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Mises Given His Due in the Wall Street Journal

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Lilburne Posted: Sun, Nov 8 2009 7:10 PM

The Man Who Predicted the Depression

"Ludwig von Mises was snubbed by economists world-wide as he warned of a credit crisis in the 1920s. We ignore the great Austrian at our peril today."

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Esuric replied on Sun, Nov 8 2009 10:18 PM

Awesome article. Thanks.

 

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Tukaram replied on Sun, Nov 8 2009 10:44 PM

Cool article.  Now we wonder does anyone listen to Mark Spitznagel? Smile

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Lilburne replied on Sun, Nov 8 2009 11:17 PM

What's key is that a lot of important people read the Wall Street Journal.  Smile

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Lots of people read wikipedia

Wikipedia:

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In a November 7, 2009 Wall Street Journal Op-Ed piece, Spitznagel extolled the views of Austrian economist Ludwig von Mises against government-induced inflationary credit expansion, and criticized those of John Maynard Keynes (and Greenspan et al.). “Government expansion of credit [Spitznagel’s term is ‘credit gavage’] takes a system otherwise capable of adjustment and resilience and transforms it into…a brittle one.”[17]

Hmm, I wonder if that was one of us?

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Thedesolateone:

Lots of people read wikipedia

Wikipedia:

 

Austrian School

In a November 7, 2009 Wall Street Journal Op-Ed piece, Spitznagel extolled the views of Austrian economist Ludwig von Mises against government-induced inflationary credit expansion, and criticized those of John Maynard Keynes (and Greenspan et al.). “Government expansion of credit [Spitznagel’s term is ‘credit gavage’] takes a system otherwise capable of adjustment and resilience and transforms it into…a brittle one.”[17]

Hmm, I wonder if that was one of us?

People and their crazy wikipedias.

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Saan replied on Mon, Nov 9 2009 9:50 AM

It's funny.  I work with an economics student.  I gave her a copy of liberalism about a year ago.  I saw her reading it the day the article hit.  She dismissed him as a nut.  Looks she never actually read the book.

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