A Theory of Socialism and Capitalism 1235856 206625084 2008-04-19T03:25:09Z 4.176.9.252 Contents '''''A Theory of Socialism and Capitalism''''' is a [[book|treatise]] by [[Hans-Hermann Hoppe]], a student of [[Jürgen Habermas]], which uses the ethics of argumentation, a Habermasian principle, as the foundation for self-ownership and [[private property]] as ethical principles. Published in 1989, the book helped elevate Hoppe to a position of leadership within the [[anarcho-capitalism]] movement, second only to his mentor [[Murray Rothbard]]. Professor Hoppe defined a [[contract]] as the consensual use of another's property, aggression as the non-consensual use of another's property, and [[capitalism]] as institutionalized respect for property rights (and contract). [[Socialism]], is defined by him as an institutionalized disrespect for, or aggression upon, property rights. He discusses the [[Eugen von Böhm-Bawerk|Böhm-Bawerkian]] [[time preference]] aspects of those different forms of property arrangement in terms of culture farsightedness and the economic prosperity of a given social system. The book goes on to distinguish among four possible types of socialism: Soviet-style, social democratic, Conservative and Technocratic (Neoliberalism proper) as opposed to a full private property order, i.e. capitalism. Each social system is discussed with historic examples and not only from an ethical-economic point of view, but also identifying the different political forces and groups that benefit from each particular form of policy, harming in different ways the maintenance and development of [[capital goods]] and [[social capital]]. A later chapter discusses the validity of the "public goods" dogma (as outlined by [[Paul Samuelson]] for example) and the last goes on to describe the possible outlook of a pure capitalist order in which [[state]] functions are carried on by private insurance and defense companies. ==Contents== # Introduction # Property, Contract, Aggression, Capitalism, Socialism # Socialism Russian Style # Socialism Social-Democratic Style # The Socialism of Conservatism # The Socialism of Social Engineering and the Foundations of Economic Analysis # The Ethical Justification of Capitalism and Why Socialism is Morally Indefensible # The Socio-Psychological Foundations of Socialism or the Theory of the State # Capitalist Production and the Problem of Monopoly # Capitalist Production and the Problem of Public Goods ==References== *Hans-Hermann Hoppe, ''A Theory of Socialism and Capitalism''. [[Kluwer Academic Publishers]] (now Springer), 1989, ISBN 0-89838-279-3. == External links == *[http://www.hanshoppe.com/publications/Soc&Cap.pdf PDF version online (Full text)] {{DEFAULTSORT:Theory of Socialism and Capitalism, A}} [[Category:1989 books|Theory of Socialism and Capitalism, A]] [[Category:Economics books|Theory of Socialism and Capitalism, A]] {{econ-book-stub}} [[no:A Theory of Socialism and Capitalism]]