Mises Institute

Mises Institute
FounderLew Rockwell
Established1982 (1982)
FocusEconomics education, Austrian school of economics, and libertarianism
Faculty350+
Staff21
Key peopleLew Rockwell (Chairman)
Thomas DiLorenzo (President)
Joseph Salerno (Editor
Quarterly Journal of Austrian Economics)
BudgetRevenue: $4,200,056
Expenses: $4,165,289
(FYE 2017)
Location, ,
United States
Websitemises.org

The Ludwig von Mises Institute for Austrian Economics, or Mises Institute, is a nonprofit educational, research, and publishing institution headquartered in Auburn, Alabama for Austrian economic thought. It is also a center for the anarcho-capitalist movements in the United States, particularly for right-wing libertarian thought and the paleolibertarian movement. It is named after the economist Ludwig von Mises (1881–1973) and promotes the Misesian version of heterodox Austrian economics.

The Mises Institute 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, and libertarian coin dealer Burt Blumert.