A Short History of Man: Progress and Decline

<div class="media" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #494e54; font-family: myriad-pro, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin-top: 15px; overflow: hidden; zoom: 1;"> <div about="/field-collection/field-media-collection/43169" class="entity entity-field-collection-item field-collection-item-field-media-collection clearfix" style="box-sizing: border-box;" typeof=""> <div class="content" style="box-sizing: border-box; position: relative; word-wrap: break-word;"> <div class="ds-1col file file-audio file-audio-mpeg view-mode-wide_player clearfix" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> <h2 class="page-title" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #38709e; font-family: crimson_text, Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 25px; line-height: 1.1; margin: 0px 0px 16px; position: relative; vertical-align: top;"> A Short History of Man: Progress and Decline</h2> <h2 class="page-title" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #38709e; font-family: crimson_text, Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; 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color: #494e54; font-family: myriad-pro, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal;"><span class="date" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #00426b; font-weight: 600; text-transform: uppercase;">MARCH 16, 2015</span><span class="author" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a href="https://mises.org/profile/hans-hermann-hoppe" rel="author" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #00426b; text-decoration: none;">Hans-Hermann Hoppe</a></span></section><div class="tags" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #788086; font-family: myriad-pro, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 12.5px;"> <span class="tag-label bold" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 600; padding-right: 5px; text-transform: uppercase;">TAGS</span>&nbsp;<span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a href="https://mises.org/topics/world-history" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #788086; text-decoration: none;">World History</a></span><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a href="https://mises.org/austrian-school/political-theory" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #788086; text-decoration: none;">Political Theory</a></span><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a href="https://mises.org/austrian-school/praxeology" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #788086; text-decoration: none;">Praxeology</a></span></div> <div class="body-content" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #494e54; font-family: myriad-pro, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; padding-bottom: 16px;"> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 12.5px;"> Hans-Hermann Hoppe addresses the rise of family structures, the development of private property, social evolution prior to the Industrial Revolution, and the rise of the state — all without regard for cherished myths.</div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 12.5px;"> Narrated by Millian Quinteros. 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