>>But it begs the question - have you read/studied von Mises, Hazlitt, Hayek, Anderson, or Reisman (one of von Mises' top students)? Have you ever attended a conference or lecture presented by an Austrian economist?

LOL. To respond in kind: have you traveled outside the US? Doesn't stop people claiming to be an authority on Fascism, national health schemes and anything else that Obama did wrong.

In the absence of more direct replies, I'll take that as a "no". At least the original question wasn't nearly as constrained by geography <s>

You characterized the Austrian school as a religion. Certainly entitled to ask why....my point is that the Austrian school has been credited for going far deeper than "conventional wisdom" in analyzing historical events.

If you stand by your reply, well, SchoolMaster ye ain't. :)

Hoping you have interest in replying to the questions in Message #1584831.