Stephan Kinsella

Articles

Freedom and Property: Hans-Hermann Hoppe Talks About the Essence of Anarcho-capitalism

11/14/2024 Power & Market Stephan Kinsella

The following interview, conducted by prominent Mexican journalist Sergio Sarmiento, took place in conjunction with the “Una vida por la libertad” award ceremony in honor of Hans-Hermann Hoppe in...

No Mises Bust at the University of Vienna

11/04/2024 Power & Market Stephan Kinsella

This past summer I joined my son in Vienna. He was there on a fellowship from his senior year at Carleton College to study architecture, in particular the work of Otto Wagner, the Secession movement...

What Libertarianism Is

08/21/2009 Mises Daily Stephan Kinsella

This essay is adapted from a contribution to Property, Freedom, and Society . Property, Rights, and Liberty Libertarians tend to agree on a wide array of policies and principles. Nonetheless, it is...

Publications

Property, Freedom, and Society: Essays in Honor of Hans-Hermann Hoppe

08/02/2009 Jörg Guido Hülsmann Stephan Kinsella

Rare is the scholar to inspire a festschrift — a volume of papers written by top specialists in honor of a major thinker-but this one is very special. It is sure to grow in importance as the years move on, for it contains phenomenal contributions

Against Intellectual Property

07/28/2008 Stephan Kinsella

Would a libertarian society recognize patents as legitimate? What about copyright? In Against Intellectual Property, Stephan Kinsella, a patent attorney of many years’ experience, offers his response to these questions. Kinsella is altogether opposed

Media

Rothbard’s The Ethics of Liberty with Stephan Kinsella

05/28/2021 Jeff Deist Stephan Kinsella

Rothbard presents a remarkable exposition of a theory of liberty, a normative justification for laissez-faire which was sorely lacking. Kinsella does a remarkable job of explaining Rothbard's concepts with force and clarity, so you won't want to miss this episode!

Hoppe’s Democracy with Stephan Kinsella

10/23/2020 Jeff Deist Stephan Kinsella

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.

Stephan Kinsella and Bob Murphy Debate Hans Hoppe’s “Argumentation Ethics”

11/27/2019 Robert P. Murphy Stephan Kinsella

Bob Murphy and Stephan Kinsella debate Hans-Hermann Hoppe’s famous "argumentation ethics" case for libertarianism.

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