbard penned reviews of Strauss’s What is Political Philosophy? Thoughts on...

The economic analysis of ancient law assumes that neither human nature nor the fundamental problems of economic organization were substantially different in ancient times than they are today. Given those assumptions, ancient social organization, including ancient law, can be analysed in economic...