The Mises Institute champions sound economics, individual freedom, and peace. It does so through the promotion, distribution, and continuation of the monumental work of economists Ludwig von Mises, Murray Rothbard, Henry Hazlitt, F. A. Hayek, and other advocates of the free market.
But these ideas are not just for individual consumption. They are powerful forces that can, and have, change the world around us.
Let us take the example of Hayek. As a student in Austria, he was a socialist. Then he discovered the work of Ludwig von Mises. Reading his treatise on Socialism changed Hayek’s entire intellectual foundation and trajectory of his life. Hayek went on to spar John Maynard Keynes and write globally renowned books like The Road to Serfdom. He eventually received the Nobel Prize in economics.
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Mises’s impact didn’t end with Hayek. Hayek’s own work inspired movements to resist the state. His book The Denationalization of Money inspired game-changing financial innovations such as bitcoin. And in the 1980s, Dr. Mark Thornton introduced Hayek’s essay “The Use of Knowledge in Society” to an Auburn student named Jimmy Wales, who would be inspired to create Wikipedia.
Reading Mises changed Hayek’s life. People who have read Hayek have changed the world.
The mission of the Mises Institute is to preserve, promote and advance the ideas that can create a better, freer, and more prosperous world.
But not everyone wants to see the world change.
The political elite and their privileged special interests benefit from a society controlled by lies, grift, and manipulation. The state is their weapon, and it’s a powerful one.
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