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What Rothbard Can Teach the Public About Inequality
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What Rothbard Can Teach the Public About Inequality

Mises Media · Mises Institute

March 27, 2026

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Show Notes

Drawing on Rothbard's essay on inequality and the division of labor, Dr. Lucas Engelhardt argues that human diversity is the very foundation of comparative advantage and prosperity, and that billionaires arise either by serving large numbers of people through the market or by extracting wealth through political connections.

Part of the faculty panel entitled "What Rothbard Can Teach the Informed Layperson About Economics". 

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