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NOTE Why has Böhm-Bawerk been attacked by "nihilist" forces within Austrianism?

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Again, I think the reason why von Boehm-Bawerk has been particularly attacked by the nihilist forces in modern industrial economics is because he's obviously clear, he's obviously equilibrating, he's obviously part of a great economic tradition.

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It's also what Mises built his theory on. Mises is an elaboration of von Boehm-Bawerk, an application to the theory of money.

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So if you eliminate von Boehm-Bawerk, you're also implicitly eliminating Mises, to cut the ground out from under Mises, a strategic ploy on the part of the nihilist forces.

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I mean, the thing about the nihilists is they don't like Mises, they don't like von Bawerk, who are they going to like if they call themselves Austrian?

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The only Menger is the only one left, and he's far enough in the past to sort of be safe, I suppose.