Getting Libertarianism Right . By Hans-Hermann Hoppe. Mises Institute, 2018. 126 pages. Introduction by Sean Gabb. The title of Hans Hoppe’s wonderful new book has a double meaning. We need to get libertarianism right — to understand libertarianism correctly. How can we do this? By realizing that if we want a libertarian society, we need to
Murray Rothbard was a genius. One aspect of this was his writing as an American historian. He was every bit as significant a scholar here as he was as an economist and philosopher. For example, there is his stunning four-volume history of early America from Jamestown to the end of the American Revolutionary War. His brilliance and originality are
Everybody knows that college admissions aren’t made only on academic merit and haven’t been for a long time. If you want your son or daughter to be admitted to college and you have enough money, all you have to do is donate a lot of money to the university and your child will have no trouble getting in. Here are a few examples: In 2015, Stewart
If you want to understand Murray Rothbard, you need to keep one principle in mind. If you remember this, you will have the key to grasping his thought. And you should want to understand Murray Rothbard, because he was the greatest American defender of liberty in the twentieth century. The principle in question is that Murray Rothbard had a
This past weekend, 22 people were killed in El Paso, Texas and 9 in Dayton, Ohio. There have been a number of other mass shootings in the past two decades or so; the largest was in Las Vegas in 2017, with 58 killed. This is sad, but it is a drop in the bucket compared to the real perpetrators of death in America—-the US military. It is been
As we mourn the death of the great anti-war activist Justin Raimondo, one can obtain a better understanding of him by looking at his intellectual pedigree. Here, one figure stands out: the great Austrian economist and libertarian theorist Murray Rothbard. Raimondo for many years worked closely with Rothbard as a libertarian activist. He has
What a great year this has been for the Mises Institute! New books, productive conferences, more students than ever, all to advance the cause of economic freedom in academia and public life. Has it made a difference? Yes! There was a time, some years ago, when one mention of Mises or Rothbard in the popular press or an academic journal caused us
What the heck is going on? A friend asked. When I started the Institute in 1982, Austrian economics was on the defensive, socialism in the ascendency. Over the next several decades, we made real progress, thanks to our donors and scholars. Now the Left is on the march. If we listen to the mainstream media, it’s an unstoppable parade of evil. Not
[ This talk was delivered at the Ron Paul Institute’s Conference on Breaking Washington’s Addiction to War. ] Murray Rothbard was the creator of the modern libertarian movement and a close friend of both Ron Paul and me. His legacy was a great one, and at the Mises Institute I try every day to live up to his hopes for us. One issue was the most
Entendiendo correctamente el libertarismo . Por Hans-Hermann Hoppe. Instituto Mises, 2018. 126 páginas. Introducción de Sean Gabb. El título del maravilloso nuevo libro de Hans Hoppe tiene un doble significado. Necesitamos que el libertarismo sea correcto, para entenderlo correctamente. ¿Cómo podemos hacer esto? Al darnos cuenta de que si queremos
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