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
“Sociology is in constant danger of thinking something is a law that is not a law. And economists frequently think that something is a hypothesis for the viable regularity when it is, in fact, a logically necessary truth. And Mises is a person who can set us right in all of this. and help us avoid these confusions that have invaded most of the
[ Published in Chronicles , Nov. 1993, p. 23–25] With the collapse of communism all across Eastern Europe, secessionist movements are mushrooming. There are now more than a dozen independent states on the territory of the former Soviet Union, and many of its more than 100 different ethnic, religious, and linguistic groups are striving to gain
Thomas Jacob : Professor Hoppe, you are known as a critic of the state and of political centralization. Doesn’t the coronavirus prove that central states and central government regulations are necessary? Hans-Hermann Hoppe : On the contrary. Of course, the various central states and international organizations, such as the EU or the World Health
[This essay was originally published in Reassessing the Presidency: The Rise of the Executive State and the Decline of Freedom , edited by John V. Denson, pp. 667–696. In a recent survey, people of different nationalities were asked how proud they were to be American, German, French, etc., and whether or not they believed that the world
Speech given at the Mises Institute Brasil (2011). The Problem of Social Order Alone on his island, Robinson Crusoe can do whatever he pleases. For him, the question concerning rules of orderly human conduct — social cooperation — simply does not arise. This question can only arise once a second person, Friday, arrives on the island. Yet even
[ The audio and video versions of Professor Hoppe’s keynote address presented at the Mises Institute’s 35th Anniversary celebration in New York City on October 7, 2017, can be found here . ] I first met Murray Rothbard in the summer of 1985. I was then 35 and Murray was 59. For the next ten years, until Murray’s premature death in 1995, I would be
El Estado es la gran entidad ficticia por la que todos buscan vivir a costa de todos los demás. —Frédéric Bastiat Permítanme comenzar con la definición de un Estado. ¿Qué debe hacer un agente para ser considerado un Estado? Este agente debe ser capaz de insistir en que todos los conflictos entre los habitantes de un territorio determinado sean
Tengo tres objetivos. En primer lugar, quiero aclarar la naturaleza y la función de la propiedad privada. En segundo lugar, quiero aclarar la distinción entre bienes y propiedad «comunes» y bienes y propiedad «públicos», y explicar el error de construcción inherente a la institución de los bienes y la propiedad públicos. En tercer lugar, quiero
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