Burton S. Blumert (/ˈbluːmərt/; February 11, 1929 – March 30, 2009) was the president of the Center for Libertarian Studies in Burlingame, California, co-founder[2] and chairman of the Mises Institute, 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.

Educated at New York University, Blumert had a series of draft deferments and then enlisted in the United States Air Force during the Korean War era.

[7] 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.

[8] Blumert was a close friend and supporter of the late Murray Rothbard,[9] with whom he founded the Center for Libertarian Studies in 1975.