Hans-Hermann Hoppe

Property Title Records and Insurance in a Free Society

by Stephan Kinsella December 1, 2011

Opponents of intellectual property often point out that modern patent and copyright are purely legislated, artificial schemes. For anarcho-libertarians and libertarians opposed to legislation as a means of forming law, this is yet another stake in the heart of IP. (See my post The Mountain of IP Legislation, and my article “Legislation and Law in [...]

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Hoppe on the plight of newcomers in a fully owned world

by Stephan Kinsella November 19, 2011

Great passage that I’ve always liked from Hans-Hermann Hoppe’s The Economics and Ethics of Private Property, p. 417-18: In fact, what strikes Conway as a counterintuitive implication of the homesteading ethic, and then leads him to reject it, can easily be interpreted quite differently. It is true, as Conway says, that this ethic would allow [...]

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Mises Seminar — Australia

by Stephan Kinsella November 17, 2011

Austrian and libertarian ideas are spreading around the globe, thanks in large part to the work done by the Mises Institute to promote and spread these ideas. A case in point is the Mises Seminar being held November 25 and 26 in Sydney, Australia, and being put on by Aussienomics, an Austrian-Australian group, Liberty Australia, [...]

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Wozinski: “A Priori of Justice”

by Stephan Kinsella November 17, 2011

Jakub Wozinski, who previously published “Hayek and Departure from Praxeology” in Libertarian Papers, asked me to post the draft of his working paper “A Priori of Justice” (RTF; PDF; text here). His note is below. Feel free to email comments to him or leave them in the comments field below.  ”A Priori of Justice” is [...]

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On Decapitating the State

by Stephan Kinsella February 27, 2011

In Hans-Hermann Hoppe’s writings on problems with democracy, he points out that one advantage of monarchy over democracy is that there is a clearer distinction between the ruler and the ruled; so that if the monarch starts to become despotic, he can at least in principle be killed or removed from power. At least the [...]

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Hoppe: “Principles of Sovereignty and Modern Democracy”

by Stephan Kinsella December 14, 2010

Fantastic lecture series by Hans-Hermann Hoppe: Dr. Hoppe delivered the Keynote Address (lectio magistralis) entitled “Principles of Sovereignty and Modern Democracy,” at the conference “The decline of contemporary Europe: National Sovereignty, Localization and Globalization,” University of Padova–Faculty of Law (Dec. 9, 2010). Audio and pictures. Local files: Principles of Sovereignty and Modern Democracy; European integration [...]

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Justice and Property Rights: Rothbard on Scarcity, Property, Contracts…

by Stephan Kinsella November 19, 2010

Rothbard has so many amazing works. Some of my favorite of his articles include “The Mantle of Science,” “Law, Property Rights, and Air Pollution” (pdf), “Beyond Is and Ought,” “Toward a Reconstruction of Utility and Welfare Economics,” “Left and Right: Prospects for Liberty,” and various chapters in The Ethics of Liberty such as “‘Human Rights’ [...]

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