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Best Hoppe book to start with?

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Best Hoppe book to start with?

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fegeldolfy Posted: Mon, Jan 28 2013 7:02 PM

What's the best book by Hans Hermann Hoppe to start with? I've got A Theory of Socialism and Capitalism,Democracy the God that Failed, The Economics and Ethics of Private Property,Economic Science and the Austrian Method, and The Great Fiction.

I was thinking Democracy but is another one better?

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SoNowThen replied on Tue, Jan 29 2013 4:08 AM

Go in this order:

- Economic Science & the Austrian Method

- A Theory Of Socialism & Capitalism

- Economics & Ethics of Private Property

- Democracy the God that Failed

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fegeldolfy replied on Tue, Jan 29 2013 9:46 AM

Any specific reason why?

Not saying you're wrong, just wondering why you think that order is best.

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NonAntiAnarchist replied on Tue, Jan 29 2013 12:37 PM

It honestly doesn't matter what you start with. I think all except Democracy the God that Failed are rather dry, so I'd start with that. Economics & Ethics of Private Property has some good essays; they need not be read in order.

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SoNowThen replied on Wed, Jan 30 2013 12:41 AM

fegeldolfy:

Any specific reason why?

Not saying you're wrong, just wondering why you think that order is best.

Democracy is the most readable and manifesto-ey, but imo the least theoretically rigorous. The first two I recommended are very short, and really give you clear, concise Hoppe basically covering ground from before him and prepping a gather-up. Economics & Ethics has tons of repitition, and is way harder to read, but after the first two it really sinks in nicely. Then Democracy is like a refreshing change of direction. From there, it would be a perfect finish to listen to his Economy Society and History course: https://mises.org/media/categories/66/Economy-Society-and-History

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