Here is Hans 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.

Latest episodes of the podcast A Theory of Socialism and Capitalism

• A Theory of Socialism and Capitalism Audiobook
• Chapter 1. Introduction
• Chapter 2. Property, Contract, Aggression, Capitalism, Socialism
• Chapter 3. Socialism Russian Style
• Chapter 4. Socialism Social-Democratic Style
• Chapter 5. The Socialism of Conservatism
• Chapter 6. The Socialism of Social Engineering
• Chapter 7. The Ethical Justification of Capitalism and Why Socialism Is Morally Indefensible
• Chapter 8. The Socio-Psychological Foundations of Socialism or The Theory of The State
• Chapter 9. Capitalist Production and The Problem of Monopoly
• Chapter 10. Capitalist Production and The Problem of Public Goods