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Sort of off topic, but a question for you poli sci majors. Have you ever come across any Mises or Rothbard in any of your courses? I'm guessing the answer would be no but hopefully someone will surprise me.

And don't worry Dame, I will never vote for the Conservatives again until Harper is turfed as leader. I'm hoping this will be right after this election, I can't see him doing any better than last time (especially given the fine start he's off to). I think I'm not the only former Progressive Conservative still looking for a new political home.

Certainly. von Mises and Rothbard are both huge figures in the Libertarian movement. Though I learned of Mises through my upper-year economics classes, Rothbard is a name mentioned in most first-year poli sci classes I'm assuming because of his theories of monetary policy.

Not only does von Mises have some interesting economic theories that rival Keynes, his personal history was pretty neat too.

keithtalent.... is Peter Mackay a better option in your opinion? He seems like an interesting personality, though I dont know a whole lot about his politics.