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MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT

The mission of the Mises Institute is to educate as students described
many people as possible about freedom, markets, the experience
and honest money, and salvage Western civilization as “incredibly
in so doing. You, our donors, are our partners in enriching” and “the
this mission, and you share equally in each of our most rigorous and
successes. There were many successes in 2024, and stimulating study
they would not have been possible without you. of economics.”

We kicked off the year with a giveaway of Murray Thanks once again to
Rothbard’s classic What Has Government Done to Alice J. Lillie for
Our Money? There is no better text to educate and helping us reach this
inspire people to spread the word that government incredible milestone.
has mismanaged, corrupted, and stolen our money. In July we welcomed 106 students for our now-
We have given away more than 80,000 copies and
counting. world-famous Mises University, and 13 of our 18
faculty were themselves Mises University alumni!
We also spread the truth about the Fed via film The mystery speaker is always fun for the students
by producing a new documentary, Playing with and highly anticipated. This year it was the great
Fire: Money, Banking, and the Federal Reserve. It Ron Paul, and the students were ecstatic. We also
premiered in October and featured commentary had a guest speaker, Dr. Robert Malone, who talked
by Ron Paul, Jim Grant, Joseph Salerno, Jonathan about his new book, Psywar: Enforcing the New
Newman, Mark Thornton, Alex Pollock, and me. World Order. The capstone of the special week was
The documentary has created a buzz, and our a big celebration in honor of Lew Rockwell’s 80th
faculty have made dozens of radio and television birthday.
appearances to discuss it. It garnered more than
80,000 views in the first two months alone, and its This summer we hosted six brilliant young Research
impact among the general public continues to grow. Fellows, who conducted research in our library and
archives and fine-tuned their papers with the help
Thanks to a very generous donor and growing of our faculty.
dissatisfaction with the Fed, we published a full-
page ad in The Wall Street Journal last June entitled We engaged with the public and strengthened
“Who Needs the Fed?” relationships through our Mises Circle events in
Tampa, Florida; Lake Jackson, Texas; Albuquerque,
Radical scholarship has always been the top focus
of the Mises Institute, and we made great inroads New Mexico; and Fort Myers, Florida. Our scholars
in that arena. At the 2024 Austrian Economics spoke on how to cure inflation, on censorship, on
Research Conference in March, we celebrated how to live free in an unfree world, and on the
the 50th anniversary of the 1974 South Royalton economic impact of elections.
conference in Vermont, which marked the rebirth of We continued to sidestep the hyperstatist
Austrian scholarship in America. We also highlighted mainstream media with our podcasts, multimedia
the best of the latest research in Austrian economics offerings, and social media content. In 2024 we
and libertarian political theory and awarded several
prizes. received more than 4.2 million views on YouTube
and we gained 46,000 Instagram followers. Human
In May we celebrated the 75th anniversary of Mises’s Action was downloaded almost 1 million times, and
Human Action with a special conference in Auburn. our growing Economics for Beginners video series
More than a dozen Mises Institute scholars spoke on now has more than 14 million views.
the book’s impact on economics, on the Austrian
School, and on their own careers. We will publish all Thanks to all of our generous donors and supporters
the presentations in a commemorative volume in for funding our efforts. Your continued enthusiasm
2025. helps us stay the course. We could not do any of
this crucial work without you. Please help us keep
In June we held our 25th Rothbard Graduate pushing for liberty and truth in 2025.
Seminar. Our faculty guided 15 graduate students
through our most advanced program. The —Thomas J. DiLorenzo

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