Democracy--The God That Failed: The Economics and Politics of Monarchy, Democracy, and Natural Order
The core of this book is a systematic treatment of the historic transformation of the West from monarchy to democracy. Revisionist in nature, it reaches the conclusion that monarchy is a lesser evil than democracy, but outlines deficiencies in both. Its methodology is axiomatic-deductive, allowing the writer to derive economic and sociological theorems, and then apply them to interpret historical events.\ A compelling chapter on time preference describes the progress of civilization as...
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Hoppe (economics, U. of Nevada, Las Vegas) has presented much of this material as speeches to the Ludwig von Mises Institute and the Center for Libertarian Studies (he is an editor for the Journal of Libertarian Studies). Hoppe calls for an alignment of conservatism and libertarianism and suggests, among other things, that the production of defense should be undertaken by insurance companies on the free market. The central theme is that a natural order is superior and that civilization would be better served by a social theory of legitimation. Annotation © Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
AcknowledgmentsIntroduction1On Time Preference, Government, and the Process of Decivilization12On Monarchy, Democracy, and the Idea of Natural Order453On Monarchy, Democracy, Public Opinion, and Delegitimation774On Democracy, Redistribution, and the Destruction of Property955On Centralization and Secession1076On Socialism and Desocialization1217On Free Immigration and Forced Integration1378On Free Trade and Restricted Immigration1519On Cooperation, Tribe, City, and State17110On Conservatism and Libertarianism18711On the Errors of Classical Liberalism and the Future of Liberty22112On Government and the Private Production of Defense23913On the Impossibility of Limited Government and the Prospect for Revolution267Index293
