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That’s “a categoric no” said Daniel McAdams, director of the Ron Paul Institute.  Ron Paul “would never say the things” that Milei says about foreign policy.  Neither would any real libertarian.

ISRAEL 3/30/2026: Death Penalty for Terrorists Law:

The Death Penalty for Terrorists Law (Hebrew: חוק עונש מוות למחבלים, romanized: Hok Onish Mevot leMachavlim) is a 2026 Israeli law. It prescribes execution by hanging for certain terrorist offences, and in practice applies only to Palestinians and not Jewish Israelis.^[1][2][3] The bill was passed 62–48 by the Knesset on 30 March 2026.

See also the Grok summary.

Still awaiting Javier Milei’s approval…..

HHH

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Property and Freedom Podcast, Episode 320.

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:

5. Jörg Guido Hülsmann, “Three Channels of Asset Inflation”

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From the Property and Freedom Journal:

Alessandro Fusillo, “Cannon Fodder for the New Wars,” Property and Freedom Journal (April 5, 2026).

Germany is preparing for war and, above all, is preparing for that particular form of enslavement represented by military conscription. Many German media outlets have highlighted the fact that, starting from January 1, 2026, all German men between the ages of 17 and 45 will be required to obtain authorization from the Bundeswehr Career Center (Karrierecenter der Bundeswehr) if they intend to leave German territory for more than three months.

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The Rothbard Institute from Brazil has published today my article “The Mises Institute Versus the Legacy of Murray Rothbard.”

In the article, I discuss the decline in the quality of the articles published on Mises.org over the last few years, a trend in which the emergence of Javier Milei has played a significant role.

Read the whole thing here.

Dear Hans,

Given the nature of your recent public statements about the Mises Institute,¹ we hereby grant you a Distinguished Eternal Fellow designation. We will host more than ever your past, present and future articles, books, and lectures on rothbardbrasil.com.

1. Hans-Hermann Hoppe, “Mises Institute: Quo Vadis?”, Property and Freedom Journal (March 25, 2026); Hoppe Removed as Mises Institute Senior Distinguished Fellow. [↩]

That Germany is not a free country and that free speech is under attack there, as all over the so-called free world, is hardly news. However, there are some peculiarities of Germany illustrated here.

The AFD (Alternative for Germany) election campaign poster from Wilko Möller below reads: We protect your children.

AFD (Alternative for Germany) election campaign poster from Wilko Möller: “We protect your children”

In 2026, a German court ruled that the raised-arm gesture (especially the man’s right arm) visually resembled the banned Hitler salute closely enough to violate a special German law prohibiting the use of symbols of so-called unconstitutional organizations. Möller was fined 11,600 Euros. The verdict is still under appeal.

Incidentally, the same law prohibits the exclamation, in public speeches, of “Alles für Deutschland” (Everything for Germany). AFD politician Björn Höcke was found in violation of the law twice, and fined first 13,000 Euro, and for the second time 19,900 Euro.

From StephanKinsella.com.

Hoppe: A Précis

On my list of things to write someday is an overview of the social thought of Hoppe, whom I consider to be the preeminent social thinker of our time, along the lines of Oxford University Press’s 100-page “A Very Short Introduction” series (previously called “Past Masters“).¹ I may use the term “A Précis” due to my fascination with Louisiana law and French terms and my former law professor Alain Levasseur’s fondness for this term for a concise, student-oriented textbook or summary-style treatise, something shorter and more accessible than a full-scale, comprehensive treatise, or “a student edition of a comprehensive treatise with the same title.”²

In the meantime, the assembled links will have to suffice.

• Panel: The Significance of Hans-Hermann Hoppe (Austrian Economics Research Conference 2019, Mises Institute, Auburn, Ala.)
• Stephan Kinsella, ^“Mises, Rothbard, Hoppe: An Indispensable Framework,” in Rothbard at 100: A Tribute and Assessment, Stephan Kinsella and Hans-Hermann Hoppe, eds. (Papinian Press and The Saif House, 2026)
• Hülsmann and Kinsella, “Preface,” in A Life in Liberty: Liber Amicorum in Honor of Hans-Hermann Hoppe, Jörg Guido Hülsmann and Stephan Kinsella, eds. (Houston, Texas: Papinian Press, 2024)
• Hülsmann and Kinsella, “Introduction: Essays in Honor of Hans-Hermann Hoppe,” Mises Daily (Aug. 7, 2009), in Guido Hülsmann & Stephan Kinsella, eds., Property, Freedom, and Society: Essays in Honor of Hans-Hermann Hoppe (Mises Institute, 2009)
• Kinsella, “Foreword,” in Hans-Hermann Hoppe, A Theory of Socialism and Capitalism (Laissez Faire Books, 2013)
• Kinsella, “Afterword,” in Hans-Hermann Hoppe, The Great Fiction: Property, Economy, Society, and the Politics of Decline (Laissez Faire Books, 2012)
• Kinsella, six-lecture Mises Academy course “The Social Theory of Hoppe” (Mises Academy, 2011)
• Kinsella, “Read Hoppe, Then Nothing Is the Same,” Mises Daily (June 10 2011) (introducing the Mises Academy course)

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1. See, e.g., Plato by R.M. Hare, Kant by Roger Scruton, etc. [↩]
2. See, e.g., Alain Levasseur, Louisiana Law of Obligations in General: A Précis (3^rd ed. LexisNexis, 2009); idem, Louisiana Law of Conventional Obligations: A Précis (LexisNexis, 2010); idem, Alain Levasseur  and David Gruning, Louisiana Law of Sale and Lease: A Précis, 3^rd ed. (Durham, NC: Carolina Academic Press, 2015). [↩]

Cross-posted at HansHoppe.com

This is April 1, but this is not an April Fool’s Day joke (I despise April Fool’s Day jokes).

In response to “Mises Institute: Quo Vadis?,” Property and Freedom Journal (March 25, 2026), Professor Hoppe has been removed as a Distinguished Senior Fellow (~2000–2026) with the Ludwig von Mises Institute, as indicated in the following email exchange. Hans was appointed Senior Fellow early in his association with the Mises Institute, which began when he moved to the US to study with Rothbard in 1985, and elevated to Distinguished Senior Fellow around 2000 or so. Hans remains the only person to have ever received this distinction from the Mises Institute; it now has no one with this designation.¹

In response to all this, Hans asked me to post this image:

Tu ne cede malis, sed contra audentior ito!

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1. Shades of Day of the Long Knives. [↩]

A correspondent of Dr. Hoppe wrote him

Hi, I’m Walter Castillo. I am writing to you to share Paul Villegas’ writings regarding his ‘proposal’ for the ‘axiom of contextual action’ and his ‘defense’ of Hayek. I would like to know your opinion, criticism, or refutation of his publications.

1. A DEFENSE AND EXPANSION OF THE HAYEKIAN ARGUMENT AGAINST ROTHBARD AND HOPPE
2. A REFUTATION OF ROTHBARDIAN AND HOPPEAN CRITIQUES OF F.A. HAYEK
3. SYMPOIETIC COSMOS: ACTION, FINITUDE, AND THE STRUCTURE OF ANARCHY

I personally believe that Paul Villegas is completely wrong..

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Martin, Milei having the … chutzpah … to attack Hoppe as economically illiterate (while later praising him yet again, like a schizo) reminds me of the time that Cato pest Tom Palmer had the temerity to attack Hans Hoppe for noting that on the free market, “unemployment” is “always voluntary.” When I defended Hoppe to Palmer, he wrote me:

[…] who could take a self-described economist seriously when he writes that unemployment is impossible in a free market? And when he claims that that’s somehow an implication of Austrian economics he adds insult to ignorance. […] The fact is that Mr. Hoppe is an embarrassment.

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Update: Translation in Korean: 소위 “오스트로-리버테리언” 대통령이 또 다시 사고치다.

Javier Milei’s administration has recently announced a plan to inject pesos through Argentina’s central bank, with the declared objective of boosting consumption and thus “stimulating growth. This implies a reduction by 5 points in the banking system reserve requirements.”¹ [continue reading…]

1. See https://www.infobae.com/economia/2026/03/29/el-gobierno-sale-a-inyectar-pesos-con-un-doble-objetivo-darle-un-envion-al-consumo-y-sacar-del-piso-al-dolar/. [↩]

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Property and Freedom Podcast, Episode 319.

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:

4. Douglas E. French, “Remembering Murray Rothbard: Teacher, Friend, and Inspiration”

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Lots of libertarians adore Congressman Thomas Massie. It’s not quite clear why; he never claims to be a libertarian.

“Massie describes himself as a constitutional conservative. He believes in intellectual property and thinks it is necessary for incentivizing innovation. Massie has remarked that this is one of the areas where he is not a libertarian.”https://t.co/SQY94D56ns

“I like to point…

— Stephan Kinsella (@NSKinsella) June 15, 2024

From Wikipedia: 

Massie describes himself as a constitutional conservative. He believes in intellectual property and thinks it is necessary for incentivizing innovation. Massie has remarked that this is one of the areas where he is not a libertarian.

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Bloomberg reported last week that Turkey sold and swapped a total of nearly 60 tons of gold due to the US-Israel war on Iran which is putting a strain on “Turkey’s disinflation strategy, which relies heavily on maintaining a stable or steadily depreciating lira, including with hard-currency interventions, usually via state-run banks. Rising energy import costs and increased dollar demand since the conflict began have made that approach more challenging to maintain.” The Istanbul Post reports that the Lira is now trading 44.44 to the dollar. Back in 2022 one US dollar bought 18.3866 lira. [continue reading…]