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Don't you find it telling that critics of Mises and Austrian economics rely on ad hominem (personal attacks), appeal to the majority, and appeal to authority as their main argument forms - all of which are fallacious?

Considering that the track record of mainstream economist predictions about the economy are horrid (just try trading their predictions), we should consider plausible, alternative points of view.

Do you have a better argument than an appeal to authority?

i'm not sure mother jones qualifies as a neutral source either

(despite the quotes from krugman and friedman about biz cycle theory)

But it is saying something if both Friedman and Krugman agree on this.

It says they both disagree with the Austrian school's version of business cycle theory. Even the quoted writer goes nowhere near the dismissal of the Austrian school attempted in the MoJo piece.

I'm reminded of when you see someone cite a creationist and one evolutionary biologist's disagreement with another on some detail of evolutionary mechanisms in order to argue for Intelligent Design.