Some of the beltway “libertarians” associated with the George Mason University economics department have been involved in a sort of running internet smear campaign against anti-Fed Ron Paul supporters associated with the Mises Institute. They have even attempted to defame the work of the late Murray Rothbard, whose intellectual achievements in comparison to their own are like comparing an elephant to an ant. The current (November 2011) issue of Reason magazine includes an interview with George Mason economist Peter Leeson (p. 17) and describes what “real research” is like, George Mason-style. “In a new working paper, [Leeson] joins co-authors Peter … Continue reading So THAT’S What an Austrian Economist Should Be Doing