Dr. Hans-Hermann Hoppe despre impracticabilitatea unui Stat mondial şi despre eşecul democraţiilor de tip vestic, the Romanian translation of “Dr. Hans-Hermann Hoppe on the Impracticality of One-World Government and the Failure of Western-style Democracy,” The Daily Bell (Mar. 27, 2011), has just been published.
Professor Hoppe was previously interviewed on Australian Broadcasting Corp. Radio, on the topic “Anarcho-capitalist libertarianism: What is it?” (approx. 25 minutes). It was aired on Jan. 23, 2012; audio is available here; the transcript is here, and below. As described on the ABC site, “What is anarcho-capitalist libertarianism? Hans Herman Hoppe explains the idea behind it and why it’s a very different and quite radical way to think about government, society and the economy.”
Transcript:
From my post at The Libertarian Standard:
Last year I presented four Mises Academy Mises Academy courses:
- “Rethinking Intellectual Property” (a reprise of one taught previously in 2010);
- “Libertarian Legal Theory”;
- “Libertarian Controversies”; and
- “The Social Theory of Hoppe“.
The audio and slides for the first three courses listed can be found in those links; those for the Hoppe course are appended below. The Hoppe course is discussed in my article “Read Hoppe, Then Nothing Is the Same,” translated into Spanish as “Tras leer a Hoppe, nada es lo mismo“; see also Danny Sanchez’s post Online Hoppe Course Starts Tomorrow. I enjoyed all four courses but my favorite was the Hoppe course. Hoppe has been the biggest intellectual influence of my life, as I detail in “How I Became A Libertarian” (published as “Being a Libertarian” in I Chose Liberty: Autobiographies of Contemporary Libertarians). I agree with Sanchez that “Hans-Hermann Hoppe is the most profound social theorist writing today.” This is one reason I worked with the brilliant Austro-libertarian theorist, and one of my best friends, Jörg Guido Hülsmann, and one of the greatest guys in the world, to produce the well-received and well-deserved festschrift, Property, Freedom, and Society: Essays in Honor of Hans-Hermann Hoppe (Mises Institute, 2009).
The experience of teaching the Mises Academy classes was amazing and gratifying, as I noted in my article “Teaching an Online Mises Academy Course.” This and similar technology and Internet-enabled models are obviously the wave of the educational future. The students received an in-depth, specialized and personalized treatment of topics of interest to them, with tests and teacher and fellow student interaction, for a very reasonable price, and judging by their comments and evaluations, they were very satisfied with the courses and this online model. For example, for the Hoppe course, as noted in A Happy Hoppean Student, student Cam Rea wrote, about the first lecture of the course:
Move over Chuck Norris, Hans-Hermann Hoppe is in town! The introduction to “The Social Theory of Hoppe” was extremely thorough. I, a relative newcomer to the Hoppean idea, was impressed by Stephan Kinsella’s introduction to the theory. Mr. Kinsella hit upon all of those who came before Hoppe, and how each built upon another over the past two centuries. In other words, as Isaac Newton stated, “If I have seen further it is only by standing on the shoulders of giants.” Hoppe is the result thus far of those who came before him in the ideals of Austrian Economics and libertarian principles. Nevertheless, Hoppe takes it much further as in the Misesian concept of human action and the science of “praxeology”, from which all actions branch in life.
Overall, the class was extremely enjoyable, the questions concrete, and the answer provided by Mr. Kinsella clear and precise. Like many others in the class, I look forward to more. So tune in next Monday at 7pm EDT. Same Hoppe-time, same Hoppe-channel!
There were also rave reviews given by students of the other courses.
Professor Hoppe was the keynote speaker at the recent, very successful Australian Mises Seminar, 25-26th November, 2011, held in a private club in the Sydney CBD. Various posts about the event, and the videos released to date (which are in 1080p HD), are linked below.
Some more reports on the seminar and related posts:
- Hoppe’s Inarticulate Australian Critics: The Hon Dr Peter Phelps, Dr Steven Kates and James Paterson, by Benjamin Marks;
- The Mises Seminar was conducted by Aussienomics, an Austrian-Australian group, Economics.org.au, Liberty Australia, and the Macquare University Libertarian League;
- The Seminar Guide at http://www.mises.org.au/
programme.pdf , or here, a beautifully produced, 108-page programme, full of nice pictures and illustrations of Mises, Rothbard, and others, inspiring quotes, and an overview of the seminar. The main reason for its length is that it contains “Pre-Seminar Reading” (A Primer on Austrian Economics by Jonathan M. Finegold Catalan; the second chapter of Hans-Hermann Hoppe’s book Economic Science and the Austrian Method, on On Praxeology and the Praxeological Foundation of Epistemology; Anatomy of the State by Murray N. Rothbard; and What Libertarianism Is by Stephan Kinsella); - A podcast by some of the organizers discussing the Seminar may be found here;
- The Mises Seminar, from Thoughts on Freedom, Australian Libertarian Society Blog;
- Where There’s Smoke, There’s Libertarians, Nickolai Hubble, The Daily Reckoning—Australia;
- My Journey to Anarchy: From political and economic agnostic to anarchocapitalist, Neville Kennard.
The two videos available so far are embedded below:
Hoppe in Sydney 2011: “The State – The Errors of Classical Liberalism”
Hoppe in Sydney 2011: “Society Without State – Private Law Society”
Hoppe in Sydney 2011 – “Politics, Money and Banking”
Dr Steven Kates on the Classical School vs the Austrian School, includes responses from Hoppe
Professor Hoppe spoke at the Bucharest Academy of Economic Studies on November 9, 2011. The four videos (two lectures with Q & A, one interview, and one seminar with discussion) are below:
From the blog post at Mises.ro: Video: Colocviu despre Teoria socialismului ?i a capitalismului cu Hans-Hermann Hoppe
Hans-Hermann Hoppe’s Theory of Socialism and Capitalism after 20 years. A Colloquium with the Author from Mises Romania on Vimeo.
The author Hans-Hermann Hoppe, the translator Emanuel-Mihail Socaciu, and the former president of the Mises Institute, Dan Cristian Com?nescu, comment on the significance and ideas of “A Theory of Socialism and Capitalism”, and the legacy of the private Mises Seminar in Bucharest. The comments are followed by questions from the audience.
At the invitation of the Ludwig von Mises Institute Romania, on November 8-11, 2011, Professor Hans-Hermann Hoppe visited Bucharest for a series of events celebrating 130 years since the birth of Ludwig von Mises and 10 years since the foundation of the Romanian Mises Institute.
Videos below:
Hans-Hermann Hoppe’s Theory of Socialism and Capitalism after 20 years. A Colloquium with the Author
Hans-Hermann Hoppe’s Theory of Socialism and Capitalism after 20 years. A Colloquium with the Author from Mises Romania on Vimeo.
On Politics, Money, and Banking
On Politics, Money, and Banking (Hans-Hermann Hoppe) from Mises Romania on Vimeo.
Entrepreneurship with Fiat Property and Fiat Money
History, Natural Elites, and State Elites. An Interview with Hans-Hermann Hoppe
Hans-Hermann Hoppe gives a speech on Entrepreneurship with Fiat Property and Fiat Money in the Aula Magna of the Romanian-American University in Bucharest, and answers questions from the audience.
At the invitation of the Ludwig von Mises Institute Romania, on November 8-11, 2011, Professor Hans-Hermann Hoppe visited Bucharest for a series of events celebrating 130 years since the birth of Ludwig von Mises and 10 years since the foundation of the Romanian Mises Institute.
History, Natural Elites, and State Elites. An Interview with Hans-Hermann Hoppe from Mises Romania on Vimeo.
Entrepreneurship with Fiat Property and Fiat Money (Hans-Hermann Hoppe) from Mises Romania on Vimeo.
Guy Kedem sent over a link to his article Dialogical Libertarianism: Ultimate Foundation of Ethics, which is a Hebrew-language discussion of Hoppe’s argumentation ethics theory of libertarian rights.
For more on argumentation ethics, see “Argumentation Ethics and Liberty: A Concise Guide,” Mises Daily (May 27, 2011) (includes “Discourse Ethics and Liberty: A Skeletal Ebook”).
There is a very interesting five part interview (a sixth part is forthcoming), Journey into a Libertarian Future: Part V – Dark Realities (see Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, and Part 4). It’s by Andrew Dittmer, who recently finished his PhD in mathematics at Harvard. Dittmer extensively quotes Hoppe’s writing from his Democracy book in this interview.
Update: Journey into a Libertarian Future: Part VI – Certainty.
De la théorie économique du laissez-faire à la politique du liberalisme has just been posted (see below). This is a French translation of chapter 11, “From the Economics of Laissez Faire to the Ethics of Libertarianism,” and the Appendix, “Four Critical Replies,” of The Economics and Ethics of Private Property.
Professor Hoppe’s article, “Entrepreneurship With Fiat Property and Fiat Money,” was published today on LewRockwell.com, and is based on a speech first delivered at the Edelweiss Holdings Symposion held in Zuerich, Switzerland, on September 17, 2011.
Update: Republished in Mises Daily on Nov. 18, 2011.
Professor Hoppe has the following upcoming speaking events:
- Speaking at the Bucharest Academy of Economic Studies (November 9, 2011)
- Speaking at the Romanian-American University (November 10, 2011)
- On November 21, at the invitation of Hong Kong’s Lion Rock Institute, he will speak at the Foreign Correspondents’ Club in Hong Kong;
- On November 25 and 26, he will speak in Sydney, at a conference and seminar organized by the Australian Mises Institute;
- On November 28, he will be a dinner speaker at the Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron;
- On November 30, Professor Hoppe will conduct a seminar at the Mannkal Foundation in Perth.
Professor Hoppe’s article, Social Democratic Hayek: An Interview with Hans-Hermann Hoppe by Mateusz Machaj, previously published in Polish as Socjaldemokratyczny Hayek, has been translated into Swedish as Intervju med Hans-Hermann Hoppe om Hayek, Mises Sweden, Oct. 13 2011.
Related articles by Professor Hoppe include: “Why Mises (and not Hayek)?“, Mises Daily (Oct. 10, 2011) and F.A. Hayek on Government and Social Evolution: A Critique, Review of Austrian Economics, Vol. 7 Num. 1 (1994)
Professor Hoppe’s article, Why the State Demands Control of Money, was published in Mises Daily today. It is based on a speech delivered at the Mises Institute Supporters meeting, September 19–23, 2011, Vienna, Austria. The piece revisits issues discussed in his article Banking, Nation States and International Politics: A Sociological Reconstruction of the Present Economic Order, which also appears as Ch. 3 of his The Economics and Ethics of Private Property.
Update: This article was republished on 8/11/2021 on Mises.org.
Professor Hoppe’s article, Why Mises (and not Hayek)?, was published in Mises Daily today. It is based on a speech delivered at the Mises Institute Supporters meeting, September 19-23, 2011, Vienna, Austria.
Professor Hoppe taught five classes at the Mises U 2011 in Auburn, Alabama, this past July, including his great speech The Science of Human Action, which kicked off Mises U (his other Mises U 2011 lectures are here). In this speech, Professor Hoppe discusses his intellectual biography and relationship with Rothbard, as well as the Austrian approach and methodology. While he was in town, Jeff Tucker conducted a fascinating interview with him (see video below). In this wide-ranging interview, Professor Hoppe discusses in more detail the history of his intellectual odyssey from leftist to Misesian-Rothbardian, his various books, various topics such as German reintegration, the centralizing effects of constitutions (including the US Constitution and EU), why states with more liberal economies are more imperialist, the interesting and heretofore undisclosed story of exactly how communist policies in East Germany led him to discover Mises, and more.
As announced on B.K. Marcus’s post at the Mises blog today (see below), the Hoppe festschrift that Guido Hülsmann and I edited, Property, Freedom, and Society: Essays in Honor of Hans-Hermann Hoppe (Mises Institute, 2009), which was already available in PDF and print, is now available in a free epub format as well. Kindle and other ebook formats should be available soon. The festschrift was presented to Professor Hoppe, just a month or so before his 60th birthday, at a private ceremony on July 29, 2009, in Auburn, AL during Mises University 2009 (see Hoppe Festschrift Published). Pictures from the ceremony are embedded below.
Hoppe’s Festschrift now in ePub
Property, Freedom, and Society: Marzipan in Honor of Hans-Hermann Hoppe
Also, as I noted in Book Review of Hoppe Festschrift, David Howden wrote an excellent review of the festschrift in New Perspectives on Political Economy. And, as I noted in that post, and in Bodrum Days and Nights: The Fifth Annual Meeting of the Property and Freedom Society: A Partial Report, as a piece of Festschrift trivia: at the recent Property and Freedom Society conference in Bodrum, Turkey, a guest presented a festschrift-cake he had had made in Estonia, entitled “Property, Freedom, and Society: Marzipan in Honor of Hans-Hermann Hoppe,” which was served as part of the dessert at the closing banquet.
Reposted from Andy Duncan’s blog, The God that Failed:
Principato di Filettino: A step on the road to Hoppe World?
Posted on September 3, 2011 by Andy Duncan
In the magnificent Peter Sellers film, The Mouse That Roared, the strangely English-speaking Duchy of Grand Fenwick, a tiny nation between France and Switzerland, defeats the United States in a rather bizarre nuclear stand-off.
Will another such Duchy, the tiny Italian town of Filettino, similarly defeat the horrible coerced agglomeration known as Italy, inside the even more horrible coerced agglomeration known as the European Union?
We can but hope.
For Filettino has declared its independence from Rome, in a bid to emulate San Marino, Monaco, the Vatican City, and Andorra (and I suppose the Cantons of Switzerland itself, when they shook off the First Reich of the mass murderer Charlemagne, and his rotten Holy Roman Empire).
Obviously, we will see if Filettino’s independence lasts, or if it is just another political stunt, but it is an interesting event to witness nevertheless. For when in the future we look back from ‘Hoppe World’ and work out how we got there, historians will regard such incidents as being symptomatic of a wider terminal malaise of coerced collectivism:
Go Filettino!
Interviu cu Hans-Hermann Hoppe despre taxare, the Romanian translation of Professor Hoppe’s Philosophie Magazine Interview on Taxation, has just been posted on the Mises Romania site. It has also been translated into several other languages.
In this humorous interview parody, Exclusive Oliver Marc Hartwich Interview on Hans-Hermann Hoppe, Benjamin Marks skewers the confused criticism of Professor Hoppe’s ideas by one … confused critic.
PFS friend Benjamin Marks has a witty post about Professor Hoppe’s upcoming participation in the Australian Mises Seminar (25-26th November, 2011, Macquarie University, Sydney): Why the 2012 double Nobel laureate is coming to Sydney.
