''Radicals for Capitalism: A Freewheeling History of the Modern American Libertarian Movement'' is a 2007 book about the history of 20th-century

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'' senior editor Brian Doherty. He traces the evolution of the movement, as well as the life stories of

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, and

Murray Rothbard Murray Newton Rothbard (; March 2, 1926 – January 7, 1995) was an American economist of the Austrian School, economic historian, political theorist, and activist. Rothbard was a central figure in the 20th-century American libertarian m ...

, 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.

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'' proclaimed it to be "the standard history of the libertarian movement for years to come".

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