Property, Freedom, and Society: Essays in Honor of Hans-Hermann Hoppe

Rare is the scholar to inspire a festschrift--a volume of papers written by top specialists in honor of a major thinker-but this one is very special. It is sure to grow in importance as the years move on, for it contains phenomenal contributions written in the tradition of the work of Hans-Hermann Hoppe.

Hoppe is one of the most important scholars of our time. He has made pioneering contributions to sociology, economics, philosophy, and history. His important books include Handeln und Erkennen (1976), Kritik der Kausalwissenschaftlichen Sozialforschung (1983), Eigentum, Anarchie, und Staat (1987), A Theory of Socialism and Capitalism (1989), The Economics and Ethics of Private Property (1993, enlarged 2nd edition 2006), Democracy--The God That Failed (2001), and The Myth of National Defense (editor, 2003). He is the founder and president of the international Property and Freedom Society, which promotes scientific debate in combination with intransigent libertarian radicalism.

Now Professor Emeritus of Economics at UNLV and Distinguished Fellow with the Ludwig von Mises Institute, Hoppe and his writings have inspired scholars around the world to follow in his footsteps and to provide a scientific foundation for individual freedom and a free society. The festschrift honors the occasion of his 60th birthday.

The festschrift contains personal testimonies and essays in Professor Hoppe's preferred research areas, such as political philosophy, democracy, and economics. The contributors are colleagues, collaborators, and former students from all over the world, including Llewellyn H. Rockwell, Sean Gabb, Jesús Huerta de Soto, Robert Higgs, Frank van Dun, Paul Gottfried, Joseph T. Salerno, Walter Block, and Thomas J. DiLorenzo. The 400-page Festschrift was presented to Professor Hoppe at a private ceremony on July 29, 2009, in Auburn, AL during Mises University 2009.

CONTENTS:

Introduction - Jörg Guido Hülsmann and Stephan Kinsella

PART ONE: GRATO ANIMO BENEFICIIQUE MEMORES

1. A Life of Ideas - Llewellyn H. Rockwell, Jr.
2. Hans-Hermann Hoppe and the Political Equivalent of Nuclear Fusion - Sean Gabb
3. The Power of Argument in a Crazy World - Remigijus Šimašius
4. Hans-Hermann Hoppe and the Libertarian Right - Paul Gottfried
5. Marxism Without Polylogism - Jeffrey A. Tucker
6. A Knight of Anarcho-Capitalism - Yuri N. Maltsev
7. Helping Future Generations of Scholars - Edward Stringham
8. A "Loveable Son of a Gun" - Roland Baader
9. Appreciation and Gratitude - John V. Denson
10. A Student's Appreciation of Professor Hoppe - Jeffrey Barr
11. The Vegas Circle - Lee Iglody

PART TWO: CROSSROADS OF THOUGHT

12. Uncompromising Radicalism as a Promising Strategy - Philipp Bagus
13. Abraham Lincoln and the Modern State - Luigo Marco Bassani
14. The Sociology of the Development of Austrian Economics - Joseph T. Salerno
15. Business Ethics: In the Crossfire Between a Code of Conduct and Black Sheep - Eugen-Maria Schulak
16. Against Standard Law & Economics: Austrians and Legal Philosophers on Board - Martin Fronek and Joseph Šíma

PART THREE: POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY

17. Toward a Libertarian Theory of Guilt and Punishment for the Crime of Statism - Walter Block
18. A Note on Intellectual Property and Externalities - Hardy Bouillon
19. Classical Liberalism versus Anarcho-Capitalism - Jesús Huerta de Soto
20. What Libertarianism Is - Stephan Kinsella
21. Classical Natural Law and Libertarian Theory - Carlo Lottieri
22. Why We Have Rights - Christian Michel
23. Freedom and Property: Where They Conflict - Frank van Dun

PART FOUR: DEMOCRACY RECONSIDERED

24. The Trouble With Democracy: Maslow Meets Hoppe - Doug French
25. An Epistemic Justification of Democracy? - David Gordon
26. Democracy and Faits Accomplis - Robert Higgs
27. Against the Primacy of Politics--Against the Overestimation of the Majority Principle - Robert Nef

PART FIVE: ECONOMICS

28. Hoppean Political Economy versus Public Choice - Thomas J. DiLorenzo
29. Securitization and Fractional Reserve Banking - Nikolay Gertchev
30. Hoppe in One Lesson, Illustrated in Welfare Economics - Jeffrey M. Herbener
31. The Demand for Money and the Time-Structure of Production - Jörg Guido Hülsmann
32. Risk, Uncertainty, and Economic Organization - Peter G. Klein
33. The Nature of Socialism - Mateusz Machaj
34. A Theory of Socialism and Capitalism - Mark Thornton
35. TPR, Entrepreneurial Component, and Corporate Governance - James Yohe and Scott Kjar