Modern Austrianschool emphasize the unneutrality ofmoney, the disturbance of money changethetimestructure of production, and lead to economiccyclicalfluctuation.
Veronika Oleksyn, an American-born freelance correspondent for Austria's Kurier daily, thought she had written as much as she could about Ron Paul's connection to Austria: He adheres to the AustrianSchool of economic thought, which espouses, among other things, reinstituting the gold standard and abolishing the central bank.
And the few economists who most thoroughly understand the central role of interest rates in reflecting economic conditions tend to be of the Austrianschool, which tends to have a strong aversion to math personally and epistemologically.