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1、WallStreet,Banks,andAmericanForeignPolicyByMurrayN.RothbardIntroductionbyJustinRaimondoFirstappearedinWorldMarketPerspective(1984)andlaterunderthesametitleasamonographproducedbytheCenterforlibertarianStudies(1995)WallStreet,Banks,andAmericanForeignPolicy,byMurrayN.RothbardIntroductionByJustinRaim
2、ondoMurrayRothbard's1984analysisofmodernAmericanhistoryasagreatpowerstrugglebetweeneconomicelites,betweentheHouseofMorganandtheRockefellerinterests,culminatesinthefollowingconclusion:"thefinancialpowerelitecansleepwellatnightregardlessofwhowinsin1984."Bythetimeyougetthere,theconclusionseemsunders
3、tatedindeed,forwhatwehavethhereisasweepingandcompressedhistoryof20centurypoliticsfromapowerelitepointofview.ItrepresentsasmallandhighlyspecializedsampleofRothbard'svasthistoricalknowledgecomingtogetherwithalifetimedevotedtomethodologicalindividualisminthesocialsciences.Itappearedfirstin1984,inthe
4、thickoftheReaganyears,inasmallfinancialpublicationcalledWorldMarketPerspective.ItwasprintedforalargeraudienceinbytheCenterforLibertarianStudiesin1995,andappearsin2005onlineforthefirsttime.TheoreticiansLeftandRightareconstantlyreferringtoabstract"forces"whentheyexamineandattempttoexplainhistorical
5、patterns.Applyingtheprincipleofmethodologicalindividualism—whichattributesallhumanactiontoindividualactors—andtheeconomicprinciplesoftheAustrianSchool,RothbardformulatedatrenchantoverviewoftheAmericaneliteandthehistoryofthemodernera.Rothbard'sanalysisflows,first,fromthebasicprinciplesofAustrianec
6、onomics,particularlytheMisesiananalysisofbankingandtheoriginofthebusinesscycle.Thisissueisalsodiscussedandelaboratedoninoneofhislastbooks,TheCaseAgainsttheFed(MisesInstitute,1995).Here,theauthorrelatesthehistoryofhowtheFederalReserveSystemcametobefoistedontheunsuspectingAmericanpeoplebyahigh-powe
7、redallianceofbankinginterests.Rothbard'seconomicanalysisisclear,concise,andwide-ranging,coveringthenatureofmoney,thegenesisofgovernmentpapermoney,theinherentinstability(andessentialfraudulence)offractionalreservebankin
