I did not recognize you at first because many of us get to know the avatars and scan by that, it is good to hear from you again man.
I have started digging in more to the Austrian Economics roots and end of things usually doing my research at night...... so some of that is coming.
It is like being sick....
the SYMPTOMS are a result of what is wrong like you suggest.
Austrian Econ is quite the field to study. The core principles are incredibly simple, and the explanation of causes and effects is to my mind the most coherent even though it can get quite complex with specialized terminology.
And yes, it's me, the Steem Pope. I like the googley-eyed d20 and plan to keep it for the foreseeable future.