An Observation of the Austrian Influence on Libertarians

I was an LP member for over five years, and was on the central committee for the state party for the last year. In that whole time, I never heard once about the Mises, Rothbard, or the Austrian school of economics.

Looking back on that, I'm flabbergasted. How could such important work, so vital to the foundation of libertarian thought, have not reached me? Frankly, I don't think I should have to have been overly curious to stumble upon some sort of treatment of Austrians, but there you have it.

Does this surprise anybody else? I find it odd.