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]The '''Ludwig von Mises Institute''' is a foundation, based in ], dedicated to research on ] and ]. It subscribes to a view of government and economics inspired by the ] economist ]. The Institute's founder and current president is ] Jr. ] was a major influence on the Institute's activities, and he served as its ] until his death in ]. | ]The '''Ludwig von Mises Institute''' is a foundation, based in ], dedicated to research on ] and ]. It subscribes to a view of government and economics inspired by the ] economist ]. The Institute's founder and current president is ] Jr. ] was a major influence on the Institute's activities, and he served as its ] until his death in ]. | ||
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But conservative columnist ]'s DiscovertheNetworks.org critizes the SPLC for "Exaggerat the prevalence of racism to drum up fundraising revenue" and for "Brand groups that do not share its leftwing agendas as 'hate groups.'" DiscovertheNetworks.org also claims: | But conservative columnist ]'s DiscovertheNetworks.org critizes the SPLC for "Exaggerat the prevalence of racism to drum up fundraising revenue" and for "Brand groups that do not share its leftwing agendas as 'hate groups.'" DiscovertheNetworks.org also claims: |
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The Ludwig von Mises Institute is a foundation, based in Auburn, Alabama, dedicated to research on economics and political economy. It subscribes to a view of government and economics inspired by the Austrian School economist Ludwig von Mises. The Institute's founder and current president is Llewellyn Rockwell Jr. Murray Rothbard was a major influence on the Institute's activities, and he served as its vice president until his death in 1995.
The Institute's goal is to "undermine statism in all its forms." It opposes both communism and the American System school of economics. The Institute runs various seminars and a comprehensive Web site aimed at teaching about the Austrian School of Economics. In addition, it funds scholarly research in the area of Austrian Economics all over the world through various endowments and fellowships.
In addition to its commentary on Austrian economics, the Institute frequently criticises Abraham Lincoln, supports a right of secession, and takes a critical view of all U.S. government activities, foreign and domestic, in American history. Unlike some neoconservative organizations, the paleolibertarian Institute takes an antiwar, anti-interventionist stand on American foreign policy, and considers war to be an ultimate violation of rights to life, liberty, and property, for Americans and foreigners, with destructive effects on the market economy and empowering effects for the government.
Criticism
Citing some mutual affiliations between the Institute and the League of the South, the Southern Poverty Law Center alleges the Mises Institute to be a Neo-confederate organization.
Rebuttal
But conservative columnist David Horowitz's DiscovertheNetworks.org critizes the SPLC for "Exaggerat the prevalence of racism to drum up fundraising revenue" and for "Brand groups that do not share its leftwing agendas as 'hate groups.'" DiscovertheNetworks.org also claims:
As part of its transparently one-sided approach to outing alleged hate groups, the SPLC is not above flinging fictional charges against its ideological adversaries.
Myles Kantor of the anti-Castro Pureplay Press also alleges that SPLC engages in fear-mongering and the smearing of legitimate, non-racist groups in pursuit of profitable financial contributions and ideological goals.
David Duke, noted White nationalist, says that the SPLC condemns:
as "racists" and "supremacists" any European American who simply wants an end to the extensive racial discrimination called "affirmative action."
In addition, the Mises Institute's website offers a large number of writings in support of individualism, and explicitly critical of collectivism, Fascism. An upcoming seminar, for example, explicitly condemns Fascism.
Individuals associated with the Mises Institute
- Lew Rockwell, President
- Patricia Barnett, Vice-President
- Jeffrey Tucker, Editorial Vice-President
- Hans-Hermann Hoppe, Distinguished Fellow, former Editor, Journal of Libertarian Studies
- Mark Thornton
- Thomas DiLorenzo
- Walter Block
- Jeffrey M. Herbener
- Joe Salerno
- David Gordon, Editor, Mises Review
- Roderick Long, Editor, Journal of Libertarian Studies
- Stephan Kinsella, former Book Review Editor, Journal of Libertarian Studies
- Justin Raimondo
- Gene Callahan
External links
- About the mission, history, activities, and faculty of the Mises Institute
- The Ludwig von Mises Institute