Austrian Economist and Anarcho-Capitalist Social Theorist

“Der Staat ist eine kriminelle Organisation”  (The state is a criminal organization) Interview with Hoppe, Wiener Zeitung Der Ökonom und Anarchokapitalist Hans-Hermann Hoppe spricht über die Mängel des Sozialismus, über Privateigentum als Voraussetzung für Wohlstand, untersucht die Zukunft der EU und plädiert für eine Welt ohne staatliche Regulierungen.

A new book has been released in German with material from Prof. Hoppe and a foreword by Prof. Thorsten Polleit. This is an introduction to the field of private law societies and contains translations of several speeches held at the PFS and the LvMI, texts from LewRockwell.com and interviews from German newspapers. Amazon.de link; publisher’s [...]

Professor Hoppe was previously interviewed on Australian Broadcasting Corp. Radio, on the topic “Anarcho-capitalist libertarianism: What is it?” (approx. 25 minutes). It was aired on Jan. 23, 2012; audio is available here; the transcript is here, and below. As described on the ABC site, “What is anarcho-capitalist libertarianism? Hans Herman Hoppe explains the idea behind it [...]

Professor Hoppe was the keynote speaker at the recent, very successful Australian Mises Seminar, 25-26th November, 2011, held in a private club in the Sydney CBD. Various posts about the event, and the videos released to date (which are in 1080p HD), are linked below. Some more reports on the seminar and related posts: Hoppe’s [...]

Guy Kedem sent over a link to his article Dialogical Libertarianism: Ultimate Foundation of Ethics, which is a Hebrew-language discussion of Hoppe’s argumentation ethics theory of libertarian rights. For more on argumentation ethics, see “Argumentation Ethics and Liberty: A Concise Guide,” Mises Daily (May 27, 2011) (includes “Discourse Ethics and Liberty: A Skeletal Ebook”).

De la théorie économique du laissez-faire à la politique du liberalisme has just been posted (see below). This is a French translation of chapter 11, “From the Economics of Laissez Faire to the Ethics of Libertarianism,” and the Appendix, “Four Critical Replies,” of The Economics and Ethics of Private Property.

Professor Hoppe has the following upcoming speaking events: Speaking at the Bucharest Academy of Economic Studies (November 9, 2011) Speaking at the Romanian-American University (November 10, 2011)  On November 21, at the invitation of Hong Kong’s Lion Rock Institute, he will speak at the Foreign Correspondents’ Club in Hong Kong; On November 25 and 26, he [...]

Professor Hoppe’s article, Why the State Demands Control of Money, was published in Mises Daily today. It is based on a speech delivered at the Mises Institute Supporters meeting, September 19-23, 2011, Vienna, Austria. The piece revisits issues discussed in his article Banking, Nation States and International Politics: A Sociological Reconstruction of the Present Economic [...]