Merrill Lynch on the Austrian School

01/23/2004 Mises Wire Mises.org

This report from Merrill Lynch, The TechStrat Barometer edited by Steven Milunovich, runs nearly the entire text of “Why Austrian Economics Matter” from my book Speaking of Liberty. The report comments: “We believe that Austrian economics eventually will overturn the way investors think about politics and economics.”

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