Jesús Huerta de Soto

Jesús Huerta de Soto received doctoral degrees in Law (1984) and Economic and Business Sciences (1992), both from Complutense University of Madrid, and an MBA from Stanford University. He has been a Professor of Political Economy at Complutense University of Madrid’s Law School since 1979. In 1983, Huerta de Soto received the Rey Juan Carlos Award in Economics, in 2005 the CNE’s Adam Smith Award for lifetime achievement, and in 2009 he was awarded an honorary degree from Universidad Francisco Marroquin. Huerta de Soto is also a member of Mont Pelerin Society’s Board of Directors, a member of the Quarterly Journal of Austrian Economics‘ editorial board, and director of the publication “Procesos de mercado: Revista Europea de Economía Política“.

Articles

A Brief Note on a Historic Proposal by Argentine President, Javier Milei

12/31/2024 Mises Wire Jesús Huerta de Soto

The President of the Argentine Republic, Javier Milei, has stated that he is going to present a legislative proposal to declare it an imprescriptible crime for the state and the central bank to...

Jesús Huerta de Soto’s Commentary on Javier Milei’s Davos Speech

02/15/2024 Power & Market Jesús Huerta de Soto

This video is an English translation of Jesús Huerta de Soto’s comments about President Javier Milei’s address at Davos. This lecture was recorded during a session of the Master of Austrian Economics...

Jesús Huerta de Soto on Milei

11/30/2023 Power & Market Jesús Huerta de Soto

Professor Jesús Huerta de Soto responds to one of his students about Javier Milei. He talks about him as an economist, as an academic, as a person, as a politician and as a media effect as a...

Publications

Money, Bank Credit, and Economic Cycles

03/16/2006 Jesús Huerta de Soto

New Fourth Edition is now Available This book is a masterpiece that utterly demolishes the case for fiat currency and central banking, and shows that these institutions have compromised economic stability and freedom, and, moreover, are intolerable

Media

Who Pays Wealth Tax: The Rich or the Poor?

12/05/2022 Jesús Huerta de Soto

Spain's government is attempting to levy a wealth tax ostensibly to be "in solidarity with the poor." Because wealth taxes ultimately help lower real wages, there will be more poor people to share in the "solidarity."

The State: The Deadliest Virus

07/01/2020 Jesús Huerta de Soto

The deadliest virus consists of the deification of human reason and the systematic use of coercion, which the state embodies.

The Spanish Scholastics

07/31/2014 Jesús Huerta de Soto

Professor Jesús Huerta de Soto reviews the important legacy of the leading thinkers of the School of Salamanca, the Spanish intellectual forerunners of the Austrian School of Economics.