Austrian Economist and Anarcho-Capitalist Social Theorist

Latest publication: The Ethics of Entrepreneurship and Profit, LewRockwell.com (June 23, 2014)

Democracy: The God That Failed Preface By Hans-Hermann Hoppe I am delighted to see a Portuguese translation of my Democracy: The God That Failed in print. Of all my books, Democracy has been by far the most successful. From its original publication in 2001 until today, the book has been vociferously both condemned and hailed. In some intellectual circles, […]

Below is an English translation of Professor Hoppe’s interview by “Wirtschaftswoche”, Germany’s leading business-weekly. The interview covers various topics, including the business cycle, the nature of the state, anarcho-capitalism, taxation as expropriation, and the like. *** Interview in Wirtschaftswoche “Taxes are expropriation” by Malte Fischer The anarcho-libertarian economist Hans-Hermann Hoppe argues for a state-free society. Where government […]

And for a special treat, a video of Professor Hoppe making schnitzel at the 2013 Annual Meeting (on the PFS Youtube channel).

Several works by Professor Hoppe and commentaries on his work are now available in Japanese. Including English, Professor Hoppe’s writing is now available in 27 languages. The Economics and Ethics of Private Property Part 1, 私有財産の経済学と倫理学　第一部 Fallacies of the Public Goods Theory and the Production of Security (The Economics and Ethics of Private Property)  公共財理論と安全性の提供における誤謬 The […]

The Croatian and Serbian translations of Professor Hoppe’s speech Staat oder Privatrechtsgesellschaft? (State or Private Law Society) delivered at the 14th Philosophicum Lech is now available at the following links: Croatian Translation: Država ili društvo privatnog prava? Serbian Translation: Država ili društvo privatnog prava?      

A Spanish translation of Prof. Hoppe’s seminal A Theory of Socialism and Capitalism is now available, with a new Foreword by Prof. Juan Fernando Carpio. (Kindle version.) Update: See also Presentando al prof. Hoppe la traducción de su libro; photo below.

Prof. Hoppe spoke (in German) on the topic “On Taxes and Parasites,” at the occasion of the inaugural conference of the Ludwig von Mises Institut Deutschland, held at Hotel Bayerischer Hof, in Munich, on June 15, 2013.

From the UK publication The Libertarian: Hans-Hermann Hoppe in 10 Great Quotes by Eric Field, June 28, 2013 By Eric Field  Hans-Hermann Hoppe is one of the most defining of contemporary libertarian thinkers.  A graduate of the Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany and a former Marxist, Hoppe’s is best known for his rigorously logical examination of culture, human […]