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It’s Oktoberfest Time!

It’s Oktoberfest Time!
A brass band plays during the final preparation for the 2014 Oktoberfest in Munich on Sept. 18, 2014. Alexander Hassenstein/Getty Images
Jeffrey A. Tucker
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Do you know the traditional Austrian folk song “Edelweiss”? Of course you do. Here is what is interesting: It is not a traditional Austrian folk song. It is an original composition by Richard Rodgers with lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein, written in 1959 for the play and movie “The Sound of Music.”

Jeffrey A. Tucker
Jeffrey A. Tucker
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Jeffrey A. Tucker is the founder and president of the Brownstone Institute and the author of many thousands of articles in the scholarly and popular press, as well as 10 books in five languages, most recently “Liberty or Lockdown.” He is also the editor of “The Best of Ludwig von Mises.” He writes a daily column on economics for The Epoch Times and speaks widely on the topics of economics, technology, social philosophy, and culture. He can be reached at [email protected]
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