Professor Kurt R. Leube is a resident of California and native of Austria and was educated in both, Germany and Austria. After working in Austria in different positions, he accepted an appointment as Research Fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University in late 1983, and subsequently moved to California where he presently resides. In 1985 he was also appointed Professor of Economics at California State University, Hayward, and became their Professor Emeritus in 2002. Professor Leube is internationally recognized as a leading authority in the tradition of the Austrian School of Economics and one of the closest collaborators and disciples of Nobel Laureate Friedrich A. von Hayek. Among Profesor Leube’s numerous publications include the important works of: The Essence of Hayek (1984, 2001); The Essence of Stigler (1986); The Essence of Friedman (1990, 2003); The Essence of Schumpeter (2000); An Austrian in France (1999); and, Der unbekannte Mises (2002). He serves currently as the editor-in-chief of the book series Studien zur Wirtschafts- und Gesellschaftsordnung published in the Principality of Liechtenstein. Professor Leube is also member of several learned societies, and serves on a number of international Academic Advisory Boards.