Ludwig von Mises: Scholar, Creator, Hero

06/01/1988 Murray N. Rothbard

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Witten by Murray Rothbard, this essay discusses and celebrates the life and work of one of the great creative minds of our century: Ludwig von Mises.

Ludwig von Mises: Scholar, Creator, Hero by Murray Rothbard

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Murray N. Rothbard

Murray N. Rothbard made major contributions to economics, history, political philosophy, and legal theory. He combined Austrian economics with a fervent commitment to individual liberty.

The 100 Percent Gold Tradition

08/05/2026 Murray N. Rothbard

Not a novelty but an inheritance: Jeffersonian, Jacksonian, and hard-money.

The Road Ahead

08/05/2026 Murray N. Rothbard

Deflate the dollars, or redefine the dollar’s weight—or some blend of the two.

Objections to 100 Percent Gold

08/05/2026 Murray N. Rothbard

The supply of money, Rothbard answers, essentially does not matter.

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The Mises Institute is a non-profit organization that exists to promote teaching and research in the Austrian School of economics, individual freedom, honest history, and international peace, in the tradition of Ludwig von Mises and Murray N. Rothbard.

Non-political, non-partisan, and non-PC, we advocate a radical shift in the intellectual climate, away from statism and toward a private property order. We believe that our foundational ideas are of permanent value, and oppose all efforts at compromise, sellout, and amalgamation of these ideas with fashionable political, cultural, and social doctrines inimical to their spirit.

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Ludwig von Mises: Scholar, Creator, Hero