Rothbard, the Mises Institute, and the Battle of Ideas

04/08/2026 Ryan McMaken

Over the centuries, many academic institutions and publications have played their role in the good work of defending freedom. The Mises Institute does this today.

Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/rothbard-mises-institute-and-battle-ideas

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.