A Theory of Socialism and Capitalism
Mises Audio Books Podcast
English - July 22, 2019 15:21 - 255 MB - ★★★★★ - 160 ratingsEducation economics austrian freedom individualism history peace praxeology human action Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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TAGS Calculation and Knowledge Interventionism Political Theory
Hans-Hermann Hoppe's first treatise in English — actually his first book in English — and the one that put him on the map as a social thinker and economist to watch. He argued that there are only two possible archetypes in economic affairs: socialism and capitalism. All systems are combinations of those two types. The capitalist model he defines as pure protection of private property, free association, and exchange — no exceptions. All deviations from that ideal are species of socialism, with public ownership and interference with trade.
Narrated by Jim Vann.