Hans-Hermann Hoppe

Austrian school economist and libertarian anarcho-capitalist philosopher · Germany · Academics · Born 1949 · age 77

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2025Order of Merit of the Star of LiberlandAward2011“As soon as a crisis breaks out, within the given institutional framework, the same mistake will be made over and over again, on a larger and larger scale.”In their words3 May 201110:55. "Economic Crisis: How to Cause Them and How to Make Them Worse by 'Curing' Them." - Hoppe - Part 4, Youtube, (3 May 2011)Read the whole statement

2006“Democracy has nothing to do with freedom. Democracy is a soft variant of communism, and rarely in the history of ideas has it been taken for anything else.”In their words2 December 2006"Reflections on State and War" (2 December 2006)Read the whole statement

2005“History is ultimately determined by ideas, and ideas can, at least in principle, change almost instantly.”In their words23 November 2005"The Rise and Fall of the City" (23 November 2005) at the Ludwig von Mises InstituteRead the whole statement

2002“If no one can appeal to justice except to government, justice will be perverted in favor of the government, constitutions and supreme courts notwithstanding.”In their words20 May 2002"Rothbardian Ethics" (20 May 2002)Read the whole statement

2001“The American model - democracy - must be regarded as a historical error, economically as well as morally.”In their words12 November 2001Demokratie. Der Gott, Der Keiner Ist, LewRockwell.com (November 12, 2001)Read the whole statement

“...bums and inferior people will likely support his egalitarian policies, whereas geniuses and superior people will not.”In their wordsP.145Read the whole statement

1949Born2 September 1949

Also in Deutsch

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Murray Rothbard, whom Hoppe called his mentor and master

Hoppe at an event in New York City in 2017

Hoppe in 2005

In their own words 10

Hans-Hermann Hoppe

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As soon as a crisis breaks out, within the given institutional framework, the same mistake will be made over and over again, on a larger and larger scale.
May 3, 2011, 10:55. "Economic Crisis: How to Cause Them and How to Make Them Worse by 'Curing' Them." - Hoppe - Part 4, Youtube, (3 May 2011), Own words
Democracy has nothing to do with freedom. Democracy is a soft variant of communism, and rarely in the history of ideas has it been taken for anything else.
Dec 2, 2006, "Reflections on State and War" (2 December 2006), Own words
In every society, a few individuals acquire the status of an elite through talent.
Jul 21, 2006, Natural Elites, Intellectuals, and the State (21 July 2006), Own words

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Awards

Order of Merit of the Star of Liberland2025

About this person

Hans-Hermann Hoppe is a German-American academic associated with Austrian School economics, anarcho-capitalism, right-wing libertarianism, paleolibertarianism, and opposition to democracy. From 1986 until 2008 he was professor of economics at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV). He is a senior fellow of the Mises Institute think tank. In 2006 he emigrated to Turkey and founded the Property and Freedom Society.

Country

Germany

Academics from Germany 6

Max Horkheimer57.0

Max Wertheimer56.9

Niklas Luhmann57.0

Konstantinos Carathéodory56.9

Johann Friedrich Herbart57.0

Wolfgang Köhler56.9

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