Burton S. Blumert (; February 11, 1929 – March 30, 2009) was the president of the

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, co-founder and chairman of the

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, and the publisher of LewRockwell.com. In a career that spanned almost 50 years until his retirement in 2008, he bought and sold precious metals as the proprietor of Camino Coin Company.

Background

Educated at

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, Blumert had a series of draft deferments and then enlisted in the

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during the

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era.Rockwell, Llewellyn H., Jr. "Foreword to ''Bagels, Barry Bonds, and Rotten Politicians''." ''LewRockwell.com''. 200

/ref> From 1959 until 2008, Blumert operated the Camino Coin Company, dealing in

bullion Bullion is non-ferrous metal that has been refined to a high standard of elemental purity. The term is ordinarily applied to bulk metal used in the production of coins and especially to precious metals such as gold and silver. It comes from ...

and

coins A coin is a small object, usually round and flat, used primarily as a medium of exchange or legal tender. They are standardized in weight, and produced in large quantities at a mint in order to facilitate trade. They are most often issued by ...

. Upon retirement he gave the company to a long-time employee.Baedeker, Rob. "The gold standard: A precious metal that's not just an investment but a worldview too." ''SFGate.com'' 25 February 2008

/ref> After retiring, Blumert remained an active discussant of commodities topics in the media. Blumert was Jews, Jewish.

Political and social commentary

In a 2008 interview he credited his experience in the coin industry as spurring him to adopt a

libertarian Libertarianism (from ; or from ) is a political philosophy that holds freedom, personal sovereignty, and liberty as primary values. Many libertarians believe that the concept of freedom is in accord with the Non-Aggression Principle, according ...

political philosophy and to support fellow gold advocate

Ron Paul Ronald Ernest Paul (born August 20, 1935) is an American author, activist, and politician who served as the U.S. representative for Texas's 22nd congressional district from 1976 to 1977, and again from 1979 to 1985, as well as for Texas' ...

. In 1988, Blumert was chairman of Ron Paul's first presidential campaign. Blumert was a close friend and supporter of the late

Murray Rothbard Murray Newton Rothbard (; March 2, 1926 – January 7, 1995) was an American economist of the Austrian School,Ronald Hamowy, ed., 2008, The Encyclopedia of Libertarianism', Cato Institute, Sage, , p. 62: "a leading economist of the Austri ...

, 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 Ludwig von Mises Institute for Austrian Economics, or Mises Institute, is a nonprofit think tank headquartered in Auburn, Alabama, that is a center for Austrian economics, right-wing libertarian thought and the paleolibertarian and anarc ...

'', the ''Austrian Economics Newsletter'', and the ''Rothbard-Rockwell Report''., Blumert served as chairman of the

Ludwig von Mises Institute The Ludwig von Mises Institute for Austrian Economics, or Mises Institute, is a nonprofit think tank headquartered in Auburn, Alabama, that is a center for Austrian economics, right-wing libertarian thought and the paleolibertarian and anarcho ...

and was publisher of '' LewRockwell.com'' (LRC).

References

External links

Burton Blumert archive
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