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The Ludwig von Mises Institute for Austrian Economics, or Mises Institute, is a
It was founded in 1982 by Lew Rockwell, chief of staff to Texas Republican Congressman Ron Paul. Early supporters of the institute included economist F. A. Hayek, writer Henry Hazlitt, economist Murray Rothbard, Ron Paul,[10] and libertarian coin dealer Burt Blumert.[10][11]
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History
The Mises Institute was founded in 1982 by Lew Rockwell, who was chief of staff to Texas Republican Congressman Ron Paul; previously Rockwell had been editor for the conservative Arlington House Publishers and had worked for the radical-right John Birch Society and the traditionalist Hillsdale College.[12][11] Rockwell received the blessing of Margit von Mises during a meeting at the Russian Tea Room in New York City, and she was named the first chairman of the board.[8][13][14] According to Rockwell, the institute was meant to promote the contributions of Ludwig von Mises, who he feared was being ignored by libertarian institutions financed by Charles Koch and David Koch. As recounted by Justin Raimondo, Rockwell said he received a phone call from George Pearson, of the Koch Foundation, who had said that Mises was too radical to name an organization after or promote.[15]
The original academic vice president of the Mises Institute was
Judge John V. Denson assisted in the Mises Institute becoming established at the campus of Auburn University.[19] Auburn was already home to some Austrian economists, including Roger Garrison. The Mises Institute was affiliated with the Auburn University Business School until 1998 when the institute established its own building across the street from campus.[20][non-primary source needed]
The Mises Institute aligned itself with what Rothbard called the Old Right, with "a defense of the gold standard, military isolationism, and 'traditional morality' and opposition to fiat money, supranational institutions, and 'forced integration'", according to academics Niklas Olsen and Quinn Slobodian.[4] It started the Review of Austrian Economics in 1986.[3]
Rothbard and Rockwell coined the name "
Figures at the Mises Institute were associated with neo-Confederate positions, and the institute held conferences about secession, including one in 1995 in Charleston, South Carolina, where the American Civil War had begun.[23][12][24][25] After Rothbard's death in 1996, his protege Hans-Hermann Hoppe became a leading anarcho-capitalist figure of the institute and is known for his anti-democratic writing.[4][26]
In a 2000 report, the
Kyle Wingfield wrote a 2006 commentary in The Wall Street Journal that the Southern United States was a "natural home" for the institute, as "Southerners have always been distrustful of government," with the institute making the "Heart of Dixie a wellspring of sensible economic thinking."[28]
By 2011, The Economist said, the Austrian School economics championed by the Mises Institute had "won few mainstream converts". But it noted the think tank's growing presence on the internet as well as its facilities in Auburn including an amphitheater, conservatory, recording studio and library.[8]
The political scientist George Hawley described the Mises Institute in 2016 as "the intellectual epicenter of the radical libertarian movement in the United States".[3] As of 2022, about 30 Mises Institutes had been created worldwide; some had died off but others, especially Brazil's, had gained influence.[29]
Current activities
The institute describes its mission as to "promote teaching and research in the Austrian school of economics, and individual freedom, honest history, and international peace, in the tradition of Ludwig von Mises and Murray N. Rothbard."[30]
Its academic programs include Mises University (non-accredited), Rothbard Graduate Seminar, the Austrian Economics Research Conference, and a summer research fellowship program. In 2020, the Mises Institute began offering a graduate program.
The German Mises Institute (Ludwig von Mises Institut Deutschland e.V.) is an 2012 founded interest group and think tank of libertarian gold traders and investment advisors, which were associated with Swiss-based German billionaire August von Finck (1930–2021). Many gold dealers from the von Finck company Degussa Goldhandel are active on the board of the institute; they reject intergovernmental fiscal policy and promote gold as a "safe currency".[citation needed] Von Finck was active in economic policy and criticized the EU.[37] He assumed the costs for expert opinions from prominent professors, such as Hans-Werner Sinn, with whose help the lawyer and politician Peter Gauweiler (CSU) took action at the German Federal Constitutional Court against the rescue packages for Greece and the Euro.[citation needed]
Political and economic views
The Mises Institute describes itself as
The Mises Institute favors the methodology of
Influence on electoral campaigns
The
A 2014 New York Times piece described the Mises Institute as part of Rand Paul's intellectual inheritance. The piece's author requested a tour of the institute from Rockwell, who asked him to leave saying the New York Times was "part of the regime."[6]
Notable faculty
Notable figures affiliated with the Mises Institute include:[47][non-primary source needed]
- anarcho-capitalist; economics professor at Loyola University New Orleans
- Godfrey Bloom – British politician, former Member of the European Parliament
- Thomas DiLorenzo – economics professor at Loyola University Maryland
- Paul Gottfried – paleoconservative author, former Professor of Humanities at Elizabethtown College
- anarcho-capitalist business professor at University of Nevada, Las Vegas and founder of Property and Freedom Society
- Jesús Huerta de Soto – Professor of Applied Economics at King Juan Carlos University
- Jörg Guido Hülsmann – Professor of Economics at The University of Angers[48]
- Peter Klein – Professor of Entrepreneurship and Senior Research Fellow with the Center for Entrepreneurship & Free Enterprise at Baylor University[49]
- Robert P. Murphy – economist, Institute for Energy Research
- Andrew Napolitano – Fox News pundit and former judge
- Gary North (1942–2022) – co-founder of Christian reconstructionism and founder of Institute for Christian Economics
- Ron Paul – physician, author, and former congressman
- Ralph Raico (1936–2016) – historian and libertarian specializing in European classical liberalism and Austrian economics
- paleolibertarian theorist, polemicist, revisionist historian, and founder of anarcho-capitalism
- Joseph Sobran (1946–2010) – journalist, contributor to American Renaissance and lecturer at the Institute for Historical Review
- Mark Thornton – Austrian School economist[50]
- Jeffrey A. Tucker– economics writer
- Joseph T. Salerno – academic vice president of the Mises Institute, Professor of Economics at Pace University, and editor of the Quarterly Journal of Austrian Economics[51]
- Thomas Woods– historian, political commentator, and author
See also
References
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- ^ a b c "The Story of the Mises Institute". Mises Institute. September 18, 2018. Archived from the original on August 23, 2020. Retrieved November 23, 2021.
- ^ ISBN 9780786731886.
- ^ a b Dallek, Matthew (2023). Birchers: How the John Birch Society Radicalized the American Right. United States: Basic Books.
- ^ "30 Years of Bedeviling the Bad Guys". Mises Institute. October 1, 2012. Archived from the original on November 25, 2020. Retrieved November 23, 2021.
- ^ "Biography of Margit von Mises: 1890–1993". Mises Institute. August 18, 2014. Archived from the original on March 18, 2021. Retrieved November 23, 2021.
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- ^ "Mises and Liberty". Mises Institute. September 15, 1998. Archived from the original on June 19, 2015. Retrieved November 23, 2021.
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- ^ "Michael Levin". Southern Poverty Law Center. Archived from the original on August 6, 2016. Retrieved April 9, 2022.
- ^ Sebesta, Edward H.; Hague, Euan; Beirich, Heidi, eds. (2009). Neo-Confederacy: A Critical Introduction. United States: University of Texas Press. pp. 33–34.
- ^ Weiner, Rachel (July 10, 2013). "The libertarian war over the Civil War". The Washington Post.
- ^ Lee, Michael J.; Atchison, R. Jarrod. (2022). We are Not One People: Secession and Separatism in American Politics Since 1776. United States: Oxford University Press. pp. 58–60.
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- ^ a b "What is the Mises Institute?". June 18, 2014. Archived from the original on November 20, 2014. Retrieved January 24, 2022.
- ^ "Graduate Program". Mises Institute. March 26, 2020. Archived from the original on April 16, 2020. Retrieved November 23, 2021.
- ^ "Home". mises.org.br. Archived from the original on July 14, 2022. Retrieved November 23, 2021.
- ^ "Ludwig von Mises Institut Deutschland". Archived from the original on October 25, 2012. Retrieved November 23, 2021.
- ^ miseskorea.org
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- ^ "Center for Libertarian Studies records". oac.cdlib.org. Retrieved July 1, 2023.
- ^ "Milliardär August von Finck kaufte sich die neurechte und liberale Szene Deutschlands | Recentr" (in German). May 18, 2020. Archived from the original on May 22, 2020. Retrieved July 14, 2022.
- ^ newvalleymedia (June 18, 2014). "What Is the Mises Institute?". Mises Institute. Retrieved February 27, 2023.
- ^ Berlet, Chip (Summer 2003). "Into the Mainstream". Intelligence Report. Southern Poverty Law Center. Archived from the original on February 7, 2010. Retrieved September 24, 2013.
- ^ "Socialism: The Calculation Problem Is Not the Knowledge Problem". Mises Institute. March 13, 2018. Archived from the original on March 21, 2018. Retrieved November 23, 2021.
- ^ "Why I Am Not an Austrian Economist". econfaculty.gmu.edu. Retrieved February 27, 2023.
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- ^ Welch, Matt (July 4, 2018). "Libertarian Party Rebuffs Mises Uprising". Reason. Archived from the original on October 15, 2020. Retrieved September 18, 2020.
- ^ Waldman, Annie (April 14, 2017). "DeVos Pick to Head Civil Rights Office Once Said She Faced Discrimination for Being White". ProPublica. Archived from the original on April 14, 2017. Retrieved November 23, 2021.
- ^ "Faculty Members". Ludwig von Mises Institute. Archived from the original on July 28, 2013. Retrieved September 13, 2014.
- ^ "Jörg Guido Hülsmann".
- ^ "Peter Klein". Baylor University's Hankamer School of Business. Archived from the original on June 8, 2017. Retrieved December 22, 2017.
- ^ "Senior Fellows, Faculty Members, and Staff". Ludwig von Mises Institute. Archived from the original on July 28, 2013. Retrieved September 13, 2014.
- ^ "Joseph T. Salerno".
External links
- Official website
- EDIRC listing (provided by RePEc)
- "Mises Institute Internal Revenue Service filings". ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer.