The Donald and Linda Miller Lecture, presented at the 2012 Mises Institute Supporters Summit. Recorded at Callaway Gardens, Georgia, on 26 October 2012.
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Lew Rockwell discusses the life and works of Murray Rothbard with Tom Woods . Tom Woods : In two minutes or less, why is Rothbard important to begin with? Lew Rockwell : Well, Rothbard is important for a couple of reasons. First of all, because he was such a significant scholar — as an economist, as an historian, as a political philosopher. He was
Tom Woods: En dos minutos o menos, para empezar, ¿por qué es importante Rothbard? Lew Rockwell: Bueno, Rothbard es importante por un par de razones. Antes que nada, por ser un investigador tan importante, como economista, como historiador, como filósofo político. Fue un pensador original y un pensador muy convincente, un hombre que, entre otras
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