“Socialism: Social-Democratic Style,” ch. 4 of A Theory of Socialism and Capitalism (Kluwer, 1989; Mises Institute reprint, 2007; Laissez Faire Books, 2013): title translated as “Social Democracy,” “Sozialdemokratie” (pdf).
“Natural Elites, Intellectuals, and the State,” Mises Daily (07/21/2006): “Natürliche Eliten, Intellektuelle und der Staat” (pdf).
The Private Production of Defense, Ludwig von Mises Institute Essays in Political Economy (alternate version, from Journal of Libertarian Studies 14:1 (Winter 1998-1999): 27-52) (also in The Great Fiction): Die Privatisierung der Verteidigung (pdf).
Recently translated into German, by Andreas Tank:
A Theory of Socialism and Capitalism (Kluwer, 1989; Mises Institute reprint, 2007; Laissez Faire Books, 2013): Eine Theorie über Sozialismus und Kapitalismus (pdf).
From the Property and Freedom Blog:
From an email sent to PFS Members today:
Dear PFS Members,
As you know, earlier this month we published, on Murray Rothbard’s 100th Birthday, March 2, 2026, Rothbard at 100: A Tribute and Assessment online in digital format, and we are working on kindle, paperback, and deluxe hardcover/cloth editions which will be released well before our upcoming 20th Anniversary PFS meeting in September.
Appreciative of our efforts at the PFS to prepare and publish this book, and aware that such books are usually produced at a loss, some PFS members and friends have expressed an interest in helping to defray PFS costs associated with this and other projects. Accordingly, we will list Patrons in the published version of the book and provide a signed copy of the hardback to each Patron (after the 2026 PFS Annual Meeting, when many of the contributors will be available for signing). [continue reading…]
German translation of Hoppe’s “Introduction” to Rothbard at 100: A Tribute and Assessment (Papinian Press and The Saif House, 2026), by Andreas Tank:
Hoppe, Einleitung
– Aus Rothbard at 100: A Tribute and Assessment, Stephan Kinsella und Hans-Hermann Hoppe, Hrsg. (Houston: Papinian Press and Property and Freedom Society, 2026) –
Als Gülçin und ich im Mai 2006 das Karia Princess für das erste Treffen der Property and Freedom Society (PFS) eröffneten, waren viele organisatorische und inhaltliche Fragen in unseren Köpfen noch ungelöst. Es dauerte Jahre des Experimentierens und Lernens: des Definierens, Verfeinerns und Optimierens des Produkts, das heute die PFS und ihr jährlicher Salon ist. [continue reading…]
La Grande Fiction: L’État, cet imposteur (Éditions Le Drapeau blanc, 13 Oct. 2016), a French translation of The Great Fiction, with a preface by Guido Hülsmann, a translation of the which (by Google; not yet revised) is below.
Preface
by Jörg Guido Hülsmann [continue reading…]
Danish translation of A Short History of Man: Progress and Decline forthcoming, by Rasmus Hansen, co-founder SHOP21.DK, who has previously published several Mises Institute books into Danish in collaboration with Jonas Ejlersen (Anatomy of the State, For a New Liberty, What Has Government Done to Our Money?).
From the Property and Freedom Society:
PFS 2026 Annual Meeting Dates and Program
PFS 2026, the Annual Meeting of the Property and Freedom Society, hosted by Drs. Gülçin & Hans Hoppe, will be held in Bodrum, Turkey, at the Hotel Karia Princess from Thursday, September 17, 2026 to Tuesday, September 22, 2026. As the inaugural meeting was held in 2006 and the 2020 meeting was canceled due to covid restrictions, this will be the twentieth annual meeting of the PFS held over the past twenty years. [continue reading…]
The PFS will publish a collection of tributes to and commentary on Rothbard, on the occasion of his 100th birthday on March 2, 2026, from several longtime PFS members, including many who knew him personally.
The commentary will be published on the PFS website on March 2, and later this year as a small book, Rothbard at 100: A Tribute and Assessment, Stephan Kinsella and Hans-Hermann Hoppe, eds. (forthcoming 2026). Further details here.
“Interview with Hans-Hermann Hoppe, an Anti-Intellectual Intellectual” (pdf), English translation of Hans-Hermann Hoppe: Potret Intelektual Anti-Intelektual (local version), interview (in Indonesian) by Sukasah Syahdan in Akal dan Kehendak (“Reason and Will,” an online weekly Journal on Liberty, Indonesia), Apr. 28, 2008. The English translation is below.
For other biographical material, see Hoppe Biography. [continue reading…]
Tom Woods, “Interview with Hans Hoppe,” Tom Woods Elite Letter, Issue #18 (Summer 2025), idem, “The Hans Hoppe Interview Concluded,” Tom Woods Elite Letter, Issue #19 (August 2025). Reprinted with permission. See other biographical pieces in Hoppe Biography.
Tom Woods, “Interview with Hans Hoppe,” Tom Woods Elite Letter, Issue #18 (Summer 2025)
The Tom Woods Elite Letter, Issue #18 (Summer 2025)
INTERVIEW WITH HANS-HERMANN HOPPE
Issue #18, Summer 2025 Double Issue
Dear Supporter:
Our good friend Hans-Hermann Hoppe was feeling under the weather for part of July, and that delayed the exclusive interview with him that I wanted to conduct for you. But here it is at last. [continue reading…]
From Hoppe, Fusillo, Kinsella Speak at Liberland Constitution Celebration:
Hans-Hermann Hoppe (Germany/Turkey), Stephan Kinsella (USA), and Alessandro Fusillo (Italy) were guests and speakers at the Liberland Christmas Party and Constitution Celebration held in Prague at the elegant Le Palais Art Hotel in Prague on 19 Dec. 2025. Invited by long-time PFS member and Liberland President and Founder Vít Jedlička, the gathering featured speeches, presentations, a press conference, and various awards, presentations, and announcements. President Jedlička awarded the Liberland Award of Merit to Professor Hoppe and Mr. Kinsella, and citizenship and passports to Mr. Kinsella and Mr. Fusillo. Photographs from the event may be be found at Prague 2025: Liberland Constitution Celebration: Photos; also Vit’s post at Facebook, my facebook post, and online at google drive (full set) and here (Kinsella set).
Professor Hoppe’s email address may be found at his Contact page. It is now [email protected].
Please note that hoppe @ mises.com should no longer be used.
“The Role of Intellectuals and Anti-intellectual Intellectuals” was originally published in The Libertarian Alliance (UK) (2008; republished Dec. 24, 2025) and later in The Great Fiction: Property, Economy, Society, and the Politics of Decline (Laissez Faire Books, 2012; Second Expanded Edition, Mises Institute, 2021). It was also republished as “Reflections on the Origin and the Stability of the State,” LewRockwell.com, June 23, 2008. Due to site changes at the Libertarian Alliance the original has been lost. It is being republished there on Dec. 24, 2025 (link forthcoming). [continue reading…]
Until someone writes a biography, there is biographical information in various personal and biographical pieces, such as:
- The Great Fiction, Part V: Autobiographical
- “Dr. Hans-Hermann Hoppe on the Impracticality of One-World Government and the Failure of Western-style Democracy,” The Daily Bell (Mar. 27, 2011)
- Philosophie Magazine Interview on Taxation (2011)
- “This Crazy World”, The Role of the Property and Freedom Society in a Crazy World (May 21, 2009, Property and Freedom Society 2009 Annual Meeting Introductory Speech, Bodrum, Turkey)
- “My Life on the Right”: The Property And Freedom Society—Reflections After Five Years, VDARE (June 9, 2010); and The Property And Freedom Society—Reflections After Five Years, The Libertarian Standard (June 10, 2010)
- “My Path to the Austrian School of Economics“
- “The In-Depth Interview,” Hans-Hermann Hoppe The In-Depth Interview-Jeff Deist (The Austrian, March-April 2020)
- Interview with Hans-Hermann Hoppe, an Anti-Intellectual Intellectual (Syahdan, 2008)
- Hoppe Awarded the Murray N. Rothbard Medal of Freedom (2015)
- “Coming of Age with Murray” (Mises Institute 2017)
- Murray N. Rothbard: In Memoriam (Auburn, Ala.: Mises Institute, 1995)
- Murray Rothbard, R.I.P., The Free Market 13, no. 3 (March 1995)
- Memories: Murray N. Rothbard (1926–1995) as Mentor and Teacher (PFS 2015) (September 2015)
- Tom Woods, “Interview with Hans Hoppe,” Tom Woods Elite Letter, Issue #18 (Summer 2025), idem, “The Hans Hoppe Interview Concluded,” Tom Woods Elite Letter, Issue #19 (August 2025)
See also
- Hans-Hermann Hoppe, “De-Socialization in a United Germany,” Review of Austrian Economics, Vol. 5, No. 2 (1991)
- On War, Democratic Peace, and Reeducation: The “German Experience” in Reactionary Perspective“; see Sebastian Wang, “Hans-Hermann Hoppe on Democratic Peace and Re-Education – PFS Bodrum 2025,” Libertarian Alliance [UK] Blog (Sep. 20, 2025)] [PFS 2025 Annual Meeting]
Related:
- Democracy: The God That Failed (Transaction, 2001)
- From Aristocracy to Monarchy to Democracy (Mises 2014)
- The Political Economy of Monarchy and Democracy, and the Idea of a Natural Order (Vol. 11 Num. 2) (excerpted as “Political Economy of Monarchy and Democracy,” Mises Daily (Feb. 1, 2010)
- Time Preference, Government, and the Process of De-Civilization – From Monarchy to Democracy, Journal des Economistes et des Etudes Humaines, Vol.5, 2, 1994; also published in John Denson, ed., The Costs of War (New Brunswick: Transaction Publishers, 1997) and as ch. 1 of Democracy: God that Failed
- The Trouble With Democracy, Nov. 12, 2001
- Prince Hans-Adam, The State in the Third Millennium (I.B. Tauris 2009)
- Kinsella, Hoppe Is Not A Monarchist
Romaric Godin, “Liechtenstein’s Feudal Prince Has Become a Libertarian Hero,” Jacobin (12.02.2025). Mentions Hoppe as well. Excerpt: [continue reading…]
