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The ] ] has criticized the LvMI; citing some mutual affiliations between the Institute's faculty, such as editorial vice president ], and the ], an organization the SPLC alleges is racist, the Center called the Mises Institute a "] organization," as has freelance neo-Confrederate researcher Ed Sebesta. . The SPLC also criticizes the LvMI for taking a position highly critical of Abraham Lincoln . Defending the Ludwig von Mises Institute, several affiliates have denounced the organization for making allegations that they deem irresponsible. The SPLC itself is not without controversy. Myles Kantor, for example, has denounced the SPLC, stating that it engages in fear mongering and the smearing of legitimate, non-racist groups in pursuit of profitable financial contributions and ideological goals . The ] ] has criticized the LvMI; citing some mutual affiliations between the Institute's faculty, such as editorial vice president ], and the ], an organization the SPLC alleges is racist, the Center called the Mises Institute a "] organization," as has freelance neo-Confrederate researcher Ed Sebesta. . The SPLC also criticizes the LvMI for taking a position highly critical of Abraham Lincoln . Defending the Ludwig von Mises Institute, several affiliates have denounced the organization for making allegations that they deem irresponsible. The SPLC itself is not without controversy. Myles Kantor, for example, has denounced the SPLC, stating that it engages in fear mongering and the smearing of legitimate, non-racist groups in pursuit of profitable financial contributions and ideological goals .


The SPLC also complains of an essay by ] archived on the LvMI website,. According to the SPLC's criticism
SPLC has noted that essays by the late ] are archived on the LvMI website, <small></small>including one where Rothbard writes that "Egalitarian measures do not 'work' because they violate the basic nature of man, of what it means for the individual man to be truly human. The call of 'equality' is a siren song that can only mean the destruction of all that we cherish as being human." Rothbard argues that "It is in the name of equality that the Left seeks all manner of measures, from progressive taxation to the ultimate stage of communism.".
⚫ :"Rothbard blamed much of what he disliked on meddling women. In the mid-1800s, a "legion of Yankee women" who were "not fettered by the responsibilities" of household work "imposed" voting rights for women on the nation. Later, Jewish women, after raising funds from "top Jewish financiers," agitated for child labor laws, Rothbard adds with evident disgust. The "dominant tradition" of all these activist women, he suggests, is lesbianism."

According to an article published by the Southern Poverty Law Center,
⚫ :Rothbard blamed much of what he disliked on meddling women. In the mid-1800s, a "legion of Yankee women" who were "not fettered by the responsibilities" of household work "imposed" voting rights for women on the nation. Later, Jewish women, after raising funds from "top Jewish financiers," agitated for child labor laws, Rothbard adds with evident disgust. The "dominant tradition" of all these activist women, he suggests, is lesbianism.


Within the political right, LvMI has had disputes with other libertarian and conservative organizations. The ] ] has sharply different views from the LvMI on certain issues, such as ] and Lincoln, who it strongly supports. The Claremont Institute's ] has debated LVMI's ] on the subject of Lincoln and several writers for each organization have sparred in editorial publications over this subject aimed at each other . Within the political right, LvMI has had disputes with other libertarian and conservative organizations. The ] ] has sharply different views from the LvMI on certain issues, such as ] and Lincoln, who it strongly supports. The Claremont Institute's ] has debated LVMI's ] on the subject of Lincoln and several writers for each organization have sparred in editorial publications over this subject aimed at each other .

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Ludwig von Mises Institute for Austrian Economics, Auburn, Alabama

The Ludwig von Mises Institute (LvMI) is a paleolibertarian academic institution, based in Auburn, Alabama, dedicated to research and scholarship in economics, philosophy, and political economy. It generally advances a view of government and economics inspired by the Austrian School economist Ludwig von Mises. Its founding President is Lew Rockwell.

History

The Ludwig von Mises Institute was established in 1982 under the direction of Margit von Mises, widow of Ludwig von Mises, who chaired the Institute's board until her death in 1993. 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.

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The Institute's stated 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 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. The Mises Institute's website offers a large number of writings in support of individualism, and explicitly critical of collectivism, fascism, socialism, and communism. An upcoming seminar, for example, explicitly condemns fascism.

The Institute's web site frequently criticizes Abraham Lincoln's handling of the American Civil War and supports a right of secession.

Paleoconservative Themes

The LVMI holds a critical view of President Abraham Lincoln, who Institute scholars believe to have contributed to the growth of authoritarianism in the United States. LVMI senior faculty member Thomas DiLorenzo authored a well known critical biography of Lincoln entitled The Real Lincoln in which he contends that the 16th president substantially expanded the size and powers of the federal government at the expense of individual liberty. Adjunct faculty member Donald Livingston shares a similar view of Lincoln, who he attributes with the creation of "a French Revolutionary style unitary state" and "centralizing totalitarianism."

The Institute's published works include an essay by Hans-Hermann Hoppe, "Natural Elites, Intellectuals, and the State" that claims that democracy is inferior to the voluntary rule of "natural elites," and deprecates the rule of the "people" as wrongly based on "the presumed decency of the 'common man.'" Hoppe also condemns meddling by the state through such programs "affirmative action and forced integration," which he claims is "responsible for the almost complete destruction of private property rights, and the erosion of freedom of contract, association, and disassociation."

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The liberal Southern Poverty Law Center has criticized the LvMI; citing some mutual affiliations between the Institute's faculty, such as editorial vice president Jeffrey Tucker, and the League of the South, an organization the SPLC alleges is racist, the Center called the Mises Institute a "Neo-confederate organization," as has freelance neo-Confrederate researcher Ed Sebesta. . The SPLC also criticizes the LvMI for taking a position highly critical of Abraham Lincoln . Defending the Ludwig von Mises Institute, several affiliates have denounced the organization for making allegations that they deem irresponsible. The SPLC itself is not without controversy. Myles Kantor, for example, has denounced the SPLC, stating that it engages in fear mongering and the smearing of legitimate, non-racist groups in pursuit of profitable financial contributions and ideological goals .

The SPLC also complains of an essay by Murray Rothbard archived on the LvMI website,. According to the SPLC's criticism

"Rothbard blamed much of what he disliked on meddling women. In the mid-1800s, a "legion of Yankee women" who were "not fettered by the responsibilities" of household work "imposed" voting rights for women on the nation. Later, Jewish women, after raising funds from "top Jewish financiers," agitated for child labor laws, Rothbard adds with evident disgust. The "dominant tradition" of all these activist women, he suggests, is lesbianism."

Within the political right, LvMI has had disputes with other libertarian and conservative organizations. The neo-conservative Claremont Institute has sharply different views from the LvMI on certain issues, such as Declarationism and Lincoln, who it strongly supports. The Claremont Institute's Harry V. Jaffa has debated LVMI's Thomas DiLorenzo on the subject of Lincoln and several writers for each organization have sparred in editorial publications over this subject aimed at each other .

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