I have just had the very sad news of the death of this wonderful Austrian economist. What a smart, learned, and delightful person she was, and what a great lady. She seemed to know everything about F.A. Hayek, the common law, and the history of international trade, to take just three areas of her vast expertise, and was always generous in sharing her knowledge. A student of Hayek and Rothbard who taught at the University of Newcastle, she was coming to the Mises Institute for her own lecture series in September. She had visited often, the last few times as she bravely and quietly fought her cancer. How we will miss her. The cause of liberty has lost a great champion – she was an enthusiastic partisan of Ron Paul from her home in Australia, for example – as has the Austrian School. May her great soul rest in peace.

UPDATE See this wonderful interview in the Austrian Economics Newsletter.