Burton S. Blumert (born February 11, 1929 in
New York City, died March 30, 2009) was the president of the
Center for Libertarian Studies in
Burlingame, California, chairman of the
Mises Institute, and the publisher of
LewRockwell.com. Before his retirement in 2008, he bought and sold precious metals as the proprietor of Camino Coin Company.
Background
Educated at
New York University, Blumert enlisted in the
United States Air Force during the
Korean War era. After a series of draft deferments, he chose to enlist in the Air Force—which offered a shorter enlistment term than did the Army—in order to avoid being
drafted during the
Truman administration.
From 1959 until 2008, Blumert operated the Camino Coin Company, dealing in bullion and coins. Upon retirement he gave the company to a long-time employee. After retiring, Blumert remained an active discussant of commodities topics in the media.
Political and social commentary
, economist and philosopher David Gordon, and
Murray Rothbard.]]
In a 2008 interview he credited his experience in the coin industry as spurring him to adopt a
libertarian political philosophy and to support fellow gold advocate
Ron Paul. Blumert was a close friend and supporter of the late
Murray Rothbard, with whom he founded the Center for Libertarian Studies in 1975. As president of the Center for Libertarian Studies, Blumert published the
Journal of Libertarian Studies, the
Austrian Economics Newsletter, and the
Rothbard-Rockwell Report. Blumert served as chairman of the
Ludwig von Mises Institute and was publisher of
LewRockwell.com. pro-
Barry Bonds, and skeptical of the medical establishment. A selection of Blumert's essays were collected into the 2008 book,
Bagels, Barry Bonds, and Rotten Politicians (available
online), for which
Lew Rockwell provided a foreword.
Notes
External links
Burton Blumert archive at LewRockwell.com
Burton Blumert obituary at Taki's Magazine
Burton Blumert obituary at LewRockwell.com
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Category:American libertarians
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