Milton Friedman got me onto the libertarian movement. He regularly smacked down people in debates, e.g. in his PBS documentary.
Is there any video/audio of Rothbard debating others?
Milton Friedman was a socialist.
No he wasn’t.
He believed in central planning, did he not?
he was a money and law socialist, yet a capitalist on other topics.
Fine, he was a central planner in favor of free trade.
he was a central planner in favour of restricted trade in a some markets. money, law.
he was against the central planning of other markets, and in this aspect he was in favor of free trade.
he was certainly inconsistent, thats a given. and if pushed i would say he was an ideological enemy of mine. since he favoured the state.
but in so far as he hated the state meddling in all markets but the aforementions he is an ally. life is tricksy.
Wrong again, he was not a central planner. If you want to use the proper slur, some people like to call him a statist.
He’s responsible for the removal of the gold standard, for freely floating exchange rates between many different kinds of currencies, and supports central banks “determining” the rate of inflation (which is impossible). He’s basically in favor of price setting, first at the higher stages of production, and then at the lower.
I’m being pedantic, but only because I agree with you!
responsible might be too strong a word? you made him responsible for things I think he was not and perhaps have overlooked areas where more blame could be laid at his feet. (income withholding tax).
central bank determination of the rate of inflation is not impossible its what they do if they control the money supply. if they increase the money supply at a certain rate, so that is the rate of inflation… its retarded and immoral but all too horribly possile 
Well yeah, I misspoke. The central banks definitely determine the rate of inflation in the long run, but can’t completely control it in the short run.
Hm, it seems no one actually answered my question.
I have never seen such video, but would love to
I doubt it, Rothbard was never a fourth as famous as Friedman nor as good a debater so I doubt that he was ever in many debates… I’m dissapointed as to the harsh things that have been said about Friedman thusfar in this thread.
Just look at where they are coming from, and allocate them respect accordingly.
I doubt it, Rothbard was never a fourth as famous as Friedman nor as good a debater
How can you know that without any videos of him in debate, or even any accounts of one? If anyone has such info, please share. Anyhow, I’ll take the soundness of ideas over ability to smash people in debates any day.
Par for the course. There probably isn’t. I think the closest I have seen is Rothbard send letters back and forth with Sam Konkin re: agorism.
They aren’t mutually exclusive.
I know, but the former is more valuable IMO because we can see Rothbard’s ideas holding their own long after he is dead. Anyhow, I have no clue what type of debater Rothbard was. Maybe there is something in his biography.
In the age of cheap and accessible rich media, legacy can be more than the written word. It can be speeches, presentations, reenactments etc.