A Life in Liberty Bookstream: 2. Dedicated — Emily Hoppe Dalton

by Stephan Kinsella on October 7, 2026

In 2024, the Property and Freedom Society published A Life in Liberty: Liber Amicorum in Honor of Hans-Hermann Hoppe, Jörg Guido Hülsmann and Stephan Kinsella, eds. (Houston, Texas: Papinian Press, 2024), on the occasion of Professor Hoppe’s 75th birthday on Sept. 2, 2024.

Most of the the pieces were not published in HTML text form as separate articles; we will be posting them in this Bookstream. The Preface was republished in the inaugural post in this Bookstream: A Life in Liberty Bookstream: Preface — Hülsmann and Kinsella. Links to the remaining chapters may be found at the book’s landing page here. Here’s the next entry—

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Dedicated

Emily Hoppe Dalton^*

Dedicated. This is how I always saw you growing up, Dad. Dedicated to your writing, dedicated to your teaching, dedicated to your family. As a little girl, I didn’t always understand what you were doing in your office, what you were writing. It wasn’t until I was much older and started to see you speak, see people follow you and rally around what you believed, that I fully grasped the power that your knowledge brought to the table. That was impressive! I remember the first time I went to see you speak in Auburn during graduate school. I couldn’t believe how many people were there just to listen to you—a celebrity in your circle of intellects. That’s when it fully hit me and when I understood the extent to which you were so respected within this realm of economics and political philosophy. I was proud. Proud of you after seeing how long and hard you had always worked to get there, and proud that you were my dad. Though I never developed your love of political economy, I did develop your love of learning and your love of work. I learned that to get where you want to go, you need to show grit and put in long hours. For me to get where I wanted to be in my career, I needed to do what you did. I needed to work hard and follow my passion. So, I would say that from you, I learned to be dedicated. I am so grateful for that example.