Tuesday, September 27, 2011

Sometimes It Pays to be an Austrian Economist

Andre Grillon sends along this picture of the car belonging to Austrian School Economist Huerta de Soto.


UPDATE: Grillon says, it's chauffeur driven too.

8 comments:

  1. Why is that back door ajar? It's so distracting. Was he trying to escape a demented (redundant) Keynesian?

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  2. A car made of solid gold. That won't depreciate.

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  3. He bought it for $40K during carmageddon a few years ago, no doubt. My friend picked up a 08 Mercedes E350 for $24K.

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  4. Finally an Austrian economist that walks, rather, drives the talk.

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  5. Fairly certainly that Bently wasn't picked up for 40K ...

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  6. It reminds me of the "joke" about an economist "wanting" a ferrari and revealed preference.

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  7. i think its safer to say, "sometimes it pays to have tenure."
    or whatever they do in spain

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  8. @2:45

    He operates a large life insurance company in the country aside from teaching.

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