Mises Institute

Mises Institute
Founder	Lew Rockwell
Established	1982
Focus	Economics education, Austrian school of economics, and libertarianism in the United States (anarcho-capitalism, classical liberalism, paleolibertarianism, neoliberalism and right-libertarianism)
Faculty	350+
Staff	21
Key people	Lew Rockwell (Chairman); Thomas DiLorenzo (President); Joseph Salerno (Editor; Quarterly Journal of Austrian Economics)
Budget	Revenue: $4,200,056; Expenses: $4,165,289; (FYE 2017)
Location	Auburn, Alabama, United States
Website	mises.org

The Ludwig von Mises Institute for Austrian Economics, or Mises Institute, is a nonprofit think tank headquartered in Auburn, Alabama, that is a center for Austrian economics, right-wing libertarian thought and the paleolibertarian and anarcho-capitalist movements in the United States. 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.