Ralph Raico
- Ralph Raico
Ralph Raico is an American historian, libertarian, and specialist in European
classical liberalism andAustrian Economics . He is currently a professor of history atBuffalo State College and a senior faculty member at theLudwig von Mises Institute . Raico was a student ofLudwig von Mises and learned German at Mises' suggestion. Raico translated Mises' "Liberalismus " into English.Raico was the editor of the
New Individualist Review , along withRonald Hamowy , a journal initially sponsored by theUniversity of Chicago chapter of theIntercollegiate Society of Individualists . It declared itself "founded in a commitment to liberty." The first article of the first edition was titled "Capitalism and Freedom."Milton Friedman ,F.A. Hayek , andRichard M. Weaver were the first faculty advisors, later to be joined byGeorge Stigler andBenjamin Rogge . Between 1961 and 1968, seventeen issues were published including articles byRussell Kirk ,William F. Buckley, Jr. ,Ludwig von Mises , andMurray N. Rothbard .The complete run of the magazine is available from
Liberty Fund . In his introduction to this reprint edition, Milton Friedman—one of the magazine's faculty advisors—writes that the Review set "an intellectual standard that has not yet, I believe, been matched by any of the more recent publications in the same philosophical tradition."Raico was also a founding member of the
Circle Bastiat , and was considered its poet laureate.In
1999 , Raico wrote "Die Partei der Freiheit: Studien zur Geschichte des deutschen Liberalismus", a German-language book discussing the liberal tradition inGermany .In
2000 , Raico was awarded the "Gary G. Schlarbaum Prize for Lifetime Achievement in the Cause of Liberty" by the Mises Institute. [http://www.mises.org/schlarbaum/raico.asp]In
2006 , Raico became one of the charter members of the Property and Freedom Society, which was founded at the instigation ofHans-Hermann Hoppe as a more radical counterpart to theMont Pelerin Society .External links
* [http://www.lewrockwell.com/raico/raico-arch.html Archives at LewRockwell.com]
* [http://www.mises.org/articles.aspx?author=Raico Article Archives at Mises.org]
* [http://www.mises.org/media.aspx?action=showname&ID=344 Audio/Video Lecture Archives at Mises.org]
* [http://www.fff.org/aboutUs/bios/rxr.asp Bio] atFuture of Freedom Foundation
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