President's Impact Report — Fourth Quarter 2024

Mises Institute Scholars and Staff

Senior Fellow Dr. Mark Thornton has become a sought-after guest because of his ability to speak in a clear and knowledgeable manner to all audience levels. Thus, he was very busy this quarter:

He appeared on Investing News Network, The Freedom Report, the Palisades Gold Radio Show, Commodity Culture, and The Scott Horton Show.
He was interviewed by Mario Innecco on his YouTube channel, Julia La Roche on The Julia La Roche Show, and Gary Bohm on Metals and Miners.
He appeared on Soar Financially and the Little by Little show. Both episodes have gotten over 100,000 views.

In October, Henry Hazlitt Research Fellow Dr. Jonathan Newman presented his paper “The Origins of Money: Menger versus Modern Monetary Theory” at the 9th Madrid Conference on Austrian Economics at Universidad Rey Juan Carlos in Spain. Dr. Newman’s paper won the third place Rothbard Prize.

He also appeared on the episode of The Homeschool How To show, “Indoctrination Wars: Taking Back Control of What Your Kids Actually Learn with Mises Institute Economist Dr. Newman.” Listen to it on Spotify.

Editor in Chief Ryan McMaken appeared on the John Curley Show on KIRO 97.3 in Seattle to discuss how the state hates the family. He also appeared on The Catholic Current episode “SNAP Judgments.” Watch it here.

Mises Institute Media and Content Producer Connor O’Keeffe appeared on The Freedom Report episode, “Austrian Economics: Your Ultimate Survival Toolkit for the Financial Reset.” Listen here.

Earlier this year, Senior Fellow Dr. David Gordon began transferring his extensive personal library of over 16,000 volumes to Cornerstone University. As a part of our student-only event at Cornerstone University, the David Gordon Library Collection was officially dedicated at the university’s Miller Library. Students were given a behind-the-scenes look at the remarkable effort and care with which Cornerstone’s librarians are processing this colossal noncirculating collection and preparing it for use.

Senior Fellow Dr. Guido Hülsmann was awarded the George F. Koether Free-Market Writing Award for his book, Abundance, Generosity, and the State: An Inquiry into Economic Principles at our annual Supporters Summit in Delray Beach, Florida.

Mises Events

Mises University 2025

In October, we held our annual Supporters Summit in Delray Beach, Florida. This year’s theme was “Economic Freedom: The Key to Liberty.” Our speakers discussed how true liberty only comes from economic freedom and the system of private property. You can find audio, video, and photos from the event here.

Thank you to our Host Committee: Steven Berger, Bryan Lee Briggs, Mitch Cantor and Patricia Coronado, Bernard and Joan Koether, and Steven and Cassandra Torello.

Thank you to our Speaker Sponsors: Yousif Almoayyed, Stan Eden, Andy Hord, Dan Johnson and Randee Laskewitz, Jeff Leskovar, Mark and Mirella Monoscalco, Don Printz, Murray and Florence Florence Sabrin, Jane Shaffer, Brian and Shanna Tvenstrup, Scott and Cathy Ullery, and Don Wills.

Joe Salerno
The Danger of Deflation (Phobia)
Alex Pollock
Freedom in Money: Hayek’s Competing Currencies, the Fed, Gold, and Crypto
Mark Thornton
Nothing Good Starts at the Top
Shawn Ritenour
Freedom as a Tonic for Social Conflict
David Gordon
How to Counter Arguments That Taxation Is Legitimate
Timothy Terrell
Land of the Free? Government Mismanagement of America’s Open Spaces
Jonathan Newman
How to End the Fed
Bob Murphy
US Trade Deficits: Blame Nixon, Not China
Jeff Herbener
Crusoe: The Man, the Myth, the Legend
Wanjiru Njoya
The Tyranny of Phony Civil Rights
Per Bylund
How Destructive Are Regulations?
Patrick Newman
Murray Rothbard’s Strategy for Achieving Liberty
Peter Klein
Liberating the American University
Ryan McMaken
Taxes and the Rise of the Modern State
Guido Hülsmann
Financial Markets in a Free Society
Bill Anderson, Peter Klein, and Ryan McMaken
The 30th Anniversary of mises.org
James Bovard
Private Property: The Sacred Guardian of Individual Liberty

Cornerstone Student Event
Why the Economy Is Failing Generation Z

The Mises Institute traveled to Cornerstone University in Grand Rapids, Michigan, where we hosted an event for students featuring a series of talks by our faculty and staff to help students understand that truly free markets, not socialism, are the only genuine alternative to our interventionist status quo. You can view photos from the event here.

Jeff Degner
The Causes and Cures for Gen Z’s Economic Illness
Mark Brandly
Gen Z’s Economic Disadvantage and What They Can Do About It
Connor O’Keeffe
The Siren Call of Right-Wing Progressivism
Alex Pollock
What Does the Fed Mean to You?

New Publication

We published The Fight for Liberty, a collection of four essays by Ryan McMaken exploring how freedom fighters of the past have employed both theory and praxis in defending and building a free society. You can view or download it here.