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. 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.”

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Pictures from PFS 2011 Annual Meeting

by Stephan Kinsella on January 24, 2012

Paul Vahur has organized selected pictures from the 2011 meeting; they can be seen at https://plus.google.com/photos/102370610460720295055/albums . The relevant albums are 5 topmost, names starting with PFS2011.

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Property and Freedom Society–7th Annual Meeting–Speakers & Topics

January 13, 2012

Below is the proposed list of speakers and topics for the upcoming Seventh Annual Meeting of the PFS, which will be held in Bodrum, Turkey at the Hotel Karia Princess, from Thursday September 27 through Monday October 1, 2012. Those interested in attending should contact Dr. Hoppe or Mr. Grözinger, Administrative Secretary, regarding conditions, availability, [...]

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Kinsella’s “The Social Theory of Hoppe” Course: Audio and Slides

January 1, 2012

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; [...]

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Kinsella’s “Libertarian Legal Theory” Course: Audio and Slides

January 1, 2012

From my Libertarian Standard post: Earlier this year I presented a 6 week Mises Academy course, “Libertarian Legal Theory: Property, Conflict, and Society,” discussed in my Mises Daily article “Introduction to Libertarian Legal Theory.”1 This course followed on the heels of my previous Mises Academy course, “Rethinking Intellectual Property: History, Theory, and Economics” (audio and [...]

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Kinsella’s “Libertarian Controversies” Course: Audio and Slides

December 31, 2011

From my Libertarian Standard post: At the 2011 Annual Meeting of the Property and Freedom Society (May 27-29, 2011), I delivered a speech entitled “Correcting some Common Libertarian Misconceptions.” The video is here, and streamed below. It engendered a good deal of discussion and interest, and I could only touch on a small number of [...]

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Photos from 2011 PFS Meeting

December 29, 2011

Photos from the 2011 PFS Annual Meeting are available here, to-wit: PFS2011 Cocktail Reception (26.05.2011) PFS2011 first day (27.05.2011) PFS2011 Second Day (28.05.2011)

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Hoppe and the Australian Mises Seminar

December 25, 2011

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 [...]

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“The End of the Mega States?” with Roman Skaskiw and Andy Duncan

December 21, 2011

From Radio Free Market (also noted by Andy Duncan in his blog post Radio Free Market World Report: The End of the Mega States?). See also Skaskiw: Is the United States Too Big to Succeed?, full of interesting Hoppean insights comparing the situation in the US to that in Europe. Roman’s previous Mises Daily article, The [...]

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Hoppe in Bucharest

December 18, 2011

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 [...]

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Skaskiw: Is the United States Too Big to Succeed?

December 12, 2011

PFS member Roman Skaskiw has an interesting article up on Mises Daily today: Is the United States Too Big to Succeed?, full of interesting Hoppean insights comparing the situation in the US to that in Europe. Roman’s previous Mises Daily article, The Military Mentality, was based on his speech “‘Fighting for Freedom’ in Afghanistan: Unintended [...]

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Hoppe and a Journey into a Libertarian Future

December 7, 2011

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 [...]

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“Why ‘Intellectual Property’ is not Genuine Property,” Adam Smith Forum, Moscow

November 15, 2011

The video of my Moscow IP speech is now available on YouTube, as I noted at C4SIF.org: “Why ‘Intellectual Property’ is not Genuine Property,” Adam Smith Forum, Moscow by Stephan Kinsella on November 15, 2011 As I noted in a previous post, the 3rd Adam Smith Forum was held earlier this month (Nov. 12, 2011) [...]

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Entrepreneurship With Fiat Property and Fiat Money

November 14, 2011

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.

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Swedish Translation of: Social Democratic Hayek: An Interview with Hans-Hermann Hoppe

October 15, 2011

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. [...]

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Hoppe: Why the State Demands Control of Money

October 14, 2011

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 [...]

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