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How China Escaped Shock Therapy w/ Isabella Weber

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The Importance of the Austrian Neoliberal Economists

Business groups like the national association of manufacturers were so opposed to wartime price controls in extending them at the time. And they looked to austrian neo liberal economists like hayak and von mises for intellectual support. Why did neo liberals at the time argue that price controls were so dangerous? In what sort influence did they have on the american debate? Ye um. So in terms of sheer power, politics and interests of business groups. It's, of course, very unpleasant from their perspective to give up on the prospect of windfall profits.

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