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“The Austrian School came into existence when a bunch of Viennese rent-gouging landlords didn't want rent control on the rents they could gouge out of their tenants in old Vienna, so they hired a bunch of scribblers - and that's the Austrian School.”

Quote by Webster Tarpley

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Webster Tarpley
Webster Tarpley

Webster Tarpley is a historian born in 1946. His research focuses on modern history and the Cold War period, with a particular emphasis on the history of Latin America and the Soviet Union. more

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