Mises Institute
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The Ludwig von Mises Institute for Austrian Economics, or Mises Institute, is a nonprofit think tank headquartered in Auburn, Alabama, that is a center for Austrian economics, radical right-wing libertarian thought and the paleolibertarian and anarcho-capitalist movements in the United States.[3][4][5][2][6] It is named after the economist Ludwig von Mises (1881–1973) and promotes his version of heterodox Misesian Austrian economics.[7][8][9]
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Founder(s) | Lew Rockwell |
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Established | 1982; 42 years ago (1982) |
Focus | Economics education, Austrian school of economics, and libertarianism in the United States (anarcho-capitalism, classical liberalism, paleolibertarianism, and right-libertarianism) |
Faculty | 350+[1] |
Staff | 21 |
Key people | Lew Rockwell (Chairman) Thomas DiLorenzo (President) Joseph Salerno (Editor Quarterly Journal of Austrian Economics) |
Budget | Revenue: $4,200,056 Expenses: $4,165,289 (FYE 2017)[2] |
Location | , , United States |
Website | mises |
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]