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Hans-Hermann Hoppe

Distinguished Fellow, Mises Institute;
Professor Emeritus of Economics, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
hoppe@mises.com; www.HansHoppe.com

Personal: born 1949, in Peine (Germany)
Degrees:
1974 Diplom (equiv.: M.A.) in Sociology, Johann Wolfgang Goethe Universitaet (Frankfurt/M, Germany)
Dr. phil. (equiv.: PhD) in Philosophy, Johann Wolfgang Goethe Universitaet (Frankfurt/M, Germany)
1981 Dr. phil.habil. ('Habilitation') in the Foundations of Sociology and Economics, Johann Wolfgang Goethe Universitaet (Frankfurt/M, Germany)

Education:

1968-1975 Studies in Philosophy, Sociology, Economics, Statistics, and History at Universitaet des Saarlandes, Saarbruecken, and Goethe-Universitaet, (Frankfurt/M, Germany)

Employment:

1986-pres.Professor of Economics, University of Nevada, Las Vegas (2009-present, Professor Emeritus; 1986-1992, Associate Professor);
1987-pres. Senior Fellow, The Ludwig von Mises Institute, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama;
1995-pres. Editor, The Journal of Libertarian Studies. An Interdisciplinary Review;
1995-2000. Co-Editor, The Quarterly Journal of Austrian Economics(formerly, The Review of Austrian Economics)
1982-1986 Heisenberg Research Fellow, German National Science Foundation (DFG)
1985-1986 Ludwig von Mises Fellow, Center for Libertarian Studies, New York
1984-1985 Visiting Professor, Johns Hopkins University, Bologna, Italy
1982-1984 Privatdozent, Technische Universitaet Braunschweig, Germany
1980-1982 Visiting Professor, Universitaet Wuppertal, Germany
1978-1980 Habilitation Scholar, German National Science Foundation
1976-1978 Post-doctoral Fellow, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
1974-1976 Research Fellow and Lecturer, Goethe Universitaet, Frankfurt/M.

PUBLICATIONS

| Selected/Online Hoppe Publications at www.HansHoppe.com |

| Online Translations/non-English Versions of Hoppe Publications|

Online Archives

Books (authored):

Books (edited):

Monographs and Pamphlets:

Chapters in Books:

Main Papers Published in Refereed Journals

Shorter Papers, Notes, Replies, and Reviews in Refereed Journals & Magazines of Opinion

  • The Idea of a Private Law Society, LewRockwell.com, August 1, 2006
  • Does the State Resolve or Create Conflict?, Mises.org, March 16, 2006
  • Reflections on State and War, LewRockwell.com, November 22, 2006 (talk delivered in Auburn, Alabama, on the occasion of Professor Hoppe's receiving the Mises Institute's 2006 Gary G. Schlarbaum Liberty Prize, delivered on October 27, 2006, at "Imperialism: Enemy of Freedom," the Mises Institute Supporter's Summit; speech available in MP3 audio from Mises Media)
  • The Paradox of Imperialism, Mises.org, November 20, 2006 (excerpted from Professor Hoppe's Schlarbaum Award Acceptance Speech, delivered on October 27, 2006, at "Imperialism: Enemy of Freedom," the Mises Institute Supporter's Summit; speech available in MP3 audio from Mises Media)
  • A Note on Preference and Indifference in Economic Analysis, Quarterly Journal of Austrian Economics, Vol. 8, No. 4 (Winter 2005): 87-91
  • The Rise and Fall of the City, Mises.org, Nov. 23, 2005 (an extract of chapter 9 of Democracy: The God That Failed)
  • The Intellectual Incoherence of Conservatism , Mises.org, March 4, 2005 (Italian translation; German translation)
  • Why Bad Men Rule, LewRockwell.com, Nov. 8, 2004
  • From Nation to Household: The Middle American Illusions of Sam Francis (and Pat Buchanan) (unpublished)
  • Von der Unmöglichkeit des Sozialismus
  • "Geordnete Anarchie, Eigentum, Vertrag, und Staat. Naturrechtliche Anmerkungen," Erwaegen, Wissen, Ethik, 13, no. 3, 2002
  • Democracy: The God That Failed, LewRockwell.com, Nov. 12, 2001 (discussion of Democracy: The God That Failed); Slovakian translation; Czech translation; Polish translation.
  • Hans-Hermann Hoppe on War, Terrorism, and the World State, Interview by Mark Grunert, Le Québécois Libre, No. 115, Dec. 7, 2002; Dutch translation by Aschwin de Wolf.
  • On Free Immigration and Forced Integration, LewRockwell.com, 1999; Dutch translation
  • Reviving the West(review of Pat Buchanan's The Death of the West), LewRockwell.com, Apr. 13, 2002: Italian translation, "Ridare vita all'Occidente", traduzione di Filippo Franceschetto.
  • "L'ordine naturale, lo Stato et il problema della immigrazione," Federalismo & Liberta, Vol. 8, no. 1/2, 2001.
  • "Government, Money, and International Politics" (previously unpublished). Korean translation, Emerge, no. 9, 2000; Polish translation
  • "Goethe for the Millenium," Wall Street Journal Europe, December 30, 1999. Italian translation in: La Padania & Enclave, 2000.
  • "What Made Germany Great. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe on Kleinstaatereiand Culture," Rothbard-Rockwell Report, Vol. 10, No. 8, August 1999; reprinted in: The Free Market, October 1999; Dutch translation.
  • "The Western State as Paradigm", Society, Vol. 35, 5, 1998.
  • "The Private Property Order. An Interview with Hans-Hermann Hoppe", Austrian Economics Newsletter, Spring 1998. Italian translation in: Elites(forthcoming).
  • Editorial, Quarterly Journal of Austrian Economics, Vol. 1, 1, 1998 (with Walter Block and Joseph Salerno).
  • "The Trouble With Classical Liberalism", Rothbard Rockwell Report, vol.ix, no.4, April 1998.
  • "Where the Right Goes Wrong", Rothbard Rockwell Report, vol. viii, no.4, April 1997.
  • "The Meaning of the Mises Papers", Free Market, April 1997.
  • "The Mises Archive: A Treasure Uncovered", Wall Street Journal, January 30, 1997.
  • "Einwanderungsfreiheit oder erzwungene Integration? - Eine liberale Antwort auf das Einwanderungsproblem", Criticon, November 1996.
  • The Failure of America's Foreign Wars. Edited by Richard Ebeling and Jacob Hornberger. "A Book Review", The Freeman: Ideas on Liberty, November 1996.
  • Editorial, Review of Austrian Economics, Vol.9, 2, 1996 (with Walter Block and Joseph Salerno).
  • Editorial,Journal of Libertarian Studies, Vol.12, 1, 1996 (with Walter Block, David Gordon, and Joseph Salerno).
  • "Down with Democracy", Enterprise and Education. The Association of Private Enterprise Newsletter, Summer1995. Reprinted in: Rothbard-Rockwell Report, February 1996. French translation; Slovak translation, 2001; Dutch translation, 1998; Swedish translation; Czech translation; Polish translation; Spanish translation ( 2, 3).
  • Editorial, Journal of Libertarian Studies, Vol.11, 2, 1995 (with Walter Block, David Gordon, and Joseph Salerno).
  • Editorial, Review of Austrian Economics, Vol.8, 2, 1995 (with Walter Block, and Joseph Salerno).
  • "Free Immigration or Forced Integration," Chronicles, July 1995. Also published in: Thomas Fleming, ed., Immigration and the American Identity(Rockford, Ill.: Rockford Institute, 1995) [above]; and in Salisbury Review, June 1995. German translation in: Schweizer Monatshefte, November 1998. French translation.
  • "Hoehere Bildung, Sozialismus, und die Zukunft der Demokratie. Kommentar zu Don Lavoie", Reflexion, No.34, May 1995.
  • "Murray Rothbard. R.I.P.", Free Market, March 1995.
  • "Murray Newton Rothbard. March 2, 1926 - January 7, 1995", Journal des Economistes et des Etudes Humaines, Vol.6, 1, 1995.
  • "Ein Liberalismus von unerhoerter Radikalitaet. Zum Tode von Murray N. Rothbard", Neue Zuercher Zeitung, January 14, 1995.
  • "Nationalism and Secession," Chronicles, November 1993 Also published in Salisbury Review, June 1993. Frenchtranslation at http://www.liberalia.com/esperer.htm ; German translation in Schweizer Monatshefte, May 1993.
  • "A Note on Socialism and Slavery", Chronicles, August 1993.
  • " The Four Step Health Care Solution", Free Market, April 1993.
  • "Money, Method, and the Market Process. Essays by Ludwig von Mises. A Review", Austrian Economics Newsletter,No.1, 1994
  • "Le rationalisme autrichien a l'age du declin du positivisme", Revue des Etudes Humaines, December 1991.
  • "The Bungling of German Reunification", Free Market, July 1991.
  • "Economie et Sociologie des Impots", Revue des Etudes Humaines, July 1990.
  • "The Collapse of Socialism and the Future of Eastern Europe", Kwasny Economics, Vol.2, 6, October 1989. Reprinted in Sound Money Investor, January/February 1990.
  • "On the Indefensibility of Welfare Rights. Reply to Conway", Austrian Economics Newsletter, No.3, 1989.
  • Man, Economy, and Liberty. "Review Essay", Review of Austrian Economics, Vol.4, 1989.
  • "European Economic Integration and the ECU", Austrian Economics Newsletter, No.1, 1989. Translated into Romanian in: Cotidianul, September 6, 1996, (alternativasupplement).
  • "Intimidation by Argument - Once Again. Reply to Lomasky", Liberty, Vol.3, 2, November 1989.
  • "Demonstrated Preference and Private Property. Reply to Osterfeld", Austrian Economics Newsletter, No.1, 1988.
  • "Utilitarians and Randians vs. Reason",Liberty, Vol.2, 2, November 1988; the article is a reply to a Symposion on Hoppe's Rights Theory, in the same issue of Liberty, with comments by Murray N. Rothbard, David Friedman, Leland Yeager, David Gordon, Douglas Rasmussen, et. al., on the previous article: "The Ultimate Justification of the Private Property Ethic" (next entry);
  • "The Ultimate Justification of the Private Property Ethic", Liberty, Vol.2, 1, September 1988.
  • "The Justice of Economic Efficiency", Austrian Economics Newsletter, No.1, 1988.
  • "Why Socialism Must Fail", Free Market, July 1988. Translated into Portuguese in Visao, February 1, 1990. Reprinted in Enterprise. Institute for Saskatchewan Enterprise, Vol.1, 2, 1990.
  • "The Intellectual Cover for Socialism", Free Market, February, 1988. Reprinted in Sound Money Investor, July 1988. Translated into Romanian in Cotidianul, March 18, 1997; Spanish translation.
  • "Staatsausgaben fuer produktive Arbeitsplaetze? Ueber die Wirkungen von Beschaeftigungsprogrammen", Orientierungen zur Wirtschafts- und Gesellschaftspolitik, No.14, 1982
  • "Sicherheits- und Entfaltungswuensche", Neue Gesellschaft, No.12, 1977.
  • "Beeinflussungsfaktoren der Konfliktbereitschaft bei Metallarbeitern", Sozialer Fortschritt, No.2, 1977 (with Juergen Schumacher).
  • "Wirtschaftliche Rezession, Konfliktbereitschaft, und Reformbestrebungen in der Arbeitnehmerschaft", Gewerkschaftliche Monatshefte, No.6, 1976 (with Manfred Murck, Klaus Arzberger, und Juergen Schumacher).

Translations:

  • Friedrich August Hayek, "On Ludwig von Mises", Austrian Economics Newsletter, No.4, 1988. Translation of Hayek's introduction to Ludwig von Mises, Erinnerungen(Stuttgart:G.Fischer, 1978); from the German. Reprinted in: The Collected Works of F. A. Hayek, Vol. 4 (Chicago: University of Chicago Press,1992).
  • Richard von Strigl, Capital and Production(Auburn, Al.: Ludwig von Mises Institute, 1995). Translation of Strigl's Kapital und Produktion(Wien: J.Springer, 1934) from the German (with Margaret Rudelich Hoppe).
  • Karlheinz Weissmann, "The Epoch of National Socialism", Journal of Libertarian Studies, Vol. 12, No.2, 1996; from the German (with Margaret Rudelich Hoppe).

Paper and Lecture Invitations (since 1990):

Scholarly Conferences:

  • Austrian Scholars Conference, Auburn, AL, March 2002
  • Austrian Scholars Conference, Auburn, AL, March 2001
  • Europe: the Last Leviathan, Milan, Italy, December 2000
  • The Rise & the Fall of the State, Auburn, AL, October 2000
  • Association of Private Enterprise Education, Las Vegas, NV, April 2000
  • Austrian Scholars Conference, Auburn, AL, March 2000
  • The History of Liberty, Auburn, AL, January 2000
  • Liberalism and Modernity, Milan, Italy, October 1999
  • Austrian Economics and Financial Markets, Toronto, Canada, September 1999
  • Austrian Scholars Conference, Auburn, Al., April 1999
  • Fifty Years of Mises' Human Action, Auburn, Al., February 1999
  • Reassessing the Presidency, Warm Springs, Georgia, October 1998
  • Austrian Scholars Conference, Auburn, Al., April 1998
  • An Austrian Critique of the Twentieth Century, Ludwig von Mises Institute 15th Anniversary Conference, Atlanta, Georgia, September 1997
  • Mont Pelerin Society Regional Meeting, Barcelona, Spain, September 1997
  • Austrian Scholars Conference, Auburn University, Auburn, Al., April 1997
  • The Intellectual Legacy of the Habsburg Empire, Budapest, Hungary, December 1996
  • The Case Against the FED, Jekyll Island, Georgia, September 1996
  • Austrian Scholars Conference, Auburn, Alabama, January 1996
  • Money, Banking, and the Dangers of International Control, Houston, Texas, September 1995
  • The State in East and West, Capetown, South Africa, September 1995
  • Values and the Social Order, Seoul, South Korea, August 1995
  • The Crisis of the Welfare State, Stockholm, Sweden, June 1995
  • Secessionism, Charleston, South Carolina, April 1995
  • The Legacy of Friedrich Hayek, Cannes, France, September 1994
  • Market, Nation, and the State, Sintra, Portugal, May 1994
  • The Costs of War, Atlanta, Georgia, May 1994
  • The Evils of the Welfare State, Chicago, Illinois, April 1993
  • Contending with Hayek, Zurich, Switzerland, October 1992
  • Values and the Social Order, Seoul, South Korea, August 1992
  • Money and the Federal Reserve, Jekyll Island, Georgia, April 1992
  • The Political Economy of Bureaucracy, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virgina, October 1991
  • Southwestern Economics Association Meeting, San Antonio, Texas, March 1991
  • The Economics of Desocialization, Washington D.C., April 1990

University Lectures:

  • University of Paris II, Pantheon, Paris France, March 2003
  • Yale University, New Haven, Conn., March 2003
  • University of Rome (LUISS), Rome Italy, November 2002
  • University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy, November 2002
  • Washington University, St. Louis, Ms., March 2002
  • University Francisco Marroquin, Guatemala City, Guatemala, April 2001.
  • University of Milan, Italy, October 1999.
  • Complutense University, Madrid, Spain, September 1997.
  • University of Bucarest, Bucarest, Romania, July 1997.
  • University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, April 1997
  • Economic University Vienna, Vienna, Austria, December 1996
  • University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, September 1995
  • University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany, June 1995
  • University of Bayreuth, Bayreuth, Germany, June 1994
  • University of Trier, Trier, Germany, June 1994
  • University Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil, November 1993
  • University of Trier, Trier, Germany, June 1993
  • University of Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany, June 1992
  • Schiller University, Jena, Germany, June 1992
  • Schiller University, Jena, Germany, June 1991
  • Ruhr University, Bochum, Germany, June 1991
  • Goethe University, Frankfurt/M., Germany, June 1991
  • Hillsdale College, Hillsdale, Michigan, April 1990

Instructional Conferences:

  • Summer University in Austrian Economics, Auburn, Al., August 2003
  • Rothbard Graduate Seminar, Man, Economy, and State, Auburn, Al. 2003
  • Summer University in Austrian Economics, Auburn, Al., August 2002
  • Rothbard Graduate Seminar, The Ethics of Liberty, Auburn, Al., July 2002
  • History of Liberty Conference, Auburn, Al., May 2002 Summer University in Austrian Economics, Auburn, AL, August 2001
  • History of Liberty Conference, Auburn, AL, July 2001
  • Rothbard Graduate Seminar, Auburn, AL, June 2001
  • Summer University in Austrian Economics, Auburn University, Auburn,AL, August 2000
  • Rothbard Graduate Seminar, Auburn University, Auburn, AL, June 2000
  • Summer University in Austrian Economics, Auburn University, Auburn, Al., August 1999
  • Rothbard Graduate Seminar, Auburn University, Auburn, Al., July 1999
  • Summer University in Economics and Philosophy, Liberalni Institute, Prague, Czech Republic, June 1999
  • Summer University in Economics and Philosophy, Hayek Institute, Bratislava, Slovak Republic, June 1999
  • Summer University in Austrian Economics, Auburn University, Auburn, Al., August 1998
  • Summer University in Economics and Philosophy, Liberalni Institute, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic, June 1998
  • Summer University in Austrian Economics, Auburn University, Auburn, Al., June 1997
  • Summer University in Austrian Economics, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama, August 1996
  • Summer University in Austrian Economics, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama, July 1995
  • Summer University in Austrian Economics, Claremont College, Claremont, California, July 1994
  • Grant's Russian Experience, Moscow, Russia, July 1994
  • Summer University in Austrian Economics, Claremont College, Claremont, California, July 1993
  • Summer University in Austrian Economics, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California, July 1992
  • Summer University in Austran Economics, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California, July 1991
  • Summer University in Austrian Economics, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California, July 1990

Others:

  • Liberalni Institut, Prague, Czech Republic, July 2003
  • Libertarian World Convention, Vilnius, Lithuania, July 2003
  • Libertarian Spring Convention, Cracow, Poland, March 2003
  • CIDAS, Torino, Italy, December 2002
  • In Honor of Gianfranco Miglio, Como, Italy, November 2002
  • Libertarian Supper Club, Sestrie, Italy, November 2002
  • Scholarship of Libery Conference, Auburn, Al., October 2002
  • What Motivates America: From Republican Liberty to World Empire, Liberales Institut, Zuerich, Switzerland, June 2001
  • Money, State, and International Politics, Center for a New Europe, Brussels, Belgium, June 2001
  • Mises Institute Supporters Meeting, Newport Beach, CA, February 2001
  • The Failure of Democracy, La Stampa Press Club & Il Circolo, Milan, Italy, July 2000
  • The Ethics of Liberty, Liberales Institut, Zuerich, Switzerland, June 2000
  • The Impossibility of a Minimal State, Sonoma Forum, Sonoma, CA, May 2000
  • The Impossibility of a Minimal State, Free Exchange, San Francisco, CA, May 2000
  • Security Production - Public or Private?, Liberales Institut, Zurich, Switzerland, June 1999
  • Security Production - Public or Private?, Institut Euro, Paris, France, June 1999
  • Libertarian World Convention: The Transformation of Eastern Europe, Berlin, Germany, August 1998
  • The Failure of Democracy, Liberalni Institut, Prague, Czechia, June 1998
  • Fifteen Great Austrian Economists, Mises Institute, Auburn, Al., June 1998
  • Mises Institute Supporters Meeting, Palm Beach, Ca., February 1998
  • Rothbard-Rockwell Report, Annual Meeting, San Mateo, Ca., February 1998
  • Deutsches Unternehmerinstitut & German-American Chamber of Commerce, Auburn, Al., October 1997
  • Mises Institute Supporters Meeting, Newport Beach, Ca., January 1997
  • Rothbard-Rockwell Report, Annual Meeting, San Mateo, October 1996
  • John Randolph Club, Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., October 1996
  • St.Louis Discussion Club, Annual Convention, St.Louis, March 1996
  • Mises Institute Supporters Meeting, San Francisco, February 1996
  • Center for Libertarian Studies, Burlingame, California, November 1995
  • John Randolph Club Meeting, San Mateo, California, November 1995
  • Liberales Institut, Zurich, Switzerland, June 1995
  • Mises Institute Weekend at UNLV, Las Vegas, Nevada, May 1995
  • Rothbard-Rockwell Report, San Mateo, California, March 1995
  • Mises Institute Supporters Meeting, San Francisco, California, February 1995
  • John Randolph Club Meeting, Washington, DC, October 1994
  • Liberales Institut, St. Gallen, Switzerland, June 1994
  • Nevada Policy Research Institute, Las Vegas, Nevada, May 1994
  • Mises Institute Weekend at UNLV, Las Vegas, Nevada, April 1994
  • Instituto Naumann, Brazilian Lecture Tour, Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazilia, and Porto Alegre, Brazil, November 1993.
  • Liberales Institut, Zurich, Switzerland, June 1993
  • Mises Institute Weekend at UNLV, Las Vegas, Nevada, March 1993
  • Randolph Club Meeting, Chicago, Illinois, December 1992
  • Mises Institute Weekend at UNLV, Las Vegas, Nevada, March 1992
  • Randolph Club Meeting, Washington, DC, January 1992
  • Privatization Seminar, Police Academy of Germany, Muenster-Hilltrup, June 1991
  • Economic Consulting Seminar, Vienna, Austria, August 1990

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