|Peter Boettke|

This is from a segment of a larger interview with Israel Kirzner. I agree with both his assessment of Rothbard's talents and that despite Rothbard's own recognition of the strict lines between the value-free science of economics and the value-ladden social philosophy of libertarianism, in his efforts to spread the libertarian doctrine the lines often become blurred. This bluring of the lines has had significant consequences.