Power & Market

White Pill: Hoppe Is Outselling Marx on Amazon

What a way to exit 2021. Democracy: The God That Failed, is currently outselling Marx’s The Communist Manifesto on Amazon.  
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Even better, this is despite Hoppe’s book—unfortunately not published by the Mises Institute—being priced at over $40 and the fact that there are very few college professors forcing the book on their students. This is a testament to the power of Austro-libertarian thought. The Mises Institute is often attacked by agents of the establishment—ranging from Big Tech to left-wing groups and even some nominally libertarian organizations—because it is our ideas that are uniquely dangerous to the regime. Our scholars’ willingness to stand unapologetically in their defense of civilization—just as Ludwig von Mises did in 1930s Vienna—is what makes us a threat.

Going into 2022 in particular, the ideas of the Austrian school have never been more critical.

  • When inflation has become a daily kitchen-table issue, it is economists like Bob Murphy, Thorsten Polleit, and Daniel Lacalle that have the answers to deal with the Fed and the dollar seriously.
  • When ”national divorce” is trending on Twitter, it is Mises Institute scholars like Ryan McMaken and Jeff Deist have been leading voices in defense of political decentralization.
  • When tens of millions of Americans recognize that the federal regime is not actually “by the people, for the people,”  it is intellectuals like Murray Rothbard and Hoppe that provide clarity in understanding that democracy is a facade that empowers a parasitic elite to enrich itself at the expense of the productive class. 

Even more important, this is happening at a time when millions of Americans are recognizing the consequences of our government-controlled education system and looking for alternatives. Already, we’ve seen incredible increased demand in tools like Mises University, Economics for Beginners, and Bob Murphy’s textbook Lessons for the Young Economist. We expect even more in 2022. 

As we enjoy the final days of 2021, please continue financially supporting the Mises Institute in 2022. If you do so today, you will receive a free copy of Hoppe’s What Must Be Done.

(Also, if you don’t want to drop $40 for Hoppe’s Democracy, the Mises Institute has published a free audiobook version—available on all major podcast platforms. This is the sort of content we can offer only because of our incredible donors.)

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