Shows
Kinsella On LibertyKOL464 | Law, Rights and Hoppe | Tyrants’ Den Ep 4Kinsella on Liberty Podcast: Episode 464.
I appeared on the new show Tyrant's Den a few days ago. It was released today (May 2, 2025) along with the other initial episodes.
Chat GPT shownotes:
In this engaging episode of The Tyrants' Den, host and guest delve into a wide-ranging discussion with Stephan Kinsella, a leading libertarian legal theorist and retired patent attorney. The conversation begins [0:01–7:20] with Kinsella’s background in patent law, where he candidly reflects on his anti-IP stance even while working within the IP system. He outlines how his libertarian beliefs shaped his legal career, how he avoided ethically troubling work like...2025-05-0200 minKinsella On LibertyKOL462 | CouchStreams After Hours on Break the Cycle with Joshua Smith (2021): Hoppe’s Michael Malice Helicopter Photo, Scooter Rides with Sammeroff, Mises Caucus Hopes, the Loser BrigadeKinsella on Liberty Podcast: Episode 462.
I previously appeared on Joshua Smith's Break the Cycle, in July 2021 (KOL349 | CouchStreams Ep 58 on Break the Cycle with Joshua Smith). I had forgotten but we also did a short "CouchStreams After Hours" segment for subscribers which was, and still is, behind a paywall. We discussed various things—my scooter ride with Antony Sammeroff in Austin and travels with Sammeroff the previous months (see KOL330 | Lift Talks #2 With Kinsella & Sammeroff and KOL329 | Lift Talks #1 With Kinsella & Sammeroff), skiing accidents while skiing with Sammeroff, my joining the Libertarian Party, the Mises Caucus, loser brigade libertarians and the...2025-04-2325 minKinsella On LibertyKOL461 | Haman Nature Hn 119: Atheism, Objectivism & Artificial IntelligenceKinsella on Liberty Podcast: Episode 461.
This is my appearance on Adam Haman’s podcast and Youtube channel, Haman Nature (Haman Nature substack), episode HN 119, “Stephan Kinsella Expounds on Philosophy And The Life Well Lived” (recorded Feb. 6, 2025—just before the Tom Woods cruise). We discussed philosophy and rights; my legal and libertarian careers (see Adopting Liberty: The Stephan Kinsella Story), and so on. Shownotes, links, grok summary, and transcript below.
https://youtu.be/Ekg5slP8xAg?si=6fNlmaeR6V7OMVEW
Adam’s Shownotes
Brilliant patent attorney, philosopher, legal theorist and libertarian anarchist Stephan Kinsella comes back on the show to take Adam to task fo...2025-04-2100 minKinsella On LibertyKOL453 | Objections to Argumentation Ethics, Libertarian Property Rights, Scarcity, Intellectual Property: Discussion with a StudentKinsella on Liberty Podcast: Episode 453.
I was approached recently by my old friend, legal scholar and philosopher David Koepsell (a fellow opponent of IP who appeared on the John Stossel show with me a few years back), (( KOL308 | Stossel: It’s My Idea (2015). )) as one of his students at Texas A&M, Eliot Kalinov, was interested in my and Hoppe's work on argumentation ethics and related issues. I offered to have a discussion with Eliot about these issues for his research and publication plans, which we did yesterday (Feb. 18, 2025). We recorded it for his own purposes, and I post it her...2025-02-191h 33
Legal Foundations of a Free SocietyPart 2 Chapter 5 A Libertarian Theory of Punishment and RightsI published my first article on libertarian theory, “Estoppel: A New Justification for Individual Rights,” in Reason Papers in 1992.* An expanded treatment was published in the Journal of Libertarian Studies in 1996 and a similar version in the Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review.† This chapter is based on the latter article, also incorporating some material from the JLS article. There I thanked “Professor Hans-Hermann Hoppe and Jack Criss for helpful comments on an earlier draft.”2025-01-171h 20
Legal Foundations of a Free SocietyChapter 4 AppendixThe Appendix includes references to concepts put forth by Rothbard, Hoppe, Locke, and even Communism proponent G. A. Cohen.Please consider giving to the Mises Institute, https://mises.org/giving2024-12-3107 min
Legal Foundations of a Free SocietyPart 1 Chapter 2 What Libertarianism IsOriginally published in Property, Freedom, and Society: Essays in Honor of Hans-Hermann Hoppe (Guido Hülsmann & Stephan Kinsella, eds., Mises Institute, 2009). https://www.stephankinsella.com/2009/07/hoppe-festschrift-published/ The original author’s note thanked “fellow Hoppe aficionados Juan Fernando Carpio, Paul Edwards, Gil Guillory, Manuel Lora, and Patrick Tinsley for helpful comments.”Note: There are Appendices to this chapter, that I will record as a future episode.Please consider giving to the Mises Institute at https://mises.org/giving2024-12-3025 min
Legal Foundations of a Free SocietyLFFS Foreword by Hans Hermann HoppeKinsella's friend and luminary Hans Hermann Hoppe sets the stage for Kinsella's great work.Please consider contributing to the Mises Institute, https://mises.org/giving2024-12-2728 minKinsella On LibertyKOL452 | Ethics, Politics, and IP for Engineering StudentsKinsella on Liberty Podcast: Episode 452.
I was asked recently to guest lecture for a course taught to some mechanical engineering students at Colorado University Boulder (EMEN 4100: Engineering Economics) by the lecturer, David Assad. Assad covers some ethics related matters in the latter part of the course and asked me to talk generally about ethics and related matters. I discussed ethics, morality, politics, and science. I discussed ethics and its relationship to science and politics, and discussed about what science is, the types of sciences, ethics and ethical theories and the relationship to specialized ethics and morality in general, and its r...2024-12-1300 min
WechselwilligWie Hochland mit Resilienz den Dauerstress besiegt!Zu Gast Stephan Hüger (Head HR Development) von Hochland
In dieser Episode von "Wechselwillig" sprechen wir mit Stephan Hüger von Hochland über ein Thema, das in der heutigen Arbeitswelt entscheidender denn je ist: Resilienz. Stephan Hüger teilt mit uns, wie er als Personalentwickler bei Hochland Mitarbeiter dabei unterstützt, mental stark und widerstandsfähig zu bleiben. Was bedeutet Resilienz für Unternehmen und ihre Mitarbeitenden, und wie hilft sie, nicht nur im Job, sondern auch im Leben besser zurechtzukommen? Erfahrt, wie Hochland kreative Wege findet, um seine Mitarbeiter nachhaltig zu unterstützen und warum Resilienz mehr ist als...2024-11-1150 minKinsella On LibertyKOL443 | Abortion: A Radically Decentralist Approach (PFS 2024)Kinsella on Liberty Podcast, Episode 443.
“Abortion: A Radically Decentralist Approach,” 2024 Annual Meeting, Property and Freedom Society, Bodrum, Turkey (Sep. 22, 2024). This was also podcast at the Property and Freedom Podcast as PFP285. See: “Abortion: A Radically Decentralist Approach” (PFS 2024). Below please find the Shownotes provided by Grok, my own notes from which the speech was read, the transcript (cleaned up by Grok), and an Article version of the speech prepared by Grok (here: Abortion: A Radically Decentralist Libertarian Solution (Grok)).
Grok shownotes:
Shownotes: KOL443 | Abortion: A Radically Decentralist Approach (PFS 2024)
In this thought-provoking talk from the 2024 Property and Freedom Society Annual Meeting, S...2024-09-2200 minKinsella On LibertyKOL431 | The Rational Egoist: Exploring Hoppe’s Argumentation EthicsKinsella on Liberty Podcast: Episode 431.
My appearance on The Rational Egoist: Exploring Hoppe's Argumentation Ethics with Stephan Kinsella. (Spotify)
https://youtu.be/hgPJCebYj-I?si=hPN2vGmj_dbkdtk4
From his shownotes:
In a stimulating episode of The Rational Egoist, host Michael Liebowitz engages in a thought-provoking discussion and debate with Stephan Kinsella, a prominent libertarian writer and patent attorney, on Hoppe's Argumentation Ethics. Drawing on their deep knowledge of libertarian legal theory and philosophical principles, Michael and Stephan delve into the nuances of Hoppe's argument and its implications for understanding individual rights and property norms.
Hoppe's Argumentation Ethics serves as the...2024-05-061h 09Kinsella on LibertyKOL430 | An Insider’s Introduction to Austrian Economics, Bastiat Society—HoustonKinsella on Liberty Podcast: Episode 430.
This is my presentation, “An Insider’s Introduction to Austrian Economics,” Bastiat Society—Houston, American Institute for Economic Research, The Briar Club, Houston Texas (May 2, 2024). From their shownotes:
Join AIER’s Bastiat Society program in Houston for an event with Stephan Kinsella, libertarian writer and registered patent attorney in Houston.
Mr. Kinsella is both an internationally recognized scholar on libertarian legal theory and a former Senior Fellow with the Mises Institute. The Mises Institute’s purpose is to promote teaching and research in the Austrian school of economics in the tradition of Ludwig von Mises and Murray Rothbard...2024-05-0300 minKinsella On LibertyKOL426 | Discussing Immigration and Homesteading Donuts with Matthew Sands of Nations of SanityKinsella on Liberty Podcast, Episode 426.
See On "Unowned" State Property, Legal Positivism, Ownership vs. Possession, Immigration, Public Roads, and the Bum in the Library
Matthew Sands of the Nations of Sanity project, which aims to promote the Non-Aggression Principle as a universal peace agreement, and I discussed various issues including: immigration and open borders, and so on.
(See previous episode with Matthew, KOL372 | Discussing Contract Theory, Restitution, Punishment, with Matthew Sands of Nations of Sanity and KOL362 | California Gold #6, with Matt Sands: Defining Libertarianism, Anarchism and Voluntaryism.)
https://youtu.be/zXKxc8QxqKo
Related links:
Switzerland, Immigration, Hoppe, Raico, Callahan
A...2024-04-112h 00Kinsella On LibertyKOL424 | Legal Foundations of a Free Society, “What is Money” with Robert BreedloveKinsella on Liberty Podcast: Episode 424.
This is my appearance on Robert Breedlove’s What Is Money podcast (WiM430; Youtube channel; recorded Feb. 2, 2024; released Feb. 15, 2024). This one is independent of the “Stephan Kinsella Series” as it is about my own new book, instead of focusing on Hoppe's work.
Episode Summary: Stephan Kinsella joins me to discuss his book, Legal Foundations of a Free Society. We talk about the concept of self-ownership, the classification of rights, the significance of contracts, and the state monopoly.
// OUTLINE //
00:00:00 - Coming up
00:00:21 - Intro
00:01:54 - Helping Lightning Startups with In Wolf's Clothing
00:02:41 - Introducing Stephan Kinsella
00:03:39 - The Co...2024-02-151h 20Kinsella On LibertyKOL423 | Haman Nature Ep. 2: Getting ArgumentativeKinsella on Liberty Podcast: Episode 423.
My appearance as the first guess on Adam Haman's new podcast and Youtube channel, Haman Nature (Haman Nature substack).
As I noted in the initial discussion, this is the fourth or fifth podcast for which I was the first guest, the others being KOL374 | The Intellectual Contributions of Hans-Hermann Hoppe: The Great Fiction Podcast Ep. 1, KOL078 | Lions of Liberty Podcast Inaugural Episode: Intellectual Property, KOL244 | “YOUR WELCOME” with Michael Malice Ep. 001: Intellectual Property, Prostate Cancer, and KOL347 | This Time I’m Curious Ep. 1: The Libertarian Movement, AI Rights, UFOs, Music, Movies, Alcohol.
Shownotes:
Adam and Stephen...2024-02-0141 minKinsella On LibertyKOL420 | There Ain’t No Intellectual Property: The Personal Story of a Discovery (PFS 2023)Kinsella on Liberty Podcast: Episode 420.
From the recently-concluded Seventeenth Annual (2023) Meeting of the PFS, Bodrum, Turkey (Sep. 24, 2023). The slide presentation is streamed below (ppt). Video is also below.
Also podcast as Property and Freedom Podcast PFP265; see also the panel discussion later in the day (video below).
Kinsella talk:
https://youtu.be/QEmRgapffNQ
Panel discussion:
https://youtu.be/aEryCGV2oWU
Slides:
Notes from the slides:
Stephan Kinsella
C4SIF.org • StephanKinsella.com
@nskinsella
Property and Freedom Society
2023 Annual Meeting
Bodrum, Turkey
September 24, 2023
Overview
► Spoken about intellectual property (IP) before here (in 2010 and 2015), but today I’d like to talk about how I came to...2023-09-2400 minKinsella On LibertyKOL414 | Corporations, Limited Liability, and the Title Transfer Theory of Contract, with Jeff Barr: Part IKinsella on Liberty Podcast: Episode 414.
Regarding this post, Libertarian Answer Man: Breach of Contract, Binding Obligations, and Impossibility, my old and longtime buddy Jeff Barr, a brilliant attorney and legal scholar and fellow Hoppean-Rothbardian (Jeff studied at UNLV under Rothbard and Hoppe), (( See Murray Rothbard as a Teacher: The UNLV Years—A Panel with Rothbard’s Former Students (AERC 2023). )) discussed these issues in further depth today. (Part 2: KOL418 | Corporations, Limited Liability, and the Title Transfer Theory of Contract, with Jeff Barr: Part II.)
https://youtu.be/1jtDoShqnmI
Jeff and I, it turns out, to my surprise (given past discussions), agree mostl...2023-08-111h 07Kinsella On LibertyKOL410 | Corrupt Money and Centralization of The State | The Stephan Kinsella Series | Episode 6 (WiM303) with Robert Breedlove, of the “What is Money” ShowKinsella on Liberty Podcast: Episode 410.
This is my appearance on Robert Breedlove’s What Is Money podcast, Ep. 6 (WiM303) (Youtube channel). This is Ep. 6 of the “Stephan Kinsella Series” (released April 21, 2023).
From Robert’s Episode notes:
EPISODE SUMMARY
Stephan Kinsella joins me to continue our discussion about the book "A Theory of Socialism and Capitalism: Economics, Politics, and Ethics" by Hans-Hermann Hoppe. We discuss the impact of incentive schemes on productivity, the fake communism of the USSR, modern-day slavery, and why Bitcoin is the ultimate solution to centralization.
EPISODE NOTES
Stephan Kinsella joins me to continue our discussion about the book "A T...2023-04-211h 20Kinsella On LibertyKOL406 | Why Socialism Can Never Improve the World | The Stephan Kinsella Series | Episode 5 (WiM283) with Robert Breedlove, of the “What is Money” ShowKinsella on Liberty Podcast: Episode 406.
This is my appearance on Robert Breedlove’s What Is Money podcast, Ep. WiM282 (Youtube channel). This is Ep. 6 of the “Stephan Kinsella Series” (released March 8, 2023).
From Robert’s Episode notes:
In this episode, Stephan Kinsella joins me for an in-depth conversation about the book "A Theory of Socialism and Capitalism: Economics, Politics, and Ethics" by Hans-Hermann Hoppe. We discuss the harmful effects of socialism, how to take proper action in an increasingly uncertain future, and the alternative to socialism. (( From my friend Greg Morin: "Apropos your recent post about people mispronouncing words. Listening to KOL 406 and...2023-03-101h 05Kinsella On LibertyKOL405 | The Psychology of Property | The Stephan Kinsella Series | Episode 4 (WiM235) with Robert Breedlove, of the “What is Money” ShowKinsella on Liberty Podcast: Episode 405.
This is my appearance on Robert Breedlove’s What Is Money podcast, Ep. WiM235 (Youtube channel). This is Ep. 5 of the “Stephan Kinsella Series” (released Nov. 9, 2022).
From Robert’s Episode notes:
Stephan Kinsella is an American intellectual property lawyer, author, and deontological anarcho-capitalist. He joins me for an in-depth conversation about the book "A Theory of Socialism and Capitalism: Economics, Politics, and Ethics" by Hans-Hermann Hoppe.
https://youtu.be/J-eXmuBp-e42023-03-081h 12Kinsella On LibertyKOL402 | Austrian Economics Discord Conference: Inflation: Its Causes, Effects, Parallels and Death in a Bitcoin WorldKinsella on Liberty Podcast, Episode 402.
This is my presentation (audio only) at the Austrian Economics Discord Conference: “Inflation, Money, and the State,” Austrian Economics Discord Server (Jan. 7–8, 2023); my talk was "Inflation: Its Causes, Effects, Parallels and Death in a Bitcoin World."
Previous appearance: KOL371 | Austrian Economics Discord Conference: Law, Decentralized and Centralized.
My talk is below.
Update: See also thoughts on the nature of money, the barter problems solves, etc., in:
KOL337 | Join the Wasabikas Ep. 15.0: You Don’t Own Bitcoin—Property Rights, Praxeology and the Foundations of Private Law, with Max Hillebrand
Am I a Bitcoin Maximalist?
On the issue if w...2023-01-2044 minKinsella On LibertyKOL398 | Story and The Power of Control | The Stephan Kinsella Series | Episode 3 (WiM229) with Robert Breedlove, of the “What is Money” ShowKinsella on Liberty Podcast: Episode 398.
This is my appearance on Robert Breedlove’s What Is Money podcast, Ep. WiM229 (Youtube channel). This is Ep. 3 of the “Stephan Kinsella Series” (released Oct. 26, 2022). For Ep. 1, see KOL391 | Hoppe’s A Theory of Socialism and Capitalism, Ep. 1 with Robert Breedlove, of the “What is Money” Show. For Ep. 2, see KOL394 | The Nature of Property, Ep. 2 (WiM216) with Robert Breedlove, of the “What is Money” Show.
From Robert’s Episode notes: “Stephan Kinsella is an American intellectual property lawyer, author, and deontological anarcho-capitalist. He joins me for an in-depth conversation about the book "A Theory of Socialism and...2022-10-281h 30Kinsella On LibertyKOL397 | Libertarian Podcast Review ep. 70: Patently False – Kinsella Defends HoppeKinsella on Liberty Podcast: Episode 397.
I was a guest last night (Oct. 25, 2022) on the Libertarian Podcast Review ... podcast, ep. 70, with hosts Tyler Janke and Garbage Mane Andy. We discussed... well... Hoppe.
They're like—why are you always the one called on to defend Hoppe? I'm thinking—I dunno, you tell me.
Related links:
Magness on Hoppe; the Kochtopus and the Mises Caucus
Jacob Hornberger on Defamation and Alex Jones
Palmer Lies about Involuntary Unemployment–yet again! ha ha ha
Palmer on Coase and Hoppe
https://youtu.be/NoF_4b6gTmA2022-10-261h 14Kinsella On LibertyKOL396 | Decentralized Revolution #87: The Attacks on HoppeKinsella on Liberty Podcast: Episode 396.
From Decentralized Revolution ep. 87 with Aaron Harris. From the Youtube Shownotes:
Stephan Kinsella shares his views on libertarian attacks on Hans-Hermann Hoppe, Hoppe’s actual positions on immigration and monarchy, and the differences between libertarian universalism and decentralization.
We discuss my article Magness on Hoppe; the Kochtopus and the Mises Caucus.
https://youtu.be/KLnXUjsitrM
Further shownotes:
Hans-Hermann Hoppe at the Mises Institute
“My Dream Is of a Europe Which Consists of 1,000 Liechtensteins” by Hans-Hermann Hoppe
Phillip W. Magness at the American Institute for Economic Research
“Against the Zeitgeist” by Jeff Deist
“The Kochtopus vs. Murray N. Rothbard...2022-09-221h 08Kinsella On LibertyKOL395 | Selling Does Not Imply Ownership, and Vice-Versa: A Dissection (PFS 2022)Note: An article based on the transcript (below) was published as Stephan Kinsella, "Selling Does Not Imply Ownership, and Vice-Versa: A Dissection," The Libertarian Standard (Oct. 25, 2022). An updated and revised version of this article appears as chap. 11 of Legal Foundations of a Free Society (Houston, Texas: Papinian Press, 2023). Archived version below. Conformed version below.
See also Pavel Slutskiy, "Yes, You Should Own Bitcoin,” J. Libertarian Stud. 28, no. 1 (2024): 1–19; and KOL274 | Nobody Owns Bitcoin (PFS 2019).
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Kinsella on Liberty Podcast: Episode 395.
From the recently-concluded Sixteenth Annual (2022) Meeting of the PFS, Bodrum, Turkey (Sep. 17, 2022). The video as well as slide presentation is also streamed below...2022-09-1800 minKinsella On LibertyKOL394 | The Nature of Property, Ep. 2 (WiM216) with Robert Breedlove, of the “What is Money” ShowKinsella on Liberty Podcast: Episode 394.
This is my appearance on Robert Breedlove’s What Is Money podcast, Ep. WiM216 (Youtube channel). This is Ep. 2 of the "Stephan Kinsella Series." For Ep. 1, see KOL391 | Hoppe’s A Theory of Socialism and Capitalism, Ep. 1 with Robert Breedlove, of the “What is Money” Show.
From Robert’s Episode notes: “Stephan Kinsella is an American intellectual property lawyer, author, and deontological anarcho-capitalist. He joins me for an in-depth conversation about the book "A Theory of Socialism and Capitalism: Economics, Politics, and Ethics" by Hans-Hermann Hoppe.”
Grok summary: [00:01:37 - 00:45:20] In this episode of the "What is Money" podcast...2022-09-171h 13Kinsella On LibertyKOL374 | The Intellectual Contributions of Hans-Hermann Hoppe: The Great Fiction Podcast Ep. 1Kinsella on Liberty Podcast, Episode 374.
This is my appearance on Episode 1 of The Great Fiction Podcast, hosted by PraxBen and JungYin An. Recorded Jan. 3, 2022; released Feb. 4, 2022.
This is the fourth or so podcast for which I was the first guest, the others being KOL078 | Lions of Liberty Podcast Inaugural Episode: Intellectual Property, KOL244 | “YOUR WELCOME” with Michael Malice Ep. 001: Intellectual Property, Prostate Cancer, and KOL347 | This Time I’m Curious Ep. 1: The Libertarian Movement, AI Rights, UFOs, Music, Movies, Alcohol.
Youtube:
https://youtu.be/i5p8wlu2xmQ
Original youtube:
https://youtu.be/-Mq5czGnhHQ2022-02-0600 minKinsella On LibertyKOL368 | Legislation vs. Law, with Robert Breedlove, of the “What is Money” ShowKinsella on Liberty Podcast, Episode 368.
This is my appearance on Robert Breedlove's What Is Money podcast, Ep. WiM099 (Youtube channel). We discussed legislation vs. (private) law—Centralized Law vs Decentralized Law, or as Hoppe refers to legislation, "democratic law-making".
From Robert's Episode notes: "Stephan Kinsella joins me to discuss the nature of centralized law legislated by fiat in comparison with decentralized law discovered through the observation of human action across time."
Youtube:
https://youtu.be/msj6ReWhzkk
Youtube outline/time stamps:
00:00:00 “What is Money?” Intro
00:00:08 Exploring the Meaning of Legislative “Law”
00:09:40 Possession is 9/10ths of the Law
00:16:43 Corruption in Law Making & M...2021-12-291h 27Kinsella On LibertyKOL363 | Explain Argumentation Ethics to Me Like I’m 5, with Caleb BrownKinsella on Liberty Podcast, Episode 363. I was interviewed by Caleb Brown on the topic of argumentation ethics and related matters. Recorded Oct. 29, 2021.
Note: I mangled my friend Bogdan Dabrowski's name during the podcast, switching it around and Russifying it to Dobran Bogdanovitch or something like that. Mea culpa, Brother Bogdan! (some of his work is linked here: Bogdan Dabrowski, Mises’ Human Action & Hoppe’s Argumentation Ethics applied to Psychology, Philosophy Europe Convention, Cryptoanarchy Institute, Prague (Sept. 12, 2015); and Praxeological Psychology, 27 February 2013)2021-11-0400 minKinsella On LibertyKOL359 | State Constitutions vs. the Libertarian Private Law Code (PFS 2021)Kinsella on Liberty Podcast, Episode 359.
From the recently-concluded Fifteenth Annual (2021) Meeting of the PFS, Bodrum, Turkey (Sept. 16–21, 2021).
For others, see the links in the Program, or the PFS YouTube channel, including the growing PFS 2021 YouTube Playlist. Additional media of the proceedings will be released presently. Also re-podcast at PFP231 | Stephan Kinsella, State Constitutions vs. the Libertarian Private Law Code (PFS 2021).
https://youtu.be/hPPC9OfzHgI
For a similar talk, see KOL345 | Kinsella’s Libertarian “Constitution” or: State Constitutions vs. the Libertarian Private Law Code (PorcFest 2021).
The followup panel discussion later that day is here:
My notes are below:
State Constitutions vs. The Liber...2021-10-1100 minKinsella On LibertyKOL357 | Free Man Beyond The Wall Ep. 631 with Pete Quiñones: Biden’s Mandate and Getting to a Hoppean FrameworkKinsella on Liberty Podcast, Episode 357.
I was a guest recently on Peter Quiñones' show Free Man Beyond The Wall, Episode 631 (Sept. 15, 2021). From his shownotes:
Pete and Stephan discuss the Constitutionality of Biden's vaccine mandate and then get into discussions about Hoppe's plan for local politics and how it can fight against overreach by the Feds.
I post this from Bodrum, Turkey, at the 2021 PFS meeting, watching Saif Ammous talk about bitcoin. The internet is wonderful.
Grok shownotes:
In this episode of the Free Man Beyond the Wall podcast, host Pete Quinones welcomes back patent attorney and author Stephan Kinsella t...2021-09-1751 minKinsella On LibertyKOL354 | CDA §230, Being “Part of the State,” Co-ownership, Causation, Defamation, with Nick SinardKinsella on Liberty Podcast, Episode 354.
Libertarian Nicholas Sinard asked me to field some questions about the referenced issues, so we did so.
Update: some of these issues also discussed in Libertarian Answer Man: Restrictive Covenants and Homeowners Associations (HOAs) and Libertarian Answer Man: Restrictive Covenants, Reserved Rights, and Copyright.
https://youtu.be/54pMdixfWTI
Relevant links:
No, Libertarians, We Should NOT Abolish the CDA §230 and DMCA Safe Harbors!
Hello! You’ve Been Referred Here Because You’re Wrong About Section 230 Of The Communications Decency Act
Hello! You’ve Been Referred Here Because You’re Wrong About Intellectual Property
Is Macy’s Part of the S...2021-08-031h 07Kinsella On LibertyKOL349 | CouchStreams Ep 58 on Break the Cycle with Joshua SmithKinsella on Liberty Podcast, Episode 349.
Streamed live on Jul 13, 2021. Stephan and Joshua Smith sit down to talk Intellectual Property, Hans Herman Hoppe, and heavyweight debates (on "heavyweight", see tweet posted below).
(Afterhours chat here: KOL462 | CouchStreams After Hours on Break the Cycle with Joshua Smith (2021))
Grok shownotes and Youtube transcript below.
https://youtu.be/w9t-HD5J2xY
Excerpt: Stephan on the NAP
https://youtu.be/kbW57Ca9kNk
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https://toplobsta.c...2021-07-1400 minKinsella On LibertyKOL346 | Copyright and Satoshi’s Legacy: The Tatiana Show, with Tatiana MorozKinsella on Liberty Podcast, Episode 346.
I was a guest on the Tatiana Show, with host Tatiana Moroz. (Released July 1, 2021, recorded June 30, 2021).
Transcript below.
Youtube:
https://youtu.be/GX2QolLvPSE
Original youtube:
https://youtu.be/HSIIzKGk_aw
From her shownotes:
COPYRIGHT & SATOSHI’S LEGACY WITH STEPHAN KINSELLA OF THE OPEN CRYPTO ALLIANCE
On June 29, 2021, a UK court found that Australian computer scientist Craig Wright is the proper copyright owner of the Bitcoin Whitepaper, awarding initial damages in excess of $48,000 to Wright and demanding that Bitcoin.org remove the Whitepaper from its site. Guest Stephan Kinsella of the Open Crypto Alliance joins Tati...2021-07-0146 minKinsella On LibertyKOL343 | Aborted IP Debate with Nina Prevot; IP and Libertarianism Q&AKinsella on Liberty Podcast, Episode 343.
This is an IP and libertarianism Q&A. It was originally supposed to be a debate with an intellectual property attorney on IP but after challenging me, she bowed out. I went live at the appointed time anyway and discussed it briefly, and fielded questions from those that tuned in. We started off in Youtube live stream and because it sucks, I switched over to a Zoom call 34 minutes in so others could ask questions and participate (next time I'll use Zoom only).
This started when someone on Twitter recommended my Against Intellectual Property:
https...2021-06-1200 minKinsella On LibertyKOL190-2 | Part 2: On Life without Patents and Copyright: Or, But Who Would Pick the Cotton? — Panel Discussion, Hoppe, Dürr, Kinsella, van Dun, Daniels (PFS 2015)Kinsella on Liberty Podcast, Episode 190-2. Also podcast as PFP145.
In 2015 I delivered this talk: “On Life without Patents and Copyright: Or, Who Would Pick The Cotton?” at the Property and Freedom Society, 10th Annual Meeting, Bodrum, Turkey (Sep. 13, 2015), which is here: KOL190 | On Life without Patents and Copyright: Or, But Who Would Pick the Cotton? (PFS 2015).
This is the subsequent panel discussion with Q&A from the speakers for that day, to-wit: Hans-Hermann Hoppe, David Dürr, Stephan Kinsella, Frank van Dun, Anthony Daniels (Theodore Dalrymple).
Transcript below.
Panel discussion video:
TRANSCRIPT
Panel Discussion, Q&A: Hoppe, Dürr, Kinsella...2021-05-2456 minKinsella On LibertyKOL272-2 | Q&A with Hülsmann, Dürr, Kinsella, Hoppe (PFS 2019)Kinsella on Liberty Podcast, Episode 274-2.
This is the Q&A panel following my talk [KOL274 | Nobody Owns Bitcoin (PFS 2019)] for the Fourteenth Annual Meeting of the Property and Freedom Society, Bodrum, Turkey (Sept. 12–17, 2019). For the four panelists' talks, see the Program, or the PFS 2019 YouTube Playlist.
Transcript below.
Q&A with Hülsmann, Dürr, Kinsella, Hoppe (PFS 2019)
Unedited Transcript, with Guido Hülsmann, David Dürr, Stephan Kinsella, Hans-Hermann Hoppe
Sept. 15, 2019
00:00:09
M (Rahim Taghizadegan): Hans, congratulations. Your speech was really good food for thought, and because I want to hear more of it, I’ll try to challenge you and ju...2021-05-0954 minKinsella On LibertyKOL327 | Libertarian Answer Man: Selling vs. Owning: With Shea FiskerKinsella on Liberty Podcast, Episode 327.
I was asked some questions about intellectual property, and how you can sell something (like information, or ideas, or even your labor) if you don't own it, by Shea Fisker, a budding libertarian and fellow libertarian. He had just the right attitude. He listened and thought, and asked reasonable questions when he had an issue that puzzled him. Would that so many cocksure pro-IP libertarians, who really know almost nothing about IP law itself and the fundamentals of libertarian property theory, or even how to argue or discuss issues without being tendentious, equivocating, or question-begging.
...2021-03-2539 minKinsella On LibertyKOL325 | Nate the Voluntaryist Livestream #202: Hoppe, Austrian Economics, and MoreKinsella on Liberty Podcast, Episode 325.
This is my appearance on the Nate the Voluntaryist Livestream #202, released March 15, 2021 (Nate’s Bitchute channel). Shownotes: "Stephan Kinsella is back for more about Hoppe and who will succeed him in the world of Austrian economics, plus a Q&A."
Previous appearance: KOL311 | Nate the Voluntaryist Livestream #194: IP, the CDA, DMCA, Argumentation Ethics, and More2021-03-1600 minKinsella On LibertyKOL324 | Wake Up Podcast Ep 37 with Aleks Svetski: AnCaps, Libertarians, IP & BitcoinKinsella on Liberty Podcast, Episode 324.
I was on Aleks Svetski's show Wake Up, Ep. 37. Youtube:
From his shownotes:
Stephan Kinsella is a Patent Attorney in Texas, Austrian AnCap philosopher, writer & hands down one of the smarter & most well-read people I've ever spoken to.
In this ep, we discuss:
- SK's Journey on Why or how he become a libertarian
- Where Austrian Econ fit in?
- A little about Bitcoin coming on the radar, and "fixing this".
We discuss consistency of thought, principles and ideas.
A little on Patent Law & Private property, although we'll probably do an Ep 2 in this.
...2021-03-141h 39Kinsella On LibertyKOL320 | Stephan Livera Podcast # 249–Bitcoin Patents & Open Crypto AllianceKinsella on Liberty Podcast, Episode 320.
From my recent appearance on Stephan Livera’s bitcoin-focused podcast, SLP249 BITCOIN PATENTS & OPEN CRYPTO ALLIANCE WITH STEPHAN KINSELLA AND JED GRANT (recorded Feb. 2, 2021; released Feb. 5, 2021).
[Update: See transcript here, and appended below]
From the show notes:
Stephan Kinsella and Jed Grant join me to chat about Open Crypto Alliance.
We talk:
Why IP laws are anti-liberty and anti-progress
How progress has been delayed by improper concepts of property rights
How Patent laws could hinder the Bitcoin industry
The asymmetry of attack vs defense here
How to stop overly broad patents
How to support OCA
Gu...2021-02-1243 minKinsella On LibertyKOL317 | Decentralized Revolution (LP Mises Caucus Podcast) – Immigration, Gamestop, IPKinsella on Liberty Podcast, Episode 317.
This is my appearance on Decentralized Revolution (the LP Mises Caucus podcast), episode 46, with host Aaron
Harris. We discussed the Libertarian Party, IP, the incoming Biden administration, the GameStop/Robinhood story, and the work of Hans-Hermann Hoppe.2021-02-051h 20Kinsella On LibertyKOL302 | Human Action Podcast with Jeff Deist: Hoppe’s DemocracyKinsella on Liberty Podcast, Episode 302.
[Update: see various biographical pieces on my publications page, including Alan D. Bergman, Adopting Liberty: The Stephan Kinsella Story (2025).]
From The Human Action Podcast, Oct. 23, 2020, with Jeff Deist, discussing Hans-Hermann Hoppe's Democracy: The God That Failed, chapters 5-8.
Transcript below.
From the Mises.org shownotes:
Lawyer and libertarian theorist Stephan Kinsella joins the show to discuss the middle chapters of Hoppe's Democracy, The God That Failed—in particular dealing with "desocialization" of collective property, immigration, and free trade. These are the most controversial and widely-discussed parts of the book, and Kinsella provides a fascinating analysis of...2020-10-2459 minKinsella On LibertyKOL286 | Tom Woods Show: On Coronavirus, My Road to Libertarianism, and the Good and Bad in Ayn RandKinsella on Liberty Podcast, Episode 286.
This is my umpteenth appearance on The Tom Woods Show, "Ep. 1629 Kinsella on the Coronavirus, His Road to Libertarianism, and the Good and Bad in Ayn Rand". From Tom's show notes:
Libertarian legal theorist Stephan Kinsella and I discuss his road to libertarianism (of the Rothbardian kind), where he thinks we need more work, the rights and wrongs of Ayn Rand, and more. And yes, some discussion of the virus….
Related links:
How I Became A Libertarian
The Superiority of the Roman Law: Scarcity, Property, Locke and Libertarianism
The Greatest Libertarian Books
Hans-Hermann Hoppe on Ana...2020-04-1147 min
N-BahnerN-Bahner Folge 13b "Podcastempfehlungen für die Coronapause"Zuerst empfehle ich das Corona Virus Update:
https://www.ndr.de/nachrichten/info/podcast4684.html
Dann stelle ich in dieser Folge einige Podcasts beziehungsweise Podcastepisoden vor, die sich mit der Eisenbahn beschäftigen:
https://zugfunk-podcast.de/
omega tau 020 – Die Baustelle des Gotthard Basistunnels
omega tau 035 – Moderne ELoks am Beispiel der Bombardier TRAXX
omega tau 065 – Eisenbahnsicherungstechnik
omega tau 066 – Lokmitfahrt BR 146 / TRAXX
omega tau 160 – Gleisbau Teil 1: Grundlagen und Maschinen
omega tau 161 – Gleisbau Teil 2: Baustelle
omega tau 178 – Mitfahrt Fernverkehr
omega tau 225 – Testen des ETCS im Gotthardbasistunnel
omega tau 311 – Dampfloks
https://www.spiegel.de/netzwelt/web/sascha-lobo-weshalb-die-bahn-so-gut-sein-koennte-es-aber-nicht-ist-a-1300774.html
Bleibt gesund!2020-03-1500 minN-BahnerN-Bahner Folge 13 "Zubehördecoder und ihre CVs"Am 21. und 22. März findet die internationale Modellbahnausstellung der MAK, die ja mein Heimatverein ist, satt. Dort könnt ihr mich treffen und wir können uns gerne über unser Hobby unterhalten.
Zubehördecoder schalten Weichen und Signale und noch manches mehr. Ich gehe auf einige Typen ein und worin sie sich unterscheiden. Ich fovrisiere Decoder die sich über CVs variabel einstellen und sowohl für Weichen als auch Signale verwenden lassen.2020-03-0100 minN-BahnerN-Bahner Folge 12 "CV. - CV? - CV!"CVs, die Abkürzung steht für „Configuration Variables“ bzw. „Konfigurationsvariablen“. Sie sind im DCC System vorgesehen um von außen Einstellungen an den Decodern vornehmen zu können. Die Variablen lassen sich ohne öffnen des Gehäuses über die Programmierfunktion der Zentrale einfach einstellen.2020-02-0200 minN-BahnerN-Bahner Folge 11 "Verspätung"Verspätung beim Fernverkehr der DBAG, Umbau meines Programmierovals in einen Programmierkoffer, zwei neue (alte) Loks digitalisiert und die Premiere unserer neuen Segmentanlage bei der Emsland Modellbau in Lingen.2020-01-1300 minN-BahnerN-Bahner Folge 10 "Rollmaterial"In dieser Folge spreche ich darüber, wie ich begonnen habe Rollmaterial zu sammeln, gehe kurz auf die Epochen ein und gebe Beispiele für Züge in verschiedenen Epochen.2019-12-0100 minKinsella On LibertyKOL278 | Bob Murphy Show: Debating Hans Hoppe’s “Argumentation Ethics”Kinsella on Liberty Podcast, Episode 278.
I was a guest on Episode 79 of The Bob Murphy Show, entitled "Stephan Kinsella and Bob Murphy Debate Hans Hoppe’s “Argumentation Ethics”. Back in June we discussed IP and related issues [KOL268 | Bob Murphy Show: Law Without the State, and the Illegitimacy of IP]. We had intended to discuss argumentation ethics but ran out of time. So we did it in this episode. I think it turned out very well.
[Update: Ep. 86 Further Thoughts on Hoppe’s Argumentation Ethics and Essays on Praxeology ]
From Bob's show notes:
By popular demand, Bob brings Stephan back on the po...2019-11-251h 31N-BahnerServodecoderIch habe mir vier Servodecoder verschiedener Hersteller angesehen und berichte, welche mir gut gefallen und was ich nicht so mag.
Die Decoder haben verschiedene Eigenschaften, werden z.T. unterschiedlich programmiert und daher macht es Sinn vorher mal zu schauen, welcher Servodecoder für den gewünschten Anwendungsfall der beste ist.2019-11-0300 minN-BahnerLasercutBeschrieben wird der Bau des Lasercut Bausatzes "Ringlokschuppen / MU-N-B00035" von Modellbahn Union / DM Toys.
Das ist mein erster größer Lasercutbausatz und ihr seid dabei, wenn ich mich mit dem Bausatz beschäftige.2019-10-0600 minKinsella On LibertyKOL274 | Nobody Owns Bitcoin (PFS 2019)[From my Webnote series]
On the Danger of Metaphors in Scientific Discourse
Kinsella on Liberty Podcast, Episode 274.
[Update: For an article based on the transcript, see "Nobody Owns Bitcoin," StephanKinsella.com (Sept. 20, 2019). See also Pavel Slutskiy, "Yes, You Should Own Bitcoin,” J. Libertarian Stud. 28, no. 1 (2024): 1–19.
Update: See KOL395 | Selling Does Not Imply Ownership, and Vice-Versa: A Dissection (PFS 2022).]
This is my presentation to the 2019 Annual Meeting of the Property and Freedom Society on Sunday, Sept. 15, 2019. Powerpoint slides embedded below. Youtube embedded below.
Also podcast at PFP215.
Some related Q&A is in this session which was held later on the same...2019-09-2025 minN-BahnerZugbeeinflussungWie hält mein Zug vor einem roten Signal? Muss ich jede Lok einzeln anhalten, gibt es Automatissmen? Früher wurde doch einfach ein Abschnitt abgeteilt und abgeschaltet. Was sind die Vor- und Nachteile welches Systems? Bremsen vor roten Signalen mit ABC System, Computerbetrieb und Stromfühler.2019-09-0100 minKinsella On LibertyKOL273 | Peter Quinones Interview on Argumentation EthicsKinsella on Liberty Podcast, Episode 273.
This is my appearance as a guest on Episode 302: "Stephan Kinsella Explains Hoppe’s Argumentation Ethics", of the Free Man Beyond the Wall podcast, by host Pete Quinones (formerly known as "Mance Rayder"), hosted by The Libertarian Institute. From his shownotes:
Many libertarian/anarchists have heard of the concept of Argumentation Ethics as developed by Hans-Hermann Hoppe but have never looked to see what it’s all about.
Stephan Kinsella has studied AEs, applied it to his own work and even developed the thought process further. Here, he gives a lengthy explanation that can serve as y...2019-08-231h 13N-BahnerProgrammieroval und HausbauIn dieser Folge berichte von einem Programmieroval, das ich mir gebaut habe um meine beiden Lok-Programmer, den von ESU und den von D&H besser nutzen zu können ohne mich ständig über die Verkabelung ärgern zu müssen.2019-08-0400 minN-BahnerEMMA und SAMIch berichte von meiner Fahrt mit der Dampfkleinbahn EMMA in Bad Orb (http://www.dampfkleinbahn-bad-orb.de/) und von meinem Besuch bei der SAM in Troisdorf (http://sambahn.de/) mit der MAK.2019-07-0700 minKinsella On LibertyKOL270 | Corbett Report: Law Without The StateKinsella on Liberty Podcast, Episode 270.
This is my second appearance on The Corbett Report (Ep. 1453, 25 June 2019), with host James Corbett (from Japan):
Interview 1453 – Stephan Kinsella on Law Without the State
Stephan Kinsella joins us today to discuss the concept of law without the state. Is law and order possible without a state? What would that look like? And just what is “the law,” anyway? Find out more in this fascinating conversation on law, history, philosophy and anarchy.
Related:
What It Means To Be an Anarcho-Capitalist, LewRockwell.com (Jan. 20, 2004)
Fraud, Restitution, and Retaliation: The Libertarian Approach (Feb. 3, 2009)
Hoppe, Anarcho-Capitalism: An annotated bibliograp...2019-06-2549 minKinsella On LibertyKOL268 | Bob Murphy Show: Law Without the State, and the Illegitimacy of IPKinsella on Liberty Podcast, Episode 268.
I was a guest on Episode 39 of the excellent podcast The Bob Murphy Show, discussing "Law Without the State, and the Illegitimacy of IP (Intellectual Property)". A few people have told me this particular discussion of IP was one of my best--thorough and systematic. No doubt aided by Bob's excellent prompting, questions, and guidance.
Update: Someone on the Youtube comments asked me what essay we were discussing in this talk. I don't think we were talking about any particular article, but I would say my best, most recent and comprehensive piece is my most recent...2019-06-101h 46Kinsella On LibertyKOL263 | Hoppe on Property Rights, “Panel: The Significance of Hans-Hermann Hoppe”Kinsella on Liberty Podcast, Episode 263.
This is my short portion of the panel presentation "The Significance of Hans-Hermann Hoppe," from the 2019 Austrian Economics Research Conference (AERC), at the Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama, on the occasion of Professor Hoppe's 70th birth year. The entire panel presentation, plus my notes, and a link to a longer talk on similar themes, are below.
Related: KOL259 | “How To Think About Property”, New Hampshire Liberty Forum 2019
“Hoppe on Property Rights”
Panel: The Significance of Hans-Hermann Hoppe
Auburn, Alabama • Mises Institute
March 23 2019
Stephan Kinsella
Kinsella Law Practice, Libertarian Papers, C4SIF.org
NOTES
Came across Hoppe’s wri...2019-04-1407 minKinsella On LibertyKOL258 | Liberty Forum Debate vs. Daniel Garza: Immigration Reform: Open Borders or Build the Wall?Kinsella on Liberty Podcast, Episode 258.
This is my debate at New Hampshire Liberty Forum, Feb. 7, 2019—really more of a roundtable discussion of immigration policy from a libertarian perspective. The other panelist was Daniel Garza, President of the LIBRE Initiative, and the moderator was Jeremy Kaufman. Some listeners may be surprised at my pro-immigration comments.
Transcript below.
https://youtu.be/9OWKh3yTyJ8
Recorded on my iPhone. I'll upload a higher quality version later, if it becomes available.
Related links:
I’m Pro-Immigration and Pro-Open Borders
Switzerland, Immigration, Hoppe, Raico, Callahan
KOL160 | Bad Quaker on IP, Hoppe, and Immigration
Hans-Hermann Hoppe’s “Immigrat...2019-02-0856 min
Stephan Livera PodcastSLP51 Dr Guido Hülsmann - Austrian Monetary Economics & BitcoinDr Guido Hülsmann, Senior Fellow of the Mises Institute, and Economics Professor at the University of Anger, France, joins me in this very special episode. We talk about government monetary intervention compared with a free market in money. We discuss many topics:
The process of government monetary intervention and deterioration in quality of money
Which kind of monetary intervention is worst?
Interaction of reserve requirements with capital requirements
How businesses and banking differ in a free market economy versus our fiat money economy
The tendency towards one most saleable good or money, even within the cryptocurrency world
C...2019-02-0554 min
Impro Podcast Archives - Claudia HoppePodcast Nr. 47 – Andrés Atala-Quezada über Impro-MusikVor kurzem hatte ich mit Andrés Atala-Quezada den dritten Berliner Impro-Musiker (nach Stephan Ziron und Jens Wenzel) in meinem Podcast zu Gast. Andrés begleitet seit fast 20 Jahren namhafte Berliner Impro-Gruppen wie Foxy Freestyle, Scratch Theatre oder die Raketos. Im Interview spricht er über seinen Werdegang, über Impro-Musik und über seine Herangehensweise an „klassische“ (aka nicht-improvisierte) Musik. Viel Spaß beim Hören!
2018-09-2400 minKinsella On LibertyKOL244 | “YOUR WELCOME” with Michael Malice Ep. 001: Intellectual Property, Prostate CancerKinsella on Liberty Podcast, Episode 244.
From my recent appearance on the first episode of rising libertarian and media star Michael Malice's "Your Welcome" show on his new network, GaS Digital (consider subscribing--libertarian Dave Smith also has a great show on the network--I just did). I was in New York for the weekend, he was rebooting his show on a new network, so it was kismet. We discussed the basic case against intellectual property (I had to persuade Malice, an anarcho-capitalist who came into this without a lot of settled views on it), the Hoppe "toy helicopter" incident [e.g., 1, 2, 3], the in...2018-06-011h 06Kinsella On LibertyKOL242 | Punching Left: Argumentation Ethics and EstoppelKinsella on Liberty Podcast, Episode 242.
I was a guest last night on Punching Left, with hosts Clifton Knox and David German, discussing argumentation ethics, estoppel, covenant communities, the non-aggression principle, physical removal, Hoppe, Propertarianism, Curt Doolittle, Austin Peterson, and so on.
Youtube:
https://youtu.be/bRsaVKXzYKk
Related material:
Kinsella, Defending Argumentation Ethics
The Genesis of Estoppel: My Libertarian Rights Theory
Revisiting Argumentation Ethics
Argumentation Ethics and Liberty: A Concise Guide
KOL228 | Argumentation Ethics – Lions of Liberty
KOL218 | Argumentation Ethics – Patterson in Pursuit
KOL161 | Argumentation Ethics, Estoppel, and Libertarian Rights: Adam Smith Forum, Moscow (2014)
Hoppe’s Argumentation Ethics and Its Critics
New Rat...2018-04-2500 minKinsella On LibertyKOL241 | Dave Smith’s Part of the Problem Show: Libertarian Property TheoryKinsella on Liberty Podcast, Episode 241.
I was a guest yesterday (3/26/18) on Dave Smith's podcast. His description: "Talking Libertarian Legal philosophy with Stephan Kinsella. Topics include how the court systems could work without government and why intellectual property isn't real."
We discussed a wide-ranging but fairly high-level array of libertarian theory issues, including how I became a libertarian, the main influencers (Ayn Rand, Milton Friedman, Bastiat, Mises, Rothbard), property theory and scarcity, Hoppe's argumentation ethics, praxeology, dualism of various types, and, sigh, yes, intellectual property. Dave even worked in a funny joke about "The Man on the Moon" ... well you'll just...2018-03-271h 33Kinsella On LibertyKOL234 | Vin Armani Show: Live from London: Kinsella vs. Craig Wright Debate on Intellectual PropertyDebating Wright
Kinsella on Liberty Podcast, Episode 234.
This is a debate on IP between me and a noted Bitcoin expert, Craig Wright, hosted and moderated by the Vin Armani show.
Transcript below.
After the debate
I was in London to attend the inaugural 2018 meeting of Mises UK and to hang with my boys Lee Iglody, Jeff Barr, Doug French, and Hans Hoppe, and had challenged Wright to a debate during a few twitter run-ins (still on-going); I accepted and since I happened to be in London, Wright set it up and we did it at a local studio, with Armani...2018-01-301h 00Kinsella On LibertyKOL232 | What is Libertarianism? – With Keith Knight, “Don’t Tread on Anyone”Kinsella on Liberty Podcast, Episode 232.
This is my appearance on Keith Knight's Youtube show "Don't Tread on Anyone" (Dec. 18, 2017), discussing a hodge-podge of issues such as the fundamentals of libertarianism, why scarcity is an important concept, Hoppe's greatest contributions, and so on. Youtube embedded below.2017-12-1959 minKinsella On LibertyKOL228 | Argumentation Ethics – Lions of LibertyKinsella on Liberty Podcast, Episode 228.
This is my appearance on Lions of Liberty, Episode 318, with host Marc Clair. We discussed Hans-Hermann Hoppe's "argumentation ethics" defense of libertarian rights, and related issues.
Related:
“Argumentation Ethics and Liberty: A Concise Guide” (2011) and Supplemental Resources
Hoppe’s Argumentation Ethics and Its Critics
New Rationalist Directions in Libertarian Rights Theory, 12:2 Journal of Libertarian Studies: 313-26 (Fall 1996)
Punishment and Proportionality: The Estoppel Approach, 12:1 Journal of Libertarian Studies 51 (Spring 1996).
Defending Argumentation Ethics: Reply to Murphy & Callahan, Anti-state.com (Sept. 19, 2002)
KOL218 | Argumentation Ethics – Patterson in Pursuit
March 26, 2017
Hans Hermann Hoppe, “On The Ethics of Argumentation” (PFS 2016)
Frank van Dun, “Argument...2017-10-2357 minKinsella On LibertyKOL224 | Tom Woods Show Ep. 998 Against the Haters: The Brilliance of Hans-Hermann HoppeKinsella on Liberty Podcast, Episode 224.
I was a guest on the Tom Woods show, Episode 998, today, discussing the work and theories of Hans-Hermann Hoppe. More--2017-09-1443 minKinsella On LibertyKOL218 | Argumentation Ethics – Patterson in PursuitKinsella on Liberty Podcast, Episode 218.
This is Episode 50 of the Patterson in Pursuit podcast, where host Steve Patterson interviews me about Hans-Hermann Hoppe's argumentation ethics.
[Update: He does a breakdown of our discussion in Episode 63.]
Patterson's description:
If we choose to argue, have we presupposed an ethical framework? Is “self-ownership” a concept that cannot coherently be doubted?
To help me answer these questions, I’m joined by one of the most prominent supporters of “argumentation ethics” – the theory that says ownership is inescapable, and as soon as we choose to argue, we’re committed to a set of ethical values.
Related resource...2017-03-271h 27Kinsella On LibertyKOL206 | Tom Woods Show: Five Mistakes Libertarians MakeKinsella on Liberty Podcast, Episode 206.
[Transcript below]
I discussed various libertarian with Tom Woods on his show today, Episode 592. From Tom's show notes:
Stephan Kinsella joins me to discuss negative/positive rights and obligations, “loser pays,” whether creation makes you an owner, how we can consider spam aggression, and more. Fun!
Grok shownotes:
[00:00:00 - 00:15:00] In this episode of the Tom Woods Show, host Tom Woods interviews Stephan Kinsella, a libertarian lawyer and theorist, to discuss five common mistakes libertarians make. Kinsella begins by addressing the misuse of terms like "coercion" and "aggression," which libertarians often apply too broadly, diluting their prec...2016-02-1328 minKinsella On LibertyKOL190 | On Life without Patents and Copyright: Or, But Who Would Pick the Cotton? (PFS 2015)Kinsella on Liberty Podcast, Episode 190.
This is my talk “On Life without Patents and Copyright: Or, Who Would Pick The Cotton?”, delivered at the Property and Freedom Society, 10th Annual Meeting, Bodrum, Turkey (Sep. 13, 2015).
Also available as PFP143 (which contains the official audio instead of the iPhone audio).
GROK SHOWNOTES: In this lecture delivered at the Property and Freedom Society’s 10th Annual Meeting in Bodrum, Turkey, on September 13, 2015, titled “On Life without Patents and Copyright: Or, But Who Would Pick the Cotton?” (KOL190), libertarian patent attorney Stephan Kinsella argues that intellectual property (IP) laws, specifically patents and copyrights, are state-enfor...2015-09-1535 minKinsella On LibertyKOL189 | Defining and Promoting Libertarianism—Interview by Richard StoreyKinsella on Liberty Podcast, Episode 189.
This is an interview I did a few weeks ago with English libertarian Richard Storey. We discuss the nature of libertarianism, its roots in Western Rationalism and how to defend and promote it, property rights and scarcity, the significance of Hoppe's argumentation ethics, praxeology, Misesian dualism, logical positivism, legal positivism, and related matters.
Related material:
What Libertarianism Is
Argumentation Ethics and Liberty: A Concise Guide
Logical and Legal Positivism
Storey's book The Uniqueness of Western Law: A Reactionary Manifesto
Storey, THE ‘REACTIONARY’ LIBERTARIANISM OF FRANK VAN DUN2015-09-071h 06Kinsella On LibertyKOL181 | Tom Woods Show: It Is Impossible to Argue Against Libertarianism Without ContradictionKinsella on Liberty Podcast, Episode 181.
I discussed argumentation ethics with Tom Woods on his show today:
Ep. 370 It Is Impossible to Argue Against Libertarianism Without Contradiction
By Tom Woods / March 31, 2015 / Podcast
Stephan Kinsella discusses the argumentation ethics of Hans-Hermann Hoppe, who argues that only libertarian norms can be argumentatively.
READ MORE
Tom cleverly chose as the title for the episode a provocative one reminiscent of the bold title of Hoppe's Liberty article, "The Ultimate Justification of the Private Property Ethic" (September 1988).
I've discussed it several times in the past in audio and text. See, e.g.:
“Argumentation Ethics and Liberty: A Conc...2015-04-0150 minImpro Podcast Archives - Claudia HoppePodcast Nr. 22 – Stephan Ziron über improvisierte MusikKurz vor Weihnachten besuchte mich Stephan Ziron in meinem Studio in Neukölln. Stephan begleitet seit sieben Jahren die Berliner Impro-Gruppe Paternoster musikalisch und unterhält verschiedene Solo-Musik-Projekte und Podcasts zu den Themen Improvisation, Musik – und dem gesamten Bereich dazwischen! Passend zum Jahresausklang plauderten wir in entspannter Atmosphäre über Stephans unterschiedliche Projekte, über das musikalische Improvisieren und natürlich: über’s Podcasten.
2014-12-2800 minKinsella On LibertyKOL161 | Argumentation Ethics, Estoppel, and Libertarian Rights: Adam Smith Forum, Moscow (2014)Kinsella on Liberty Podcast, Episode 161.
This was my (remotely delivered) presentation at the 6th Adam Smith Forum, Moscow, Russia (Nov. 2, 2014):
From the programme:
"Entitled "Argumentation Ethics, Estoppel, and Libertarian Rights," Kinsella discusses the nature and definition of libertarianism and surveys different arguments and theories for its particular conception of rights and politics, including natural rights, consequentialist, and utilitarian approaches. He concludes with an overview of two more recent and unique approaches to justifying libertarian rights, the "argumentation ethics" approach of Austrian economist and political philosopher Hans-Hermann Hoppe, and Kinsella's own "estoppel" theory of rights."
This is my second speech at the...2014-11-0840 minKinsella On LibertyKOL160 | Bad Quaker on IP, Hoppe, and ImmigrationKinsella on Liberty Podcast, Episode 160.
I was on Ben Stone's "Bad Quaker" podcast yesterday, episode 449. We discussed IP and then some of Ben's previous comments on Hans-Hermann Hoppe's views on immigration law.
Related links:
Bad Quaker podcast: 0448 pc383 Hoppe’s Immigration (corrected)
Hans-Hermann Hoppe’s “Immigration And Libertarianism” at Lew Rockwell
My article Simple Libertarian Argument Against Unrestricted Immigration and Open Borders2014-11-051h 14Kinsella On LibertyKOL158 | “The Social Theory of Hoppe: Lecture 6: Political Issues and Applications; Hoppe Q&A”Kinsella on Liberty Podcast, Episode 158.
This is the final of 6 lectures of my 2011 Mises Academy course “The Social Theory of Hoppe.”
The slides for this lecture are appended below; links for“suggested readings” for the course are included in the podcast post for the first lecture, episode 153.
Transcript below.
LECTURE 6: POLITICAL ISSUES AND APPLICATIONS; HOPPE Q&A
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The Social Theory of Hoppe, Lecture 6: Political Issues and Applications; Hoppe Q&A
Stephan Kinsella
Mises Academy, Aug. 15, 2011
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STEPHAN KINSELLA: Final class. We have a lot to cover. Before I start, let me say don’t be intimidated by the length of the slides...2014-10-201h 51Kinsella On LibertyKOL157 | “The Social Theory of Hoppe: Lecture 5: Economic Issues and Applications”Kinsella on Liberty Podcast, Episode 157.
This is the fifth of 6 lectures of my 2011 Mises Academy course “The Social Theory of Hoppe.” I’ll release the final lecture here in the podcast feed shortly.
The slides for this lecture are appended below; links for“suggested readings” for the course are included in the podcast post for the first lecture, episode 153.
Transcript below.
LECTURE 5: ECONOMIC ISSUES AND APPLICATIONS
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The Social Theory of Hoppe, Lecture 5: Economic Issues and Applications
Stephan Kinsella
Mises Academy, Aug. 8, 2011
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STEPHAN KINSELLA: … question about – someone sent me in the class course page. Well, I mean if you’re just asking me my...2014-10-191h 41Kinsella On LibertyKOL156 | “The Social Theory of Hoppe: Lecture 4: Epistemology, Methodology, and Dualism; Knowledge, Certainty, Logical Positivism”Kinsella on Liberty Podcast, Episode 156.
This is the fourth of 6 lectures of my 2011 Mises Academy course “The Social Theory of Hoppe.” I’ll release the remaining lectures here in the podcast feed in upcoming days.
The slides for this lecture are appended below; links for“suggested readings” for the course are included in the podcast post for the first lecture, episode 153.
Transcript below.
Lecture 4: EPISTEMOLOGY, METHODOLOGY AND DUALISM; KNOWLEDGE, CERTAINTY, LOGICAL POSITIVISM
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Stephan Kinsella
Mises Academy, Aug. 1, 2011
00:00:01
STEPHAN KINSELLA: … and methodology and epistemological dualism, the Austri...2014-10-171h 30Kinsella On LibertyKOL155 | “The Social Theory of Hoppe: Lecture 3: Libertarian Rights and Argumentation Ethics”Kinsella on Liberty Podcast, Episode 155.
This is the third of 6 lectures of my 2011 Mises Academy course "The Social Theory of Hoppe." I’ll release the remaining lectures here in the podcast feed in upcoming days.
The slides for this lecture are appended below; links for "suggested readings" for the course are included in the podcast post for the first lecture, episode 153.
Transcript below.
LECTURE 3: LIBERTARIAN RIGHTS AND ARGUMENTATION ETHICS
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The Social Theory of Hoppe, Lecture 3: Libertarian Rights and Argumentation Ethics
Stephan Kinsella
Mises Academy, July 25, 2011
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STEPHAN KINSELLA: … later. So tonight we’ll talk about argumentation ethics. I have a lot of sl...2014-10-171h 42Kinsella On LibertyKOL154 | “The Social Theory of Hoppe: Lecture 2: Types of Socialism and the Origin of the State”Kinsella on Liberty Podcast, Episode 154.
This is the second of 6 lectures of my 2011 Mises Academy course “The Social Theory of Hoppe.” I’ll release the remaining lectures here in the podcast feed in upcoming days.
The slides for this lecture are appended below; links for“suggested readings” for the course are included in the podcast post for the first lecture, episode 153.
Transcript below.
LECTURE 2: TYPES OF SOCIALISM AND THE ORIGIN OF THE STATE
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The Social Theory of Hoppe, Lecture 2: Types of Socialism and the Origin of the State
Stephan Kinsella
Mises Academy, July 18, 2011
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STEPHAN KINSELLA: Can you guys hear me okay...2014-10-161h 49Kinsella On LibertyKOL153 | “The Social Theory of Hoppe: Lecture 1: Property Foundations” (Mises Academy, 2011)Kinsella on Liberty Podcast, Episode 153.
This is the first of 6 lectures of my 2011 Mises Academy course “The Social Theory of Hoppe.” See also my article "Read Hoppe, Then Nothing Is the Same," Mises Daily (June 10, 2011). The remaining lectures follow in podcast feed.
The slides for the first lecture of the Social Theory of Hoppe course are provided below, as are the “suggested readings” for the course.
Transcript below.
[Update: see also David Gordon, “The Political Economy of Hans Hoppe” (Mises University 2021)]
As general background I suggest:
Kinsella, “Foreword,” in Hans-Hermann Hoppe, A Theory of Socialism and Capitalism (Laissez Faire Books ebook edition, 2013)
...2014-10-161h 59Kinsella On LibertyKOL130 | Bad Quaker: Kinsella and Tucker on Abortion, …Kinsella on Liberty Podcast, Episode 130.
From the Bad Quaker podcast with host Ben Stone, Jeff Tucker and I discuss a variety of libertarian issues, including abortion and the like.
https://youtu.be/QffkDMlH2iA
Update: Here is the (lightly edited) text of the email I sent Tucker and Stone a few hours before the podcast, that was alluded to at the end:
There is something I've been chewing over in my mind lately that I've been thinking about discussing or putting on a podcast, and I'll briefly mention below, in case you two think this is worth talking about.
It conc...2014-05-241h 02Kinsella On LibertyKOL126 | Intellectual Property and Economic Development (Mises University 2011)Kinsella on Liberty Podcast, Episode 126.
This is my Mises University 2011 lecture, Intellectual Property and Economic Development (July 27, 2011), perhaps one of my better talks on IP and liberty. The original PowerPoint slides are here. Streanming audio, video, and a googledocs version of the slides are below. An unedited, raw transcript is also appended below (it may be cleaned up in due course).
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Mark Thornton: Our first speaker this morning is Stephan Kinsella. He is a patent attorney from Houston and the editor of Libertarian Papers. His lecture this morning is going to be on Intellectual Property and Economic Development.
Stephan…
Stepha...2014-05-161h 00Kinsella On LibertyKOL121 | Better Red than Dead with Redmond Weissenberger: Copyright and Easter Egg Servitudes, and moreKinsella on Liberty Podcast, Episode 121.
I was interviewed by Redmond Weissenberger, of Mises Canada, for his Better Red than Dead podcast (iTunes). We discussed a variety of topics, including: store refuses to put boy's name on an Easter egg because of a copyright concern because he shares a name with a famous soccer player, positive versus negative rights, Alexis de Tocqueville on servitudes and liberty, and intellectual property (IP) as negative servitudes; Ayn Rand's confusion on property rights and IP; property as the least bad option; the impossibility of a post-scarcity world; the dispute over "privilege checking" and attempts to spe...2014-04-191h 00Impro Podcast Archives - Claudia HoppePodcast Nr. 10 – Stephan Holzapfel über Szenen-EndenAm heutigen zweiten Advent sprach ich mit Stephan Holzapfel (ebenfalls von der Gruppe „Die Unverhofften“) über ein sehr spannendes Thema: Szenen-Enden, oder: die Enden von Szenen in Impro-Kurz- und -Langformen.
2013-12-0800 minKinsella On LibertyKOL077 | The Unique Libertarian Framework: Homesteading, Scarcity, Conflict, Property RightsKinsella on Liberty Podcast, Episode 077.
In this podcast, recorded during my morning constitutional (stroll/walk), I discuss my take on how best to view the libertarian idea: its origins and basic concepts, from homesteading to body-ownership, inalienability, intellectual property, "coercion" vs. aggression, state vs. government, tactics and strategy and terminology and semantics vs. substance, etc., drawing mostly on the ideas of Locke, Rothbard, and Hoppe.
Relevant links:
How We Come To Own Ourselves, Mises Daily (Sep. 7, 2006) (Mises.org blog discussion; audio version)
The Problem with “Coercion”
“What Libertarianism Is,” Mises Daily (August 21, 2009)
Punishment and Proportionality: The Estoppel Approach, 12:1 Journal of Libertarian Stud...2013-09-021h 03Kinsella On LibertyKOL076 | IP Debate with Chris LeRouxKinsella on Liberty Podcast, Episode 076.
IP Debate with Chris (aka "Sid Non-Vicious") LeRoux, hosted by James Cox. LeRoux claims to be an anarcho-capitalist and former Randian but not a libertarian (he doesn't like labels, you see). He was recently arguing kinda for IP-but-not-really on Shanklin's podcast (see below), and contacted me about these issues. As you can see from the "debate" it's not clear what his position is or why he even wanted to debate me, or what he really disagrees with me on, but, .... here it is. Cox did a good guy trying to moderate, but it ended up be...2013-08-301h 30Kinsella On LibertyKOL075 | Triple-V: Voluntary Virtues Vodcast, with Michael Shanklin: Argumentation Ethics, Homesteading, Private vs Personal PropertyKinsella on Liberty Podcast, Episode 075.
This is my appearance on Michael Shanklin’s Triple-V: Voluntary Virtues Vodcast with Michael Shanklin (Aug. 26, 2013). We discussed a variety of issues, as noted in the subject line. Some background material for these topics can be found at:
Argumentation Ethics and Liberty: A Concise Guide
Defending Argumentation Ethics: Reply to Murphy & Callahan, Anti-state.com (Sept. 19, 2002) (reply to Bob Murphy and Gene Callahan, Hans-Hermann Hoppe’s Argumentation Ethic: A Critique; debate discussed in this forum)
How We Come to Own Ourselves
Hoppe, “Of Private, Common, and Public Property and the Rationale for Total Privatization”
What Libertarianism Is
The Blo...2013-08-271h 14Kinsella On LibertyKOL058 | Guest on Gene Basler Show: Anarcho-capitalist issues (2010)Kinsella on Liberty Podcast, Episode 058.
I appeared on the Gene Basler Show (May 30, 2010), discussing a variety of anarcho-libertarian matters–environmentalism, nuclear power, state propaganda in government schools, class action lawsuits, reparations, how to achieve an anarcho-libertarian society, animal rights, positive rights and obligations, forced heirship, and so on (an edited transcript to appear as a chapter in Gene Basler, Environmental Non-Policy: Interviews on Environment, War and Liberty, forthcoming August 2011).
https://youtu.be/e6NkAno4HTA
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Gene Basler Show: Anarcho-Capitalist Issues
Stephan Kinsella and Gene Basler
Gene Basler Show, May 30, 2010
00:00:05
Gene: Welcome folks. This is Gene Basler, your host. This is...2013-05-221h 15Kinsella On LibertyKOL054 | “Ideas are Free: The Case Against Intellectual Property: or, How Libertarians Went Wrong” (PFS 2010, Property and Freedom Society)Kinsella on Liberty Podcast, Episode 054.
This is my speech from the Fifth Annual Meeting of the Property and Freedom Society in Bodrum, Turkey (June 6, 2010). My topic was “Ideas are Free: The Case Against Intellectual Property,” though a better title might be something like “Ideas Are Not Property: The Libertarian IP Mistake and the Structure of Human Action.”
Also podcast here: PFP064 | Stephan Kinsella, Ideas are Free: The Case Against Intellectual Property Rights (PFS 2010).
The video is below; a transcript was published as a Mises Daily article: “Ideas are Free: The Case Against Intellectual Property: or, How Libertarians Went Wrong” (N.B.: there are a couple...2013-05-1700 minKinsella On LibertyKOL045 | “Libertarian Controversies Lecture 1” (Mises Academy, 2011)Kinsella on Liberty Podcast, Episode 045.
This is lecture 1 (of 6) of my 2011 Mises Academy course “Libertarian Controversies.” This lecture contained an overview of basic austro-libertarian concepts and started discussing various libertarian "misconceptions," regarding the left-right spectrum, coercion and force vs. aggression, the jurisdiction of private defense agencies, and related issues. I’ll release the remaining lectures here in the podcast feed in upcoming days.
This course followed on my speech "Correcting some Common Libertarian Misconceptions," from the 2011 Annual Meeting of the Property and Freedom Society (May 27-29, 2011; see KOL 044 | “Correcting some Common Libertarian Misconceptions” (PFS 2011)). That talk engendered a good deal of discussion and...2013-05-021h 49Kinsella On LibertyKOL037 | Locke’s Big Mistake: How the Labor Theory of Property Ruined Political TheoryUpdate:
Libertarian and Lockean Creationism: Creation As a Source of Wealth, not Property Rights; Hayek’s “Fund of Experience”
A Recurring Fallacy: “IP is a Purer Form of Property than Material Resources”
Kinsella on Liberty Podcast, Episode 037. [Transcript.]
I spoke last weekend at the "Liberty in the Pines" (facebook event) conference at Stephen F. Austin State University, in Nacogdoches, Texas. (See “Locke’s Big Mistake: How the Labor Theory of Property Ruined Economics and Political Theory,” Liberty in the Pines Conference (March 2013).)
Sponsored by the Young Americans for Liberty chapter and the Charles Koch Foundation, this one-day event brought together liberty-lovers of...2013-03-281h 43Kinsella On LibertyKOL024 | Daniels, Kinsella, Marks, Hoppe, Tucker: “Discussion, Q&A” (PFS 2012, Day 3)Kinsella on Liberty Podcast, Episode 024.
[See also PFP102]
I previously podcasted my speech from September 2012 at the 2012 Annual Meeting of the Property and Freedom Society in Bodrum, Turkey (KOL001 | "The (State's) Corruption of (Private) Law" (PFS 2012)). Later that day I and the other speakers from that day, including Jeff Tucker and Hans-Hermann Hoppe, participated in a general panel discussion and Q&A session, which is included in this podcast episode.
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...2013-02-251h 09Kinsella on LibertyOn Constitutional SentimentalismIn a comment to his post on Sarah Palin, Sheldon Richman writes:
I don't see that it's obvious that the Supreme Court has been dishonest about the Constitution. It was written as a deliberately vague document designed to satisfy multiple interests. It's very much an inkblot. Madison said it contained "few and defined" powers, yet he also endorsed the doctrine of implied powers. Let's get real. The Constitution was the result of a virtual coup intended to overthrow the Articles of Confederation. The feeling among the movers in Philadelphia was that there was too little central government, not too much...2011-01-1600 minKinsella on LibertyPFS Speech: Ideas are Free: The Case Against Intellectual Property: or, How Libertarians Went WrongUPDATE: SEE KOL 054 | “Ideas are Free: The Case Against Intellectual Property: or, How Libertarians Went Wrong” (2010, Property and Freedom Society)
Earlier this month, I spoke at the Fifth Annual Meeting of the Property and Freedom Society in Bodrum, Turkey (see my Bodrum Days and Nights: The Fifth Annual Meeting of the Property and Freedom Society: A Partial Report). My topic was "Ideas are Free: The Case Against Intellectual Property," though a better title might be something like "Ideas Are Not Property: The Libertarian IP Mistake and the Structure of Human Action." It is now available in audio and video. (I also p...2010-06-1731 minKinsella on LibertyObama Deserves the Nobel–or Two!Manuel, Lew, David -- Yes, we should not be surprised at this. Hans Hoppe once noted that f you want to win the Nobel peace prize, it helps if you are a mass murderer; if you want to win the economics Nobel prize, it is always of advantage if you have contributed to ruining various countries' economies or you have written completely irrelevant mathematical treatises that are of no concern to anyone whatsoever (he also notes that the economics prize is donated by the Swedish central bank and the committee members are life-long appointees and except for two years social...2009-10-0900 min