Ludwig von Mises Institute
The Ludwig von Mises Institute is an American libertarian think tank specializing in economics and libertarian social philosophy. It was established in 1982 with the approval of Margit von Mises, the widow of the Austrian School economist Ludwig von Mises. It publishes several journals on political economy, economics, and philosophy, and has also published several books. The Institute offers fellowships to students of economics. It also gives awards to those who have made (in their opinion) exceptional contributions in the field of economics.
The Institute is against statism, socialism, communism, left-liberalism, and pretty much anything else that deviates from libertarianism, which is hardly surprising, since their founders were libertarians. It publishes articles from a libertarian viewpoint, and supports the Austrian School.
It has been accused of racism due to the head of the Institute writing some rather interesting things about black people (see the external links) In addition, it has a rather interesting interpretation of the American Civil War.[more detail please]
The Institute supports a non-interventionist foreign policy that includes a retrospective opposition to America's involvement in World War II.[more detail please]
External links
- Ludwig von Mises Institute
- Who wrote Ron Paul's racist and homophobic newsletters?
- Angry White Man - The bigoted past of Ron Paul