Böhm-Bawerk's works have been influential not only within the Austrian School but also in the broader field of economics. He served as the Austrian Minister of Finance three times and was involved in several attempts to reform the Austro-Hungarian financial system.
His ghost haunts every debate about interest rates, about venture capital, about climate change (the ultimate problem of present versus future). When a central bank lowers rates, it is manipulating the price of waiting. When a politician promises immediate free goods, they are denying Böhm-Bawerk’s law: there is no wealth without a detour, and no detour without patience. gia bawerk