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Property and Freedom Podcast, Episode 315.

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”—are released today here on the Property and Freedom Podcast, with the other main chapters to be released sequentially weekly on Mondays.

Second “front matter” chapter: Hans-Hermann Hoppe, “Introduction.” [continue reading…]

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Property and Freedom Podcast, Episode 314.

Thanks to volunteer efforts from Jorge Besada, 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”—are released today here on the Property and Freedom Podcast, with the other main chapters to be released sequentially weekly on Mondays.

First up: Stephan Kinsella, “Preface.”

Note: These audio versions were prepared by Jorge Besada. A professionally-produced audio format is now also available from the Saif House.

The cloth hardcover edition of Rothbard at 100: A Tribute and Assessment will be presented at 100 Years with Rothbard, Porto, Portugal, June 27, 2026. This and other formats are available at Amazon; Saif House also offers these versions as well as the professionally-produced audio version.

See also Bitcoin Standard Podcast: Rothbard at 100: Hoppe and Kinsella read the preface, introduction, and first chapter

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Thorsten Polleit, “Ohne Murray N. Rothbard kein Libertarismus” [“Without Murray N. Rothbard, There Would Be No Libertarianism”], Ludwig von Mises Institut Deutschland [Mises Institute Germany] (March 4, 2026) has published an appreciation of Rothbard and mentioning Rothbard at 100: A Tribute and Assessment (Papinian Press and The Saif House, 2026). Auto-translate below: [continue reading…]

Thanks to volunteer efforts from Jorge Besada, 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 the this PFS Youtube Playlist, and will also be podcast on the Property and Freedom Podcast in upcoming weeks. The mp3 files may also be downloaded in this zip file.

Jeffrey A. Tucker, “Murray N. Rothbard at 100,” Epoch Times (3/2/2026).

(See also Tucker’s “The Murray Rothbard I Knew,” Rothbard at 100: A Tribute and Assessment, Stephan Kinsella and Hans-Hermann Hoppe, eds. (Papinian Press and The Saif House, 2026), also published today).
Reprinted with permission of author.

Murray N. Rothbard at 100

Jeffrey A. Tucker
Epoch Times (3/2/2026)

Commentary

My friend Murray N. Rothbard, easily ranked as the leading and most productive libertarian scholar of the second half of the 20th century, would have been 100 years old on March 2. It is said he died too soon and surely those who knew him feel that often. That said, he produced more writing and scholarship in his life than hundreds of other great scholars combined. His library, which will likely never come out in collected works, amounts to a lifetime of reading. [continue reading…]

Related:

• Rothbard at 100: A Tribute and Assessment Published Today
•  Rothbard at 100: A Tribute and Assessment

From LewRockwell.com:

Rothbard at 100

March 2, 2026

Today, March 2, would have been Murray Rothbard’s 100th Birthday. Rothbard’s most important intellectual heir, Hans-Hermann Hoppe, has published on his Property and Freedom Society Web site a tribute to this great man with twenty new essays by people who knew him, admired him, and were inspired by him. The book is online and will soon be available as a real book.

Hans Hoppe is widely regarded all over the world as Murray Rothbard’s most important intellectual heir and his closest disciple. He was a close collaborator, economics department colleague at UNLV, and great friend in Rothbard’s later years. Hans called his mentor “the greatest social theorist of the 20th century.” He extended Rothbard’s anarcho-capitalism significantly with his hallmark book Democracy: The God That Failed. Nothing else comes close.

Stephan Kinsella and I are pleased to announce the publication of Rothbard at 100: A Tribute and Assessment (Papinian Press and The Saif House, 2026) free and online today, March 2, 2026, on the occasion of Murray Rothbard’s 100th birthday.

Murray N. Rothbard (1926–1995) was one of the world’s greatest champions of human liberty. In his honor, and to commemorate his 100th birthday, on March 2, 2026, the Property and Freedom Society (PFS) has assembled this collection of tributes to and commentary on him and his work by PFS members, including many who knew him personally.

This book is released in digital form today, March 2, 2026, on Murray’s 100th birthday. Print, in both paperback and deluxe hardcover, and kindle/epub/pdf versions will be made available shortly. For more details, see the book’s landing page.

We hope all admirers of liberty and Rothbard will enjoy this book and join us in sending well wishes and gratitude Murray’s way, wherever he may be.

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Property and Freedom Podcast, Episode 313.

This bonus presentation is from the recently-concluded 19th annual PFS 2025 Annual Meeting (Sep. 18–23, 2025, Bodrum, Turkey).

Thomas Jacob (Switzerland): Oboxplanet Presentation.

Other talks appear on the Property and Freedom Podcast. Other videos may also be found at the PFS 2025 Youtube Playlist.

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Property and Freedom Podcast, Episode 312.

This talk is from the recently-concluded 19th annual PFS 2025 Annual Meeting (Sep. 18–23, 2025, Bodrum, Turkey).

Alessandro Fusillo (Italy), Saifedean Ammous (Palestine/Jordan), Hans-Hermann Hoppe (Germany/Turkey), Sean Gabb (England), Thomas J. DiLorenzo (USA), Open Discussion, Q&A

Other talks appear on the Property and Freedom Podcast. Other videos may also be found at the PFS 2025 Youtube Playlist.

Douglas E. French, The Failure of Common Knowledge (Baltimore, Maryland: Laissez Faire Books, 2013; epub), a collection of selected columns published while Doug was at LFB, is no longer available online except as a B&N eBook. It was published via a CC-BY license, and Doug has made it available here, until and if he decides to make it available in print.

Note: the copyright notice, “Copyright © 2013 by Laissez Faire Books,” is incorrect. Copyright was and is held by the author, Douglas E. French, and he hereby releases this edition under a CC-BY license.

Book Description

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Douglas E. French, Walk Away: The Rise and Fall of the Home-Ownership Myth, 2d ed. (Baltimore, Maryland: Laissez Faire Books, 2012; pdf; epub) is an update of Walk Away: The Rise and Fall of the Home-Ownership Myth (Auburn, Ala.: Mises Institute, 2010), with a new Foreword by Lee I. Iglody and a new chapter by Doug, “Death by Foreclosure and Battered-Homeowner Syndrome.” Because LFB went under and the volume is no longer available (except for an eBook version on Barnes & Noble), we provide the files here, with Doug and Lee’s permission; an Amazon version, or new edition, will be available when the stars align.

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Property and Freedom Podcast, Episode 311.

This roundtable is from the recently-concluded 19th annual PFS 2025 Annual Meeting (Sep. 18–23, 2025, Bodrum, Turkey).

Other talks appear on the Property and Freedom Podcast. Other videos may also be found at the PFS 2025 Youtube Playlist.

Hans-Hermann Hoppe, Moderator of Speaker Roundtable Discussion: Of Frauds, Fakes, Crooks, Creeps and Clowns: with Alessandro Fusillo (Italy), Saifedean Ammous (Palestine/Jordan), Hans-Hermann Hoppe (Germany/Turkey), Sean Gabb (England), Thomas J. DiLorenzo (USA).

A Brazilian Portuguese translation of A Life in Liberty: Liber Amicorum in Honor of Hans-Hermann Hoppe, edited by Jörg Guido Hülsmann and Stephan Kinsella (Houston, Texas: Papinian Press, 2024) has been published as Uma vida dedicada à liberdade: Liber Amicorum em homenagem a Hans-Hermann Hoppe, Tradução: Fernando Fiori Chiocca (Instituto Rothbard, 2026).

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Property and Freedom Podcast, Episode 310.

This talk is from the recently-concluded 19th annual PFS 2025 Annual Meeting (Sep. 18–23, 2025, Bodrum, Turkey).

Other talks appear on the Property and Freedom Podcast. Other videos may also be found at the PFS 2025 Youtube Playlist.

Thomas J. DiLorenzo (USA): “Virtuous” War Crimes: The American and Israeli Traditions [Sebastian Wang, “Tom DiLorenzo on “Virtuous” War Crimes – The American and Israeli Traditions (PFS Bodrum 2025),” Libertarian Alliance [UK] Blog (Sep. 21, 2025)]

Property and Freedom Podcast, Episode 309.

This talk is from the recently-concluded 19th annual PFS 2025 Annual Meeting (Sep. 18–23, 2025, Bodrum, Turkey).

Other talks appear on the Property and Freedom Podcast. Other videos may also be found at the PFS 2025 Youtube Playlist.

Saifedean Ammous (Palestine/Jordan): Property Rights: The Root Cause of the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict [Property Rights: The Root Cause of the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict, Substack (Nov. 10, 2025); Saifedean Ammous, “Property Rights: The Root Cause of the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict,” Property and Freedom Journal (May 7, 2026)]

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Property and Freedom Podcast, Episode 308.

This panel discussion is from the recently-concluded 19th annual PFS 2025 Annual Meeting (Sep. 18–23, 2025, Bodrum, Turkey).

Other talks appear on the Property and Freedom Podcast. Other videos may also be found at the PFS 2025 Youtube Playlist.

Hans-Hermann Hoppe (Germany/Turkey), Rahim Taghizadegan (Austria/Switzerland), Guido Hülsmann (Germany/France), Jeff Deist (USA), Kristoffer Mousten Hansen (Denmark/Germany), Thorsten Polleit (Germany), Discussion, Q&A

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Property and Freedom Podcast, Episode 307.

This talk is from the recently-concluded 19th annual PFS 2025 Annual Meeting (Sep. 18–23, 2025, Bodrum, Turkey).

Update: See also Hoppe, “On War, Democratic Peace, and Reeducation: The ‘German Experience’ in Reactionary Perspective”; Hans-Hermann Hoppe, “On War, Democratic Peace, and Reeducation: The “German Experience” in Reactionary Perspective,” Property and Freedom Journal (July 28, 2026).

Other talks appear on the Property and Freedom Podcast. Other videos may also be found at the PFS 2025 Youtube Playlist.

Hans-Hermann Hoppe (Germany/Turkey): Democratic Peace and Re-Education: The German Experience [based on: On War, Democratic Peace, and Reeducation: The “German Experience” in Reactionary Perspective“; see Sebastian Wang, “Hans-Hermann Hoppe on Democratic Peace and Re-Education – PFS Bodrum 2025,” Libertarian Alliance [UK] Blog (Sep. 20, 2025)]

PFS 2026, the Annual Meeting of the Property and Freedom Society, hosted by Drs. Gülçin & Hans Hoppe, will be held from Thursday, September 17, 2026 to Tuesday, September 22, 2026. As the inaugural meeting was held in 2006 and the 2020 meeting was canceled due to covid restrictions, this will be the twentieth annual meeting of the PFS held over the past twenty years.

PFS Members/returning guests, or those interested in obtaining an invitation for this upcoming annual meeting of our exclusive annual salon, should write to the PFS secretary Mr. Thomas Jacob ([email protected] or [email protected]) (Administrative Secretary/Membership), regarding conditions, availability, and requirements. [continue reading…]

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Property and Freedom Podcast, Episode 306.

This talk is from the recently-concluded 19th annual PFS 2025 Annual Meeting (Sep. 18–23, 2025, Bodrum, Turkey).

Other talks appear on the Property and Freedom Podcast. Other videos may also be found at the PFS 2025 Youtube Playlist.

Kristoffer Mousten Hansen (Denmark/Germany): Mileinomics [Sebastian Wang, “Javier Milei and the Austrian School – A Critique from Bodrum 2025,” Libertarian Alliance [UK] Blog (Sep. 21, 2025); Kristoffer Mousten Hansen, “Javier Milei and the Austrian School,” Instituto Rothbard (Sep. 26, 2025); idem, “Javier Milei and the Austrian School,” Mises Portugal (Sep. 29, 2025)]

The PFS will publish a collection of tributes to and commentary on Rothbard, on the occasion of his 100th birthday on March 2, 2026, from several longtime PFS members, including many who knew him personally.

The commentary will be published on the PFS website on March 2, and later this year as a small book, Rothbard at 100: A Tribute and Assessment, Stephan Kinsella and Hans-Hermann Hoppe, eds. (forthcoming 2026). Further details here.

From HansHoppe.com:

Tom Woods Elite Letter: The Hans Hoppe Interview (2025)

Tom Woods, “Interview with Hans Hoppe,” Tom Woods Elite Letter, Issue #18 (Summer 2025), idem, “The Hans Hoppe Interview Concluded,” Tom Woods Elite Letter, Issue #19 (August 2025). Reprinted with permission. See other biographical pieces in Hoppe Biography.

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I include here one excerpt (for more about the PFS, see the PFS About and Press pages):

Woods: Before we wrap up, do you want to say a quick word about the Property and Freedom Society?

Hoppe: I have done that for for 20 years now. We have a hotel that is owned by my wife and her brothers. It’s a small part of the overall business that they have in Turkey. In the beginning we had difficulties persuading people to come to Turkey because Turkey is a strange country. But now, one week after we announce the conference times, we are booked solid. It’s a hotel that has between 50 and 60 rooms, and we always fill it for the conference. The hotel is always reserved only for the attendees of the conference. [continue reading…]

On Thursday, January 8, Professor Jörg Guido Hülsmann delivered a lecture at the Grémio Literário, in Lisbon, on his latest book, Abundance, Generosity and the State: An Inquiry into the Economic Principles, marking the publication of its European Portuguese translation by Manuel Ogando. The book is available for purchase through Cataláxia Editora, or as a free download here. [continue reading…]

From HansHoppe.com:

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Property and Freedom Podcast, Episode 305.

This talk is from the recently-concluded 19th annual PFS 2025 Annual Meeting (Sep. 18–23, 2025, Bodrum, Turkey).

Other talks appear on the Property and Freedom Podcast. Other videos may also be found at the PFS 2025 Youtube Playlist.

Rahim Taghizadegan (Austria/Switzerland): Bitcoin from the Viewpoint of the Austrian School.

Note: For those who complain that some Austrian groups do not give enough attention to, are or even hostile to, bitcoin (see Robert P. Murphy, Bitcoin and the Theory of Money, Mises Wire (04/29/2020); Kinsella, KOL401 | Sazmining Twitter Space: Bitcoin & Property Rights; Bitcoin Confiscation vs. Gold Confiscation; On Coinbase, Bitcoin, Fractional-Reserve Banking, and Irregular Deposits; LIBERTARIAN ANSWER MAN: Smart Contracts), keep in mind that for many years PFS has accepted donations by Bitcoin; we have featured Saifedean Ammous many times, often touching on bitcoin [PFP222 | Saifedean Ammous: Hard Money and Time Preference (PFS 2021)]; years ago Roman Skaskiw was here and gave an informal lecture and handed out cards with $5 worth of bitcoin, as I recall, to attendees (which would be worth $4200 or so today, June 28, 2025; see PFS 2013 Annual Meeting—Speakers and Presentations); Professor Hoppe has never spoken out against it, unlike other Austrians (in fact, see his comments at PFP251 | Van Dun, Hoppe, Dürr, Discussion, Q&A (PFS 2022) and Hoppe on Germany, East and West, Russia/Ukraine, and US-NATO (PFS 2022)]; I spoke on it [KOL274 | Nobody Owns Bitcoin (PFS 2019)]; Šimašius’s comments in [Interview] Libertarian Mayor of Vilnius Speaks!; and so on.

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Property and Freedom Podcast, Episode 304.

This talk is from the recently-concluded 19th annual PFS 2025 Annual Meeting (Sep. 18–23, 2025, Bodrum, Turkey).

Other talks appear on the Property and Freedom Podcast. Other videos may also be found at the PFS 2025 Youtube Playlist.

Guido Hülsmann (Germany/France): The Universities and the State [Sebastian Wang, “Guido Hülsmann on Universities and the State – PFS Bodrum 2025,” Libertarian Alliance [UK] Blog (Sep. 20, 2025)]