1. FRIEDRICH VON HAYEK Austrian-British economist Rapper extraordinaire

2. Was opposed to the theories of J.M. Keynes Shared the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences with Gunnar Myrdal, 1974 Served in WWI for the Austro-Hungarian army Founded and served as director of the Austrian Institute for Business Cycle Research Was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by George H. W. Bush

3. Would not want the Government to bail out or get involved with businesses!!! 1899-USA ratifies peace treaty with Spain 1919-End of WWI 1929-Stock Market Crashes 1949-China becomes Communist 1969-First man on the moon 1989-Fall of the Berlin Wall 1992-Cold War ends

4. Created a FREE PRICE SYSTEM in which the economy is governed by price instead of by individuals

5. “I do not think it is an exaggeration to say history is largely a history of inflation, usually inflations engineered by governments for the gain governments.” –Friedrich August Von Hayek “Keynes was not a highly trained or very sophisticated economic theorist”