Libertarians are often accused, particularly by movement conservatives and moderate free-marketers, of being naive idealists who sacrifice incremental, practical improvements for some unattainable state of perfection. We are urged to compromise with the powers-that-be, to choose the lesser of evils, not to “let the perfect become the enemy of the good.” In browsing the Rothbard archives at the Mises Institute I came across a 1947 letter from one of Rothbard’s childhood friends, written from Europe, urging Rothbard to support the Marshall Plan. Rothbard’s reply is lost, but its substance can be gleaned from the friend’s response: I arrived in Rome … Continue reading Sound Familiar?