Review of Austrian Economics
Author:
Arthur M. Diamond, Jr.
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[Originally published in the Review of Austrian Economics 2 (1988).] Ludwig von Mises observed, “It is customary to trace the influence that the milieu exerted upon the achievements of genius” (1969, p. 9). He goes on to suggest that, whatever the general merit of the custom, it is unsound when applied to the great thinkers of Austria. Not heeding