Roy A. Childs Jr.

Roy A. Childs Jr. (1949–1992) was a libertarian essayist and critic who counted among his early influences Ayn Rand, Ludwig von Mises, Rose Wilder Lane, and Robert LeFevre. In the 1960s, Childs became friends with Murray Rothbard, and Childs's controversial paper, "The Invisible Hand Strikes Back," was published in the inaugural issue of the Journal of Libertarian Studies. In 1977 he became a research associate of the Center for Libertarian Studies.

Links

• The Story of Roy A. Childs Jr. by Jeff Riggenbach, January 2011
• An Open Letter to Ayn Rand, 1969
• Mises Daily archives of Roy Childs.