A transcription of a wide-ranging lecture, full of insight as well as humor, by the great Austrian economist and social theorist Hans-Hermann Hoppe, discussing the state, anarchy, democracy, monarchy, crime, security, and more. Delivered at the 2009 Mises University.
The word <em>liberal</em> has clear and pertinent etymological roots grounded in the ideal of individual liberty.
Nicholas Wolterstorff assails a vastly influential school of thought in a way that libertarians will find useful.
What is one to make of President Obama’s celebration of the government’s role in the personal pursuits of citizens and his diminishment of the causal connection between the productivity of individuals and the success of their pursuits?
Presented at the Mises Circle in Manhattan, hosted by the Ludwig von Mises Institute and sponsored by the Story Garschina Charitable Fund, and Anon
In Milton Friedman's view, if you are not tolerant, you cannot be a libertarian.
The DIM hypothesis is nothing less than an Objectivist philosophy of history.
Suppose one says that it is wrong to initiate force against people. What does it mean to say that this claim is true?
Any man has the right to acquire previously unowned goods, keep or give them away at his pleasure, use or not use them at his pleasure.
