.David Gordon Mises and Hayek were much more right wing than many people think. Mises in 1934 joined the Patriotic Front, in support of the Dollfuss government in Austria. Dollfuss, also ardently defended by the great Catholic philosopher Dietrich von Hildebrand, is generally classed as a clerical fascist. Later, Mises was on the advisory board for American Opinion, published by Robert Welch of the John Birch Society, and wrote for the magazine. Hayek was sympathetic to the Pinochet government in Chile.

Joseph T. Salerno  I think you’re right that Rothbard would have probably supported Trump. But I disagree that Murray had “extremely bad practical judgment when it came to politics.” After all he supported the peaceful coexistence candidate Adlai Stevenson over the cold warrior Eisenhower, Lyndon Johnson over the crazed anti-Communist Goldwater, and Ross Perot over the war-mongering neocons Bush and Clinton. And in light of what David Gordon pointed out in his comment above, Mises and Hayek would have been arm-in-arm with Rothbard supporting Trump.

The great historian of classical liberalism Ralph Raico had this comment  on the post: “the real question is, who knew more about American politics, Mises and Hayek or Murray?”