JEFF DEIST: You are German, but not from a big city in Germany. GUIDO HÜLSMANN: That’s correct, a small town. JD: Did your small-town upbringing influence your career and outlook? GH: I think so. The town where I went to high school in those years had the highest communist voter percentage in all of Western Germany. And this presence made itself felt also in the school, not necessarily among the teachers, although there was at least one communist, but especially among the student body. We always had very engaged discussions, sometimes heated discussions about policy issues. I still remember that I actually … Continue reading The Leading Mises Scholar on the Man and His Legacy