mises institute motto tu ne cede malis sed contra audentior ito latin do not give in to evil but proceed ever more boldly against it founder s lew rockwell murray rothbard burton blumert established 1982 mission to advance the misesian tradition of thought through the defense of the market economy private property sound money and peaceful international relations while opposing government intervention as economically and socially destructive . 1 focus economics anarcho capitalism libertarianism faculty 16 2 staff 21 key people lew rockwell chairman jeff deist president joseph salerno editor quarterly journal of austrian economics budget revenue 4 721 062 expenses 3 640 844 fiscal year ending 2013 ; 3 4 location auburn alabama united states website mises.org part of a series on the austrian school principal works capital and interest human action individualism and economic order man economy and state principles of economics theory austrian business cycle catallactics creative destruction 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institute is a tax exempt organization located in auburn alabama united states . 5 it is named after austrian school economist ludwig von mises 1881 1973 . its website states that it exists to promote teaching and research in the austrian school of economics and individual freedom honest history and international peace in the tradition of ludwig von mises and murray n. rothbard . 6 the mises institute was founded in 1982 by llewellyn h. rockwell jr. burton blumert and murray rothbard following a split between the cato institute and rothbard who had been one of the founders of the cato institute . 7 additional backing for the founding of the institute came from mises s wife margit henry hazlitt lawrence fertig and friedrich hayek . 8 9 through its publications the institute promotes anarcho capitalist political theory and a form of heterodox economics known as praxeology the logic of action . 10 11 contents 1 background and location 2 views espoused by founders and organization scholars 2.1 forms of government 2.2 american civil war and the confederacy 2.3 intellectual property 3 criticisms 4 publications conferences activities and awards 4.1 notable scholars 5 see also 6 references 7 external links background and location edit burton blumert llewellyn rockwell david gordon and murray rothbard further information split among the contemporary austrian school the ludwig von mises institute was established in 1982 in the wake of a dispute which occurred in the early 1980s between murray rothbard and the cato institute another libertarian organization co founded by rothbard . 12 13 llewellyn rockwell has stated that the mises institute met strong opposition from parties affiliated with the koch family rothbard s former backers at cato . 14 15 rothbard was the mises institute s vice president and head of academic programs until his death in 1995 . 16 the institute states that its founding ambition is to be the research and educational center of classical liberalism libertarian political theory and the austrian school of economics . 17 it has reprinted works by mises rothbard hayek and others . it presents the annual austrian scholars conference and mises university at which anarcho capitalist thinkers meet and institute personnel teach and advise students . the institute reports that its library holds nearly 35 000 volumes including rothbard s personal library . 18 early after its founding the mises institute was located at the business department offices of auburn university and relocated nearby to its current site in 1998 . 19 according to a story in the wall street journal the institute chose its auburn location for low cost of living and good ol southern hospitality . the article goes on to make an additional point that southerners have always been distrustful of government making the south a natural home for the organization s libertarian outlook . 20 the institute has a staff of 16 senior fellows and about 70 adjunct scholars from the united states and other countries . 21 views espoused by founders and organization scholars edit in a 2006 article published on the wall street journal s website kyle wingfield credited the institute for helping make the heart of dixie a wellspring of sensible economic thinking . 22 wingfield pointed to the institute s publication and promotion of the work of mises and other austrian economists who he characterizes as advocating limited government lower taxes stronger private property rights and less business regulation . forms of government edit the institute has published works by authors critical of various forms of government including democracy which was called coercive 23 incompatible with wealth creation 24 replete with inner contradictions 25 and a system of legalized graft . 26 to many of these authors the distinction lies not in the form of government but in the degree of liberty individuals in a society actually enjoy . 23 american civil war and the confederacy edit a 2000 southern poverty law center intelligence report categorized the institute as neo confederate devoted to a radical libertarian view of government and economics . 27 in 2003 lew rockwell responded to this criticism by saying the mises institute recently came under fire from one of these watchdog groups that claims to oppose intolerance and hate . what was our offense we have published revisionist accounts of the origins of the civil war that demonstrate that the tariff bred more conflict between the south and the feds than slavery . for that we were decried as a dangerous institutional proponent of neoconfederate ideology . why not just plain old confederate ideology . 28 intellectual property edit mises institute has published the writing of mises academy instructor stephan kinsella in opposition to intellectual property . kinsella believes that intellectual property rights iprs not only violate property rights but undermine social well being from a utilitarian perspective . 29 criticisms edit in an article written on institute chairman lew rockwell s website jacob huebert observes that socially liberal libertarians have often accused the mises institute of racism . he calls the charges erroneous and argues that they might stem from the support of some institute scholars for immigration restrictions its support of confederate secession or its uncompromising stand on libertarian issues . 30 in 2003 chip berlet of the southern poverty law center splc described the mises institute as a major center promoting libertarian political theory and the austrian school of free market economics also noting rothbard s opposition to child labor laws and the anti immigrant views of other institute scholars . 31 heidi beirich also with the splc describes the institute as a hard right libertarian foundation . 32 publications conferences activities and awards edit quarterly journal of austrian economics the mises institute makes available a large number of books journal articles and other writings online 33 and archives various writings on its website . its quarterly journal of austrian economics discusses austrian economics . 34 it published the journal of libertarian studies from 1977 to 2008 . 35 the mises review has been published since 1995 the quarterly review of literature in the social sciences being currently edited by david gordon . the mises institute s website describes its are you an austrian quiz as testing an individual s economic reasoning . 36 the quiz was criticized by arnold kling who wrote the are you an austrian quiz does not distinguish between knowledge of doctrine and belief in doctrine . to me this is symptomatic of a sect which focuses on doctrinal purity above all else . for a sect to know is to believe and to believe is to know . 37 the institute presents the annual schlarbaum prize for lifetime defense of liberty a 10 000 prize given to a public intellectual or scholar . laureates have included u.s. congressman ron paul and economists walter block and hans hermann hoppe . other honors include the murray rothbard medal also won by block hoppe and paul as well as by economic historian gary north the elgin groseclose award a 20 liberty head double eagle for money writing and the fertig prize . 38 notable scholars edit noted scholars include 39 walter block austrian school economist and anarcho capitalist thomas dilorenzo economics professor at loyola university maryland sam francis 1947 2005 iconoclastic paleoconservative syndicated columnist 40 paul gottfried paleoconservative political philosopher intellectual historian and columnist 41 hans hermann hoppe philosopher paleolibertarian business professor and founder of property and freedom society 42 jesus huerta de soto professor of applied economics at king juan carlos university peter klein carl menger research fellow of the mises institute and professor in the division of applied social sciences at the university of missouri . 43 robert p. murphy economist institute for energy research andrew napolitano former judge and fox news pundit gary north co founder of christian reconstructionism and founder of institute for christian economics ron paul physician author and former politician ralph raico historian and libertarian specializing in european classical liberalism and austrian economics murray rothbard 1926 1995 heterodox economist paleolibertarian theorist polemicist revisionist historian and founder of anarcho capitalism joseph sobran 1946 2010 journalist contributor to american renaissance and lecturer at the institute for historical review 44 mark thornton austrian school economist 45 joseph salerno academic vice president of the mises institute professor of economics at pace university and editor of the quarterly journal of austrian economics . 46 tom woods historian political analyst and author see also edit economic liberalism alabama portal capitalism portal libertarianism portal references edit about the mises 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american journal of economics and sociology . 69 5 1428 subscription required what is austrian economics mises.org rockwell lew . libertarianism and the old right . mises.org . august 5 2006 . 1 stromberg joseph august 2 2000 . raimondo on rothbard and rothbard on everything . retrieved january 10 2010 . gordon david 2008 04 22 . the kochtopus vs. murray n. rothbard . lewrockwell.com . retrieved 2011 11 17 . in the 1980s lew rockwell and murray rothbard developed a paleolibertarian strategy a culturally conservative conception of libertarianism to counter left or liberal libertarianism . in an article about the ron paul newsletter controversy austrian economist steven horwitz discussed the strategy and said the institute at the