Radicals for Capitalism

Radicals for Capitalism: A Freewheeling History of the Modern American Libertarian Movement

Cover of the first edition
Author	Brian Doherty
Subject	Libertarianism
Publisher	PublicAffairs
Publication date	2007
Publication place	United States
Media type	Print (hardback and paperback)
Pages	741
ISBN	978-1-58648-350-0
OCLC	433347326

The author in 2012

Radicals for Capitalism: A Freewheeling History of the Modern American Libertarian Movement is a 2007 book about the history of 20th-century American libertarianism by journalist and Reason senior editor Brian Doherty.^[1] He traces the evolution of the movement, as well as the life stories of Ayn Rand, Milton Friedman, Ludwig von Mises, F. A. Hayek, and Murray Rothbard, and details how they intertwined.

Doherty does not proceed strictly in chronological order, preferring instead to break up the action into short stories on central themes.^[2]

Reception

Radicals for Capitalism was reviewed in The New York Times, The San Diego Union-Tribune and The Washington Times.^[3][4][5] The Guardian proclaimed it to be "the standard history of the libertarian movement for years to come".^[6]

See also

• For a New Liberty

References

1. Cavanaugh, Tim (March 14, 2007). "You're welcome". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved February 9, 2009.
2. Morehouse, Isaac M. (June 14, 2007). "Book Review: Radicals for Capitalism". Mackinac Center for Public Policy. Retrieved February 9, 2009.
3. Leonhardt, David (April 1, 2007). "Free for All". The New York Times. Retrieved February 9, 2009.
4. Bandow, Doug (March 10, 2007). "The 'less is more' view of government, over the years". The Washington Times. Retrieved February 9, 2009.
5. Zimmerman, Martin (March 25, 2007). "So Many Books..." The San Diego Union-Tribune. Retrieved February 9, 2009.
6. Boaz, David (April 3, 2007). "Is libertarianism history?". The Guardian. Retrieved February 9, 2009.

Further reading

• Evans, Tim (December 6, 2007). "Rev. of Radicals for Capitalism". Economic Affairs. 27 (4): 92–93. doi:10.1111/j.1468-0270.2007.00792_8.x. ISSN 0265-0665.

External links

• Review of Radicals for Capitalism, The Mises Review (and another)
• Interview with Doherty on Radicals for Capitalism, After Words, February 10, 2007