Brian Doherty: Radicals for Capitalism April 15, 2007

This illuminating, lively history of a political movement on the rise told through the life stories of its standard bearers casts new light on the intellectual and political history of post-WWII America. In Radicals for Capitalism: A Freewheeling History of the Modern American Libertarian Movement' Doherty traces the evolution of libertarianism through the unconventional stories of Ludwig von Mises, F.A. Hayek, Ayn Rand, Murray Rothbard, and Milton Friedman and their personal battles, character flaws, love affairs and historical events that altered its course.