Welcome Ralph Raico!

by Liberty and Power

Liberty and Power is honored to welcome Ralph Raico as a member. Raico is professor emeritus at Buffalo State College and a legendary figure in the history of libertarianism.

Ralph is a fine scholar, dynamic speaker, and long-time friend. Among his many accomplishments, Raico (a former student of Ludwig Von Mises) translated Mises’ book Liberalism into English and served as editor of the New Individualist Review.

During the 1960s, the Review, which had both Milton Friedman and F.A. Hayek on its board of advisors, published the likes of Murray Rothbard, Mises, and Russell Kirk.

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Sheldon Richman - 7/5/2008

Let me add my welcome to Ralph, one of my favorite people of all time. I first met him in 1977 at the national LP convention in San Francisco. I admire him for many reason, but ranking near the top is his complete contempt for Winston Churchill. The world has an acute shortage of at least one thing: Churchill haters. I've learned much from Ralph over the years. I wish I could recall half of it.

Keith Halderman - 7/4/2008

Welcome to Ralph Raico, it is good to have someone on the Blog who has almost as low opinion of FDR as I do.

Chris Westley - 7/4/2008

If you keep on adding people like Prof. Raico to L&P, you may soon be able to charge a positive price to access it. I know I'd pay it.

Roderick T. Long - 7/4/2008

P.S. - Among his other accomplishments, Ralph is the only person I've ever heard explain the causes of World War I in such a way that I thought I actually understood it.

Roderick T. Long - 7/4/2008

I second the welcome! I first met Ralph in 1986 or so at IHS, and I now see him several times a year at the Mises Institute. Nobody is as good at unleashing withering scorn as Ralph.

He once told me who the head of the Illuminati is, but I promised not to reveal it.

Mark Brady - 7/4/2008

I first met Ralph (and Murray Rothbard) in London in 1974 when they were visiting Europe for the biennial general meeting of the Mont Pelerin Society, which that year was held in Brussels, Belgium.

Much later, I got to know Ralph better when he worked as a faculty member for IHS undergraduate seminars. Ralph has a commanding presence and mellifluous voice. I particularly enjoyed his welcoming and concluding lectures for the students.

I look forward to his contributions to this list, which I know will reflect his very considerable knowledge of European history and liberal thought.