Alan Bickley, “The Quiet Strangling of English Liberty,” Property and Freedom Journal (May 12, 2026)

The traditional English defence of freedom of speech did not begin with modern liberalism. It emerged instead from a long and uneven struggle against authority. The medieval Church wished to supervise doctrine. The Tudor and Stuart monarchies wished to supervise printing. The political nation, when it slowly emerged from the seventeenth century, discovered by painful experience that censorship is not merely an inconvenience, but an instrument by which every other liberty may be dissolved.

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Myth and Truth About Libertarianism

Murray N. Rothbard

[This article, first published in Modern Age 24, no. 1 (Winter 1980): 9–15 (pdf; Mises Daily) is based on a paper presented at the April 1979 national meeting of the Philadelphia Society in Chicago. The theme of the meeting was “Conservatism and Libertarianism.”]

Libertarianism is the fastest growing political creed in America today. Before judging and evaluating libertarianism, it is vitally important to find out precisely what that doctrine is, and, more particularly, what it is not. It is especially important to clear up a number of misconceptions about libertarianism that are held by most people, and particularly by conservatives. In this essay I shall enumerate and critically analyze the most common myths that are held about libertarianism. When these are cleared away, people will then be able to discuss libertarianism free of egregious myths and misconceptions, and to deal with it as it should be on its very own merits or demerits. [continue reading…]

Andreas Tank, “Sore Limbs Cannot be Cured by Lavender Water,” Property and Freedom Journal (May 11, 2026)

In 2026, basically every country has their evil right-wing boogey man. Some countries, like the United States with Donald Trump, are already governed by the political right. Germany is not and has not yet been under a right-wing government. The AfD (Alternative for Deutschland) is the right-wing party but the guy who is considered to pull the strings behind the curtains did not even make his way to the politics on the federal level but is the head of the AfD in the state of Thuringia. His name is Björn Höcke and he was recently invited to a big German podcast where he talked 4 and a half hours about his past as a history teacher and his political world view.² This podcast episode, which is currently above 4 million views on YouTube, produced a huge meltdown all over German social media. Everyone in the mainstream media was shocked that this podcast could be aired without a certain classification by an expert—in other words: without left-wing censorship. Of course, nobody cried for censorship when the head of the leftist party was on the same podcast. The desperation was so big, that a few days later, three of the biggest left-wing parties (SPD – Social Democrats, Grüne – Green Party and Linke – Leftists) of Germany and with them a lot of politicians announced that they will leave X (formally Twitter) for good. Their plan is not yet obvious but a good prediction is, that most of them switch to bluesky—a twitter fork—now and after the launch of W Social—a bluesky fork, introduced by the WEF in 2026 and currently in its beta phase—they will have their officially state-owned social media.

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Property and Freedom Podcast, Episode 325.

AI-assisted audio narration of the main chapters of Rothbard at 100: A Tribute and Assessment (Papinian Press and The Saif House, 2026) is available at this PFS Youtube Playlist; the mp3 files may also be downloaded in this zip file.

The first two chapters—my “Preface” and Hans’s “Introduction”—were published the week of Rothbard’s birthday here on the Property and Freedom Podcast (PFP315 and PFP314). The other main chapters will be released sequentially weekly on Mondays. The next in the queue:

10. Saifedean Ammous, “Murray Rothbard: An Ode to an Intellectual Hero”

From Trish Wood is Critical, her interview with Jeffrey A. Tucker of the Brownstone Institute, “VIDEO POD: WHAT REMAINS — COMPLICITY AND THE COVID MINDSET: Could it will totally happen again?“, Trish Woods Substack (May 10, 2026). I assume the video will appear on Youtube soon. For now it is available on her substack.

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The inaugural meeting of the PFS was held 20 years ago this month, from May 18–22, 2006. It was a wonderful, magical event, and set the stage for the years to come. I and others have written various reports discussing subsequent meetings as well. (Collected at PFS Press & Offsite Material) For more coverage of that meeting and info about the PFS, see below.

As noted on our History and Principles page, the idea of ​​founding an international society for the promotion of “Austro-Libertarianism,” the economic and social philosophy most prominently represented during the 20th century by the Austrian economist Ludwig von Mises and his leading American student Murray N. Rothbard, and tying back to the 19th century French economists Frederic Bastiat and Gustave de Molinari, were first presented by Hans-Hermann Hoppe in August 2005 during a small informal gathering at the annual Mises Institute Summer University, in Auburn, Alabama. Those present at the meeting, Thomas DiLorenzo , Guido Hülsmann, and Ralph Raico, welcomed the project, and Guelcin Imre offered to host the inaugural meeting of the society in Bodrum, Turkey. [continue reading…]

Jean-Philippe Feldman, “Les penseurs du libéralisme – Murray Rothbard et l’anarcho-capitalisme” [The thinkers of liberalism – Murray Rothbard and anarcho-capitalism] (May 8, 2026).

I haven’t read this yet and know nothing about Feldman, but the piece comes recommended here by Yorick de Mombynes:

Excellente synthèse sur la pensée politique de Rothbard, par Jean-Philippe Feldman https://t.co/4cTTIvzK7W

— Yorick de Mombynes (@ydemombynes) May 10, 2026

Mombynes in turn was himself recommended by PFSer Saifedean Ammous here: [continue reading…]

In Hans Hoppe’s “Mises Institute: Quo Vadis?: Postscript,” he notes:

Moreover, as for low productivity, almost two years ago by now, the MI held a special Human Action Conference, organized by then president Tom DiLorenzo. Funds were raised and special sponsors for each conference speaker solicited. The result of the conference, promised to the donors, sponsors and conference attendees was a book. To this day there has been no book, and even if it should appear in the near future, two years to produce a book with the assistance of plenty of helping hands does not impress.

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From StephanKinsella.com:

Libertarians around the world are this year celebrating Murray Rothbard’s 100^th birthday. At the PFS we published a book in his honor, Rothbard at 100: A Tribute and Assessment, Stephan Kinsella and Hans-Hermann Hoppe, eds. (Papinian Press and The Saif House, 2026) on his 100^th birthday, March 2, 2026.

And next month, on June 27, 2026, comes the event “100 Years with Rothbard” (permalink) in Porto, Portugal.

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Alessandro Fusillo, “The Nominalistic Principle and Fiat Money: Law as a Crutch for the Monetary Swindle,” Property and Freedom Journal (May 8, 2026)

In matters of pecuniary obligations, the prevailing civil-law doctrine adheres to the principle of nominalism. In essence, the principle states that—beyond mechanisms protecting the creditor from the loss of purchasing power of money (agreed interest rates, indexation clauses tied to inflation, etc.)—the performance of an obligation follows the Roman-law principle of tantundem eiusdem generis: the obligation to pay 1,000 dollars on a given date is satisfied, and the debtor accordingly extinguishes the obligation, by paying the agreed amount on the agreed date, irrespective of the fact that, in the meantime, the value (purchasing power) of the sum in question may have been eroded and may no longer correspond to its original value.

Legal doctrine generally subscribes—rather uncritically—to the state-chartalist theory of money, well represented by the writings of Knapp, Mann and Ascarelli.² From this perspective, what confers the character of money on a given thing (metal, pieces of paper printed with colored designs, or anything else) is the command of the State. Money is such because there is a law that defines it as legal tender. The source of the monetary nature of a thing is therefore the legislative power of the State as the ultimate decision-maker. And this, in turn, also finds expression in monetary sovereignty.

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Saifedean Ammous, “Property Rights: The Root Cause of the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict,” Property and Freedom Journal (May 7, 2026)

See also PFP309 | Saifedean Ammous: Property Rights: The Root Cause of the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict (PFS 2025)

The Palestinian-Israeli conflict is the inevitable result of the destruction of a centuries-old system of private property rights and its replacement by race-based state ownership. Since 1947, property rights in Palestine have been replaced by a government agency that owns the majority of land, constantly steals more, never sells, and only leases land to one racial group. Religious and racial conflict are not destined in Palestine; they are historically rare occurrences, but this system of property rights would create violent conflict anywhere.

In 1945, the British mandate government surveyed land ownership in Palestine and found that Jews owned 5.67% of the total land, while Muslims, Christians & other denominations owned 48.31% of the land. The remaining 46.02% was public land, mainly in the sparsely inhabited desert in the south, most of which was de facto owned by the Bedouins who herded there. Among the privately-owned lands, only 10.5% was owned by Jews, while 89.5% was owned by non-Jews. There was not a single district in Palestine in which Jews owned a majority of the land, as this illustration makes clear.

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Property and Freedom Podcast, Episode 324.

AI-assisted audio narration of the main chapters of Rothbard at 100: A Tribute and Assessment (Papinian Press and The Saif House, 2026) is available at this PFS Youtube Playlist; the mp3 files may also be downloaded in this zip file.

The first two chapters—my “Preface” and Hans’s “Introduction”—were published the week of Rothbard’s birthday here on the Property and Freedom Podcast (PFP315 and PFP314). The other main chapters will be released sequentially weekly on Mondays. The next in the queue:

9. Jeffrey A. Tucker, “The Murray Rothbard I Knew”

Stephan Kinsella, “My Years with the Mises Institute,” Property and Freedom Journal (May 2, 2026)

Related:

• Hans-Hermann Hoppe, “Mises Institute: Quo Vadis?: Postscript,” Property and Freedom Journal (April 17, 2026)
• Hans-Hermann Hoppe, “Mises Institute: Quo Vadis?”, Property and Freedom Journal (March 25, 2026)
• Audio: KOL488 | My Years with the Mises Institute
• Mises Institute Oral History Project: The Lost Rothbard History (2013) (April 17, 2026)
• Hoppe Removed as Mises Institute Senior Distinguished Fellow (April 1, 2026)

Introduction

Hans Hoppe recently published “Mises Institute: Quo Vadis?”, which contains various criticisms of the Mises Institute (MI) as it is currently organized.¹ He has since been removed as Distinguished Senior Fellow by MI.² I fully support Hans and do not disagree with anything he wrote.³

Here I would like to mention my own experience with MI, with which I have been associated, on and off, for over thirty years, since 1994. I have discussed some of this history previously,⁴ but as my experience has certain parallels to that of Hans I will go into more detail here than I have in the past.

Despite my critical remarks here I, too, share Hans’s admiration for Lew Rockwell (discussed below) and what he achieved with the Mises Institute. I love the mission of the MI and the role it has played for the last 44 years. It is due to my concern over the decline of MI, and its treatment of Hans, that I publish these remarks. Pursuit of liberty is always a quest for truth. But truth is fragile and seems easily cast aside by those with more base motives. With that in mind, I offer some of my own thoughts on these matters—entreating the reader to judge the reasonableness of my position (and that of Hoppe).

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Jeffrey Tucker, “The Hustle Thus Exposed?,” The Epoch Times (April 29, 2026) (early subscriber-only edition). Reprinted with permission.

Related:

• DiLorenzo, The Soviet Poverty Lie Center (SPLC) is Imploding
• Kinsella, Southern Poverty Law Center Racket Collapsing
• Doug French,  When Movements Become Rackets and Other Swindles: The PFS Trilogy, Stephan Kinsella, ed. (Houston, Texas: Papinian Press and Property and Freedom Society, 2025)

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Property and Freedom Podcast, Episode 323.

AI-assisted audio narration of the main chapters of Rothbard at 100: A Tribute and Assessment (Papinian Press and The Saif House, 2026) is available at this PFS Youtube Playlist; the mp3 files may also be downloaded in this zip file.

The first two chapters—my “Preface” and Hans’s “Introduction”—were published the week of Rothbard’s birthday here on the Property and Freedom Podcast (PFP315 and PFP314). The other main chapters will be released sequentially weekly on Mondays. The next in the queue:

8. Stephan Kinsella, ^“Mises, Rothbard, Hoppe: An Indispensable Framework”