On March 2, 1966, Murray N. Rothbard, the founder and twenty-year editor of the Journal of Libertarian Studies , would have celebrated his seventieth birthday. This issue of the JLS , as well as a simultaneously appearing special issue of its sister publication, the Review of Austrian Economics , likewise founded and edited by Rothbard, is a
Among the most popular and consequential beliefs of our age is the belief in collective security. Nothing less significant than the legitimacy of the modern state rests on this belief. This article demonstrates that the idea of collective security is a myth that provides no justification for the modern state, and that all security is and must be
Journal of Libertarian Studies 13, Number 2 (1998) It is frequently maintained that “free trade” belongs to “free immigration” as “protectionism” does to “restricted immigration.” That is, the claim is made that while it is not impossible that someone might combine protectionism with free immigration, or free trade with restricted immigration,
Volume 9, Number 1 (1989) In 1849, at a time when classical liberalism was still the dominant ideological force and “economist” and “socialist” were generally—and rightly so—considered antonyms, Gustave de Molinari, a renowned Belgian economist, wrote, “If there is one well-established truth in political economy, it is this: That in all cases, for
I want to do the following in this paper: First to present the theses that constitute the hard core of the Marxist theory of history. I claim that all of them are essentially correct. Then I will show how these true theses are derived in Marxism from a false starting point. Finally, I will demonstrate how Austrianism in the Mises-Rothbard
A government is a territorial monopolist of compulsion — an agency which may engage in continual, institutionalized property rights violations and the exploitation — in the form of expropriation, taxation and regulation — of private property owners. Assuming no more than self-interest on the part of government agents, all governments must be
In this article, Professor Hans-Hermann Hoppe discusses immigration, natural order, and private property. Volume 16, Number 1 (2002) Hoppe, Hans-Hermann. “Natural Order, the State, and the Immigration Problem.” Journal of Libertarian Studies 16, No. 1 (2002):
Mention the term “free-market economics” and many people’s thoughts immediately turn to the Chicago School, the academic home of nine Nobel prize winners in economics, more than any other program in the world. Yet, how sound are their free-market credentials? Volume 16, Number 4 (2002) Hoppe, Hans-Hermann. “Symposium: Chicago versus the Free
ABSTRACT : The greatest challenge for libertarians, whether economic or otherwise, is to develop a grand historical narrative that is to counter and correct the so-called Whig theory of history that all ruling elites, everywhere and at all times, have tried to sell to the public: that is the view, that we live in the best of all times and that the
Volume 9, Number 1 (1989) En 1849, cuando el liberalismo clásico era todavía la ideología predominante y los términos «economista» y «socialista» se consideraban (con razón) antónimos, Gustave de Molinari, prestigioso economista belga, escribió: «Si existe en economía política una verdad bien fundamentada, es ésta: En todos los casos, sean cuales
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