Hans-Hermann Hoppe: What Marx Gets Right

Mises Weekends this week features a 1988 lecture from Dr. Hans-Hermann Hoppe on Marxist and Austrian class analysis.

It might surprise some that Dr. Hoppe sees some "intellectual affinities" between the two, in the way that each identifies exploitation among a ruling class. Of course, for Austrians, we identify that it is the state — not the bourgeois — who is the threat to the masses. Tune in for a fascinating talk.

[TribeWars]

This is a truly incredible talk. I'm somewhat disheartened by the comment section, suggesting that people did not bother to listen to the talk. Essentially Marx correctly identifies the existence of a class of exploiters and exploited. However, he incorrectly places the blame on a misguided understanding of capitalism instead of non-voluntary expropriation of goods by the state.

[Anfwon]

Time Preference is something you aren't even taught in University economic classes.

[privateer]

Why are not more people in the US, the supposed land to the free, pushing Hans Hoppe's Idea of a Private Law Society??

[konberner]

Worst part is that most of this is completely obvious. The fact that it has to be explained is a pretty sad statement for how strong cognitive bias is.

[SaulOhio]

"What Marx gets right". I would have expected a video with that name to be much shorter. MUCH shorter.

[mattmcclellan]

45 minutes of Hoppe is like a semester of knowledge.

[mathemagicalmonk]

graphic animations to illustrate what he talked about would have very good returns

[goonofhazard]

Producers/Contractors VS Exploiters (Non-producers, Non-contractors)

[trucid]

Now do a talk on Pinochet. What Pinochet did right.

[FidelHimself]

Replace the functions of government with Smart Contracts and Cryptocurrency

[fabriziofer]

I never understood how Marx could talk about the expropriation, implemented by the capitalist,  of the surplus value produced by the worker: indeed, you need both capital and labour to produce everything, so it sounds entirely right and sensible to me that both capital and labour are remunerated for their production, meaning that i deem it self-evident that the price of every good incorporates both wages and returns on equity/capital.

[shahabmos]

false advertising, i thought he was talking about groucho marx .

[pedrosherpa]

Could you please repost, with the corrected and integral sound. Some parts are missing. If that is not possible, please link the transcripts of the talk. Thanks

[privateer]

What is Hans Hoppe's view of cryptocurrencies?

[tomek]

Christ did not talk about classes. He talked about the coming Kingdom that is not to be built by rebellion but with love and forgiveness. Greetings from Poland.

[jamesbancroft]

younger people tend to be less wealthy b/c they have a shorter time preference

[KittredgeRitter]

Ultimately there's nothing new or interested about life once you've studied. The only thing that's preventing progress is those who think they should always provide a antithesis to the truth.

[jamesbancroft]

financial investors and speculators don’t produce anything ; economic investors, entrepreneurs and laborers actually do something

[TheThreatenedSwan]

He was right about the character of European Jews, that's for sure.

[PAsConservativeWeatherFan]

Marx was the deadliest man in human history, GOD BLESS