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NYU Journal of Law and Liberty

February 19, 2004 by

New and very interesting: here

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Mike February 20, 2004 at 2:22 am

“The inaugural issue will appear in Fall of 2004 and will feature critical discussions and popular essays on the thought of F.A. Hayek, perhaps the 20th century’s greatest proponent of classical liberalism.”

Hopefully they may one day (maybe?) also mention in their journal that way back in the early 20th century, a fellow from Austria named Ludwig von Mises once held a few little seminars on economics at NYU. I’d be amazed if they even decide to mention that Mr. Hayek was Mises’ protégé at one point.

Alex February 20, 2004 at 3:52 am

Mike,

You know what’s strange? An almost complete absence of any mention of Mises, or Rothbard.

Hayek is, politically, more viable than either Mises and especially Rothbard; which is probably why we see his name more often in the press and literature.

Academic and mainstream thinking seems to go like this; present the least radical proponent, and then “move on down” the scale of more radicals, or ignore them altogether. For example, their is virtually no mention of Rothbard in any academic study course, save the ones on the Mises campus.

Whatever one thinks of Rothbard’s or Mises’ beliefs, their contributions to economics shouldn’t be ignored.

Rob Sarvis February 23, 2004 at 8:27 pm

I assure you that at least one of the founders of the journal knows very well who Mises is and wishes only too well that he and his works become more well known.

But whether or not the choice of Hayek was correct or not (though might not your rude assumption of the journal staff members’ ignorance of Mises lend credence to their assumption of whose influence was generally greater), I hope the previous comments are not expressive of any sort of jealousy about the legacy of one man versus that of another. That would be unfortunate and petty.

Rather, the obvious solution is to submit articles on Mises as well as on Hayek; they would surely be welcome. Yes, shameless plug for the journal — if the journal encourages people to read Human Action in addition to Law, Legislation & Liberty, I’m sure they’ll be doubly happy.

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