This essay originally appeared in the Review of Austrian Economics 7, No. 2 (1994), pp. 75–90, as "The Consumption Tax: A Critique". Narrated by Harold Fritsche. Music by Kevin MacLeod.
TAGS Socialism Strategy Political Theory Private Property Hans-Hermann Hoppe Narrator: Paul Strikwerda In June 2004, Professor Hoppe visited the Mises Institute in Auburn to deliver an ambitious series of lectures titled Economy, Society, and Histor y . This project brings together the core of Hoppe’s lifetime of theoretical work in one vital and cohesive source. Here we find provocative themes developed by Hoppe in the 1980s and 90s, particularly in his essays found in A Theory of Socialism and Capitalism and The Economics and Ethics of Private Property . We also find his devastating critique of democracy, made famous in his seminal book Democracy—The God That Failed . This audiobook is narrated by Paul Strikwerda. Download audio file READ MORE
TAGS World History Other Schools of Thought Philosophy and Methodology Political Theory Hans-Hermann Hoppe This book is a systematic treatment of the historic transformation of the West from limited monarchy to unlimited democracy. Revisionist in nature, it reaches the conclusion that monarchy, with all its failings, is a lesser evil than mass democracy, but outlines deficiencies in both as systems of guarding liberty. Narrated by Paul Strikwerda. Download audio file READ MORE
TAGS World History Other Schools of Thought Philosophy and Methodology Political Theory Hans-Hermann Hoppe This book is a systematic treatment of the historic transformation of the West from limited monarchy to unlimited democracy. Revisionist in nature, it reaches the conclusion that monarchy, with all its failings, is a lesser evil than mass democracy, but outlines deficiencies in both as systems of guarding liberty. Narrated by Paul Strikwerda. Download audio file READ MORE