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"Are You an Austrian?" the quiz

DriftWood

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Kill some time by taking the Austrian School of Economics Quiz. Who can answer the most questions "right" without cheating or asking Ron Paul?

Edit: http://mises.org/quiz.asp

Yeay, me gotz 94/100.

Cheers
 
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I got 95/100

I answered number 2 with the Keynesian answer and I answered number 5 with the Chicago answer, everything else was 100% Austrian.
 
I recall taking this quiz a while back and I am Austrian with a "pinch" of Chicago" Economics. That's ok though since I've always been a fan of Milton Friedman.
 
Yeah, the great wall made me hit close until I am bored to tears on the net then I shall return.
Hehe! That's what I did. I think I started at 9ish this morning and finally finished.

I got a 70. Apparently most of my wrong answers were Chicago, which I never even heard of :confused: But I'm kinda new to economic theory and all I know about Austrian economics comes from what I have learned reading Ron Paul's economic commentary.
 
I am defender of the Behavioral School of Economics, with rational expectations; this quiz is too inefficient to test for that...

Now, I imagine most of you will now jump in and pretend you know what you are talking about.
 
The simplistic nature of the multiple choice questions also leaves out a great many schools of economic thought, although I thoroughly enjoyed their take on Chicago-style empiricism.

I tend to favor a blend of Austrian-style and Chicago-style economics, but neither school really suits me philosophically. Alas, I agree with Objectivist economics, which holds philosophic premises similar to the axioms of the Austrian school, but concludes the necessity of government involvement in things like national defense and criminal justice, whereas Austrian theory tends to favor anarcho-capatalism.

However, I think its important to note that the Mises Institute, in true Austrian tradition, does not hold a monopoly on Austrian economic theory. Ludwig von Mises himself had nothing to do with the institute. Their interpretations are not necessarily gospel among all who consider themselves economists of the Austrian tradition.

Also, frankly, I despise Lew Rockwell and Murray Rothbard and the whole "paleo-libertarian" sect. They've successfully associated free market economics with bigotry and irrational moral premises.

I got a 94/100 btw, with three "Chicago" answers and the rest Austrian, but truthfully, the answers I wanted to provide were rarely available.
 
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"[FONT=verdana, arial, helvetica]Recessions serve as a reminder to society that laissez-faire is a failed policy."

lol...
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94/100

I do tend towards the Chicago school in some areas, such as national defense. No Keynesian or Socialist answers though.
My biggest gripe with the Austrian school is their irrational dismissal of emperical validation.
 
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