The Economics and Ethics of Private Property
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The Economics and Ethics of Private Property is a libertarian treatise by Hans-Hermann Hoppe that defends private property, free markets, and anarcho-capitalism through praxeological and ethical arguments.
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| The Economics and Ethics of Private Property canonical | 1 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: The Economics and Ethics of Private Property Context triple: [Hans-Hermann Hoppe, notableWork, The Economics and Ethics of Private Property]
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A.
Property and Contract in Their Relations to the Distribution of Wealth
Property and Contract in Their Relations to the Distribution of Wealth is a foundational early-20th-century treatise in institutional economics that analyzes how legal concepts of property and contract shape the distribution of income and wealth in society.
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B.
Capitalism and Freedom
Capitalism and Freedom is a landmark 1962 book by economist Milton Friedman that argues for the primacy of free-market capitalism as a foundation for individual liberty and limited government.
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The Acquisitive Society
The Acquisitive Society is a 1920 book by British social critic R. H. Tawney that offers a moral and economic critique of capitalism and argues for a more socially responsible and egalitarian economic order.
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D.
Book II: Of Property and the Different Modifications of Ownership
"Book II: Of Property and the Different Modifications of Ownership" is the section of the Napoleonic Code that systematically defines property rights, forms of ownership, and related legal distinctions in French civil law.
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E.
Two Concepts of Liberty
Two Concepts of Liberty is Isaiah Berlin’s influential 1958 essay that distinguishes between and analyzes the political and philosophical implications of “negative” and “positive” liberty.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Economics and Ethics of Private Property Target entity description: The Economics and Ethics of Private Property is a libertarian treatise by Hans-Hermann Hoppe that defends private property, free markets, and anarcho-capitalism through praxeological and ethical arguments.
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A.
Property and Contract in Their Relations to the Distribution of Wealth
Property and Contract in Their Relations to the Distribution of Wealth is a foundational early-20th-century treatise in institutional economics that analyzes how legal concepts of property and contract shape the distribution of income and wealth in society.
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B.
Capitalism and Freedom
Capitalism and Freedom is a landmark 1962 book by economist Milton Friedman that argues for the primacy of free-market capitalism as a foundation for individual liberty and limited government.
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C.
The Acquisitive Society
The Acquisitive Society is a 1920 book by British social critic R. H. Tawney that offers a moral and economic critique of capitalism and argues for a more socially responsible and egalitarian economic order.
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D.
Book II: Of Property and the Different Modifications of Ownership
"Book II: Of Property and the Different Modifications of Ownership" is the section of the Napoleonic Code that systematically defines property rights, forms of ownership, and related legal distinctions in French civil law.
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E.
Two Concepts of Liberty
Two Concepts of Liberty is Isaiah Berlin’s influential 1958 essay that distinguishes between and analyzes the political and philosophical implications of “negative” and “positive” liberty.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
book
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libertarian treatise ⓘ non-fiction book ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
defend a stateless social order based on private property
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provide a praxeological foundation for libertarian ethics ⓘ |
| author | Hans-Hermann Hoppe ⓘ |
| centralConcept |
argumentation ethics
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non-aggression principle ⓘ original appropriation ⓘ self-ownership ⓘ voluntary exchange ⓘ |
| criticizes |
democracy
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socialism ⓘ state intervention in the economy ⓘ welfare state ⓘ |
| genre |
anarcho-capitalism
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economics ⓘ libertarianism ⓘ political philosophy ⓘ |
| hasPerspective |
anti-statist
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pro-capitalist ⓘ radical libertarian ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Austrian School of economics
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surface form:
Austrian School economics
Ludwig von Mises ⓘ Murray Rothbard ⓘ
surface form:
Murray N. Rothbard
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| mainLanguage | English ⓘ |
| makesArgument |
economic superiority of private property over collective ownership
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ethical justification of private property based on argumentation ethics ⓘ incompatibility of state and secure property rights ⓘ |
| philosophicalSchool |
Austrian School of economics
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surface form:
Austrian School
libertarianism ⓘ |
| relatedField |
normative ethics
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political economy ⓘ |
| relatedWork | Democracy: The God That Failed ⓘ |
| subject |
anarcho-capitalism
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democracy ⓘ free market ⓘ libertarian ethics ⓘ political theory ⓘ praxeology ⓘ private property ⓘ property rights ⓘ socialism ⓘ state and government ⓘ |
| supports |
anarcho-capitalist social order
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free market economy ⓘ private property rights ⓘ |
| usesMethod | praxeology ⓘ |
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