Property and Freedom Podcast

Property and Freedom Podcast, Episode 145. This panel discussion is from the 2015 meeting of the Property and Freedom Society. Hans-Hermann Hoppe (Germany/Turkey), David Dürr (Switzerland), Stephan Kinsella (USA), Frank Van Dun (Belgium), Anthony Daniels (Theodore Dalrymple) (England), “Discussion, Q&A.” PFS 2015 Playlist. Transcript available at KOL190-2.

Property and Freedom Podcast, Episode 144. This is Professor’s Hoppe’s main presentation at the recently-concluded 2015 meeting of the Property and Freedom Society. Hans-Hermann Hoppe (Germany/Turkey), “Democracy, De-Civilization, and Counterculture.” PFS 2015 Playlist. Text at LRC: On Democracy, De-Civilization, and the Quest for a New Counterculture (Sept. 28, 2015)    

Property and Freedom Podcast, Episode 143. This talk is from the 2015 meeting of the Property and Freedom Society. Stephan Kinsella (USA), On Life without Patents and Copyright: Or, But Who Would Pick The Cotton? PFS 2015 Playlist. Also available on the speaker’s podcast here (which uses the speaker’s iPhone recording instead of the official recording), which also includes a transcript. Related: Do Business Without Intellectual Property (Liberty.me, 2014) (PDF).  

Property and Freedom Podcast, Episode 142. This talk is from the 2015 meeting of the Property and Freedom Society. David Dürr (Switzerland), Private Law Society: Answering some of the “Difficult” Questions. PFS 2015 Playlist. The powerpoint file containing Dr. Dürr’s slides are here, and on google docs here (embedded below).  

Property and Freedom Podcast, Episode 141. This talk is from the 2015 meeting of the Property and Freedom Society. Frank Van Dun (Belgium), On the Philosophical Foundations of Libertarianism. PFS 2015 Playlist.

Property and Freedom Podcast, Episode 140. This talk is from the 2015 meeting of the Property and Freedom Society. Anthony Daniels (Theodore Dalrymple) (England), Murderers I Knew. PFS 2015 Playlist.

Property and Freedom Podcast, Episode 139. This talk is from the 2015 meeting of the Property and Freedom Society. Deanna Forbush (USA), Enrico Colombatto (Italy), Andrew Shuen (Lion Rock, Hong Kong), Thorsten Polleit (Germany), Jörg Guido Hülsmann (Germany/France), Discussion, Q&A. PFS 2015 Playlist.

Property and Freedom Podcast, Episode 138. This talk is from the 2015 meeting of the Property and Freedom Society. Jörg Guido Hülsmann (Germany/France), The Culture of Inflation. PFS 2015 Playlist.

Property and Freedom Podcast, Episode 137. This talk is from the 2015 meeting of the Property and Freedom Society. Thorsten Polleit (Germany), Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Inflation. PFS 2015 Playlist.

Property and Freedom Podcast, Episode 136. This talk is from the 2015 meeting of the Property and Freedom Society. Andrew Shuen (Lion Rock, Hong Kong), China, the US, the Renminbi, the $, and Hong Kong. PFS 2015 Playlist.

Property and Freedom Podcast, Episode 135. This talk is from the 2015 meeting of the Property and Freedom Society. Deanna Forbush (USA), America’s Violent Labor Unions. PFS 2015 Playlist.

Property and Freedom Podcast, Episode 134. This talk is from the 2015 meeting of the Property and Freedom Society. Sean Gabb (England), 10 Years of PFS. PFS 2015 Playlist. The slideshow shown in the background can be found here.

Property and Freedom Podcast, Episode 133. This talk is from the 2015 meeting of the Property and Freedom Society, “2006–2015: PFS, Now and Then,” which provides a brief overview of the history, founding, and context of the PFS, by Hans-Hermann Hoppe (Germany/Turkey) and Gülçin Imre Hoppe (Turkey) at the Tenth Annual Meeting of the PFS, Bodrum, Turkey (Sept. 10–15, 2015). PFS 2015 Playlist.

Property and Freedom Podcast, Episode 132. This panel discussion is from the 2015 meeting of the Property and Freedom Society: Thomas DiLorenzo (USA), Rahim Taghizadegan (Austria), Sean Gabb (England), Hans-Hermann Hoppe (Germany/Turkey), “Discussion on Current Affairs, Q&A.” PFS 2015 Playlist.  

Property and Freedom Podcast, Episode 131. This lecture is from the 2015 meeting of the Property and Freedom Society: Rahim Taghizadegan (Austria), The Lebanon – A Switzerland of the Near East? PFS 2015 Playlist.

Property and Freedom Podcast, Episode 130. This lecture is from the 2015 meeting of the Property and Freedom Society: Thomas DiLorenzo (USA), On American Exceptionalism. PFS 2015 Playlist The text accompanying this speech may be found at The Curse of American Exceptionalism.

Property and Freedom Podcast, Episode 129. This Roundtable Discussion and Q&A session is from the 2015 meeting of the Property and Freedom Society: “Memories: Murray N. Rothbard (1926-1995) as Mentor and Teacher,” with Hans-Hermann Hoppe (Germany/Turkey), Thomas DiLorenzo (USA), Doug French (USA), and Lee Iglody (USA). PFS 2015 Playlist. Update: See also Murray Rothbard as a Teacher: The UNLV Years—A Panel with Rothbard’s Former Students (AERC 2023).

Property and Freedom Podcast, Episode 128. This lecture is from the 2014 meeting of the Property and Freedom Society: Hans-Hermann Hoppe (Germany/Turkey), Realistic Libertarianism as Right-Libertarianism. PFS 2014 Playlist. An edited transcript of the speech was published as “A Realistic Libertarianism.”  

Property and Freedom Podcast, Episode 127. This lecture is from the 2014 meeting of the Property and Freedom Society: Ben O’Neill (Australia), A Critique of the Anti-Discrimination Paradigm. PFS 2014 Playlist.  

Property and Freedom Podcast, Episode 126. This lecture is from the 2014 meeting of the Property and Freedom Society: Carel Boshoff† (South Africa), The Afrikaner Community of Orania as an Experiment. PFS 2014 Playlist.  

Property and Freedom Podcast, Episode 125. This lecture is from the 2014 meeting of the Property and Freedom Society: Marco Bassani (Italy), The Libertarian Idea of Community. PFS 2014 Playlist.

Property and Freedom Podcast, Episode 124. This lecture is from the 2014 meeting of the Property and Freedom Society: Doug French (USA), The “Independence” of the Central Bank. PFS 2014 Playlist.  

Property and Freedom Podcast, Episode 123. This lecture is from the 2014 meeting of the Property and Freedom Society: Jörg Guido Hülsmann (Germany/France), Fiat Money and “Wealth”. PFS 2014 Playlist.  

Property and Freedom Podcast, Episode 122. This lecture is from the 2014 meeting of the Property and Freedom Society: Leon Louw (South Africa), The Unequal Struggle Against Inequality. Despicable Aspects of the Socialist Mentality. PFS 2014 Playlist.  

Property and Freedom Podcast, Episode 121. This lecture is from the 2014 meeting of the Property and Freedom Society: Anthony Daniels (Dalrymple), Freud: Apostle of Freedom or Apostle of Enslavement? PFS 2014 Playlist.

Property and Freedom Podcast, Episode 120. This lecture is from the 2014 meeting of the Property and Freedom Society: Sean Gabb, Enoch Powell. The Man and his Politics. PFS 2014 Playlist.

Property and Freedom Podcast, Episode 119. This lecture is from the 2014 meeting of the Property and Freedom Society: Hunt Tooley, The US and the Middle East. PFS 2014 Playlist.

Property and Freedom Podcast, Episode 118. This lecture is from the 2014 meeting of the Property and Freedom Society: Paul Gottfried, “The Influence of the Jewish Lobby”. PFS 2014 Playlist.

Property and Freedom Podcast, Episode 117. This panel discussion is from the 2013 meeting of the Property and Freedom Society: Hans-Hermann Hoppe (Germany/Turkey), Richard Lynn (England), Stephan Kinsella (USA), Jared Taylor (USA), Norman Stone† (UK/Turkey), Discussion, Q&A. PFS 2013 Playlist.

Property and Freedom Podcast, Episode 116. Also podcast at KOL100 | The Role of the Corporation and Limited Liability In a Free Society (PFS 2013). This lecture is from the 2013 meeting of the Property and Freedom Society: Stephan Kinsella (USA), The Role of the Corporation and Limited Liability in a Free Society. PFS 2013 Playlist. The video and slides are below. See also the Q&A panel [PFP117], which contains several interchanges between me and Sean Gabb about this issue. See also Sean Gabb’s article Stephan Kinsella on Limited Liability: Notes of a Speech Made to the 2013 Meeting in Bodrum of the Property and Freedom Society, to which I intend to reply at a later time. For background, see: Kinsella, Corporate Personhood, Limited Liability, and Double Taxation; In Defense of the Corporation Robert Hessen, In Defense of the Corporation (Hoover 1978) Firms: google various recent Mises University lectures by Peter Klein on the theory of the firm Yaron Brook, “The Corporation” (Ayn Rand Institute, 2007) KOL 026 | FreeDomain Radio with Stefan Molyneux discussing Corporations and Limited Liability Stephan Kinsella, “The Role of the Corporation and Limited Liability In a Free Society” from Property & Freedom Society on Vimeo.

Property and Freedom Podcast, Episode 114. This lecture is from the 2013 meeting of the Property and Freedom Society: Hans-Hermann Hoppe (Germany/Turkey), What Is Human Nature? Does It Exist? PFS 2013 Playlist. Alternative title: On the Nature of Man, Truth, and Justice. See also Hoppe, A Short History of Man: Progress and Decline (Mises 2015). For background, see Professor Hoppe’s previous writing on argumentation ethics, e.g. ch. 7 of A Theory of Socialism and Capitalism and ch. 11 et pass. of The Economics and Ethics of Private Property, also discussed in “Argumentation Ethics and Liberty: A Concise Guide.”

Property and Freedom Podcast, Episode 113. This lecture is from the 2013 meeting of the Property and Freedom Society: Jared Taylor (USA), A Brief History of US Race Relations. PFS 2013 Playlist.

Property and Freedom Podcast, Episode 112. This lecture is from the 2013 meeting of the Property and Freedom Society: Richard Lynn (England), Why Are the Jews So Smart? PFS 2013 Playlist.

Property and Freedom Podcast, Episode 111. This panel discussion is from the 2013 meeting of the Property and Freedom Society: Eugen-Maria Schulak (Austria), Sean Gabb (England), Robert Nef (Switzerland), Anthony Daniels (Theodore Dalrymple) (England), Discussion, Q&A. PFS 2013 Playlist.

Property and Freedom Podcast, Episode 110. This lecture is from the 2013 meeting of the Property and Freedom Society: Anthony Daniels (Theodore Dalrymple) (England), Public Health or Public Totalitarianism? A Report from Medical Journals. PFS 2013 Playlist.

Property and Freedom Podcast, Episode 109. This lecture is from the 2013 meeting of the Property and Freedom Society: Robert Nef (Switzerland), Understanding Switzerland and the Swiss. PFS 2013 Playlist.

Property and Freedom Podcast, Episode 108. This lecture is from the 2013 meeting of the Property and Freedom Society: Sean Gabb (England), Understanding England and the English. PFS 2013 Playlist.

Property and Freedom Podcast, Episode 107. This lecture is from the 2013 meeting of the Property and Freedom Society: Eugen-Maria Schulak (Austria), Friedrich Nietzsche—Right Wing Anarchist? PFS 2013 Playlist.

Property and Freedom Podcast, Episode 106. This panel discussion is from the 2013 meeting of the Property and Freedom Society: David Howden (Spain), Mateusz Machaj (Poland), Nikolay Gertchev (France), Thorsten Polleit (Germany), Paul Cantor† (USA), Discussion, Q&A. PFS 2013 Playlist.

Property and Freedom Podcast, Episode 105. This lecture is from the 2013 meeting of the Property and Freedom Society: Paul Cantor† (USA), What Literature Can Teach Economics. PFS 2013 Playlist.

Property and Freedom Podcast, Episode 104. This lecture is from the 2013 meeting of the Property and Freedom Society: Thorsten Polleit (Germany), Organized Crime and the Progression Towards a Single World Fiat Currency. PFS 2013 Playlist. See also Hoppe, Banking, Nation States and International Politics: A Sociological Reconstruction of the Present Economic Order (Vol. 4 Num. 1) (also in EEPP); Kinsella, The Prophetic Dr. Hoppe on the Rise of the Phoenix.

Property and Freedom Podcast, Episode 103. This lecture is from the 2013 meeting of the Property and Freedom Society: Nikolay Gertchev, Entrepreneurship and Betting: What, if anything, can Businessmen learn from Betting Odds? PFS 2013 Playlist.  

Property and Freedom Podcast, Episode 102. Hans-Hermann Hoppe (Germany/Turkey), Jeffrey Tucker (USA), This panel discussion is from the 2012 Annual Meeting of the Property and Freedom Society: Anthony Daniels (Theodore Dalrymple) (England), Stephan Kinsella (USA), Benjamin Marks, Discussion, Q&A. PFS 2012 Playlist. Topics discussed include the issue of preemptive attacks and standing threats, spanking and libertarianism, Gresham’s law and law and legislation, strategies for liberty in life and how to avoid corruption in an unfree world. On the latter topic, I talked about the power of attraction and also vocally objecting, speaking out, when hearing statist sentiments from friends, co-workers, etc. There were also questions about how victims of aggression can achieve restitution from the aggressor, what does he have the right to do to the aggressor—issues such as proportionality, punishment, ostracism, and so on.  

Property and Freedom Podcast, Episode 101. This lecture is from the 2012 meeting of the Property and Freedom Society: Hans-Hermann Hoppe (Germany/Turkey), The Hayek Myth. PFS 2012 Playlist. Loosely based (?) on F.A. Hayek on Government and Social Evolution: A Critique (Vol. 7 Num. 1) (also in The Great Fiction) English transcript below. For the panel discussion with Q&A, see PFP102 | Daniels, Kinsella, Marks, Hoppe, Tucker, Discussion, Q&A (PFS 2012). TRANSCRIPT The Hayek Myth 2012 Annual Meeting of the Property and Freedom Society, Bodrum, Turkey, Sept. 30, 2012 Hans-Hermann Hoppe 00:00:18 HANS-HERMANN HOPPE: I will start with my speech. I want to talk about the Hayek myths. As most of you know, I was, once upon a time, during my final high school years and my early student years, also a lefty. And when I gradually discovered the errors of the leftist creed, I looked around for alternatives, and I found, based on their frequent mention in the press, as the principal antagonists and alternatives to everything socialist, Milton Friedman and Friedrich Hayek. And, in fact, I found many good arguments in their writings to combat the predominant left at that time, and it was through the gateway of Friedman and Hayek that I eventually then also discovered Mises and, finally, Rothbard. 00:01:19 So I have to say that I owe something intellectually to both Friedman and Hayek. But that is not my topic. Instead, I want to pursue the question why it is that both Friedman and Hayek were presented then, almost 40 years ago, and still and even more so today, especially in Europe but also in the United States, as the most radical opponents of all things left, while, as I came to realize very quickly and will show shortly, Friedman and Hayek are actually part of the left, not of the traditional, hardcore, Marxist version of course, but in any case, of the softcore social democratic welfare state variety of socialism, and because of this, in my view, offer anything but a principled alternative to socialism and the leftwing. 00:02:25 Now, one might call this the Friedman-Hayek myth. Now, here I want to confine myself only to half of this myth, to the Hayek myth. Friedman, in fact, is far better known than Hayek. If you Google, he has about 30 million mentions, and Hayek has close to 7 million. Friedman, I think, is hardly better known than Hayek because he’s really the better, clearer writer of the two and in part because he’s American, which always helps in this day and age. But I want to concentrate on Hayek. And why do I want to concentrate on Hayek? Because, in my estimation, Hayek is the more important thinker, and he and his fame will last longer than Friedman’s. For one, he is a better economist because, while Friedman was still, until his death in 2006, singing the praises of Greenspan and Bernanke. 00:03:38 Many people inspired by Hayek and by the Mises-Hayek business cycle theory, already foresaw the coming and still ongoing Great Recession. But more importantly, because Hayek, as an old-world European, is plainly the better-educated and intellectually well-rounded man. Whereas Friedman is essentially an economist’s economist, Hayek is a true intellectual, well-read, not just in economics but in intellectual history, in psychology, philosophy, sociology, and law. But it is not their technical economics that made both of them famous but their excursions into the field of political theory. 00:04:29 Accordingly, I will concentrate here on Hayek as a political theorist and more specifically on his Constitution of Liberty and his three-volume, Law, Legislation and Liberty, which are generally regarded as Hayek’s most important contributions to the field of political theory. First, I want to show that, despite many interesting things, he might have to say Hayek is fundamentally a muddled and confused thinker. This comes out most clearly when we examine his definitions and elaborations on the concept of freedom and coercion. 00:05:14 Now, Hayek defines freedom as the absence of coercion, so far so good. However, contrary to a long tradition of classical liberal thought, he does not define coercion as the initiation of threat of physical violence against property and person. He does not define it as attack against legitimately via original appropriation, production, or voluntary exchange-acquired property. Instead, he offers a definition whose only merit is its elusiveness and fogginess. 00:06:01 By coercion, quote, “We mean such control of the environment or circumstances of a person by another that, in order to avoid greater evil, he is forced to act, not to a coherent plan of his own, but to serve the ends of another. Or coercion occurs when one man’s actions are made to serve another man’s will, not for his own but for the other’s purpose.” And freedom is a state in which each agent can use his own knowledge for his own purposes. 00:06:50 Now, what you immediately note in this definition of freedom of coercion i

Property and Freedom Podcast, Episode 100. This lecture is from the 2012 meeting of the Property and Freedom Society: Jeffrey Tucker (USA), One Million Tiny Miseries. Government Policy in Our Time. PFS 2012 Playlist.

Property and Freedom Podcast, Episode 099. This lecture is from the 2012 meeting of the Property and Freedom Society: Anthony Daniels (Theodore Dalrymple) (England), The Ultimate “Freedom”: Choice without Consequences. PFS 2012 Playlist.

Property and Freedom Podcast, Episode 098. This lecture is from the 2012 meeting of the Property and Freedom Society: Stephan Kinsella (USA), The (State’s) Corruption of (Private) Law. PFS 2012 Playlist. Youtube and powerpoint slides below. As noted in KOL001 | “The (State’s) Corruption of (Private) Law” (PFS 2012), I delivered this speech in September 2012 for the 2012 Annual Meeting of the Property and Freedom Society in Bodrum, Turkey. The audio of my speech was corrupted due to a technical error, so I re-recorded a version of the speech. The talk was largely based on two previous papers: “Legislation and the Discovery of Law in a Free Society,” Journal of Libertarian Studies 11 (Summer 1995), p. 132 Condensed version: Legislation and Law in a Free Society,” Mises Daily (Feb. 25, 2010) See also Is English Common Law Libertarian? KOL129 | Speech to Montessori Students: “The Story of Law: What Is Law, and Where Does it Come From?” (Powerpoint; PDF)

Property and Freedom Podcast, Episode 097. This panel discussion is from the 2012 meeting of the Property and Freedom Society: Joseph Salerno (USA), Jörg Guido Hülsmann (Germany/France), Thorsten Polleit (Germany), Doug French (USA), Hans-Hermann Hoppe (Germany/Turkey), Discussion, Q&A. PFS 2012 Playlist.

Property and Freedom Podcast, Episode 096. This lecture is from the 2012 meeting of the Property and Freedom Society: Doug French (USA), More on “What Bankers Do and Do Not Know”. PFS 2012 Playlist.

Property and Freedom Podcast, Episode 095. This lecture is from the 2012 meeting of the Property and Freedom Society: Thorsten Polleit (Germany), What Do Bankers Know about Money and Banking? PFS 2012 Playlist.