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 ::I know this is going to be deleted, but I can't stand it anymore. Doesn't this discussion show the incredible ignorance on the part of ""expert"" editors who seek to edit the page?  The lede is now so watered down it's useless, and the usual WP-jumble of ideas (agreed by a committee agreeing amongst themselves) now appears as vomit on the page.  No one seems to have a detailed knowledge of AS, so you all stumble about in the dark, shouting out to each other to try to see where you are in the darkness.  The intro to AS should hit you in the head.  Yes, AS bifurcates, but it is now primarily associated with Mises, subjectivism and praxeology.  Hayek's somewhat on the fringe, Rothbard's near the center (but studiously ignored by almost everyone because of his extreme, ""radical"" views, which are really just the logical outgrowth of Mises).  Buchanan is a weak (lightweight?) Austrian, but could be mentioned if we want to name-drop Nobel winners to try to legitimize the school.  The lede should try to say to the ignorant newbie what the core ideas of AS are about.  It doesn't really do that anymore.  Because no one here knows what the Hell they are talking about. AS today is this: Kill the Fed, get the government out of regulating the economy, and allow a free market in money with each market participant being given the right to choose the means of exchange.  Austrians believe gold and silver will eventually be chosen, but we are open to the market deciding.  Simple.  Referenced.  Clear.  But I'm barred for saying it.  Why, I will never understand. -   "