Praxeology: The Method of Economics | Hans-Hermann Hoppe

[richardcadbury]

"They-the advocates of alternative, non-family-centered lifestyles such as, for instance, individual hedonism, parasitism, nature-environment worship, homosexuality, or communism-will have to be physically removed from society, too, if one is to maintain a libertarian order." Hoppe

[karas89]

@richardcadbury You missed the context in which this sentence has been placed. The context entirely changes the meaning.

[TheORBOTRON]

@richardcadbury I encourage you to do a bit more research before deciding to troll. If you disagree with the actual point he was making, then you disagree with the fundamental concepts of contract and property rights.

[BultyR86]

This lecture was more understandable than his previous lecture I watched.

And you gotta love that dry humor.

In the end, it did help me to understand praxeology a little better.

[TacticalCitySlicker]

The guy is an economic historian rock star!

Thanks Mises!

[Distortion0]

@TacticalCitySlicker About as vacuous as a rock star. Good analogy.

[Helionaeic]

Illuminating...

[siftyfour]

@8chxBLhJDy9 It's okay, when I watch these videos I don't know WHAT the hell is going on.

[dantean]

@siftyfour What about BEFORE you watched them?

[TheAlliterator]

No transcript ?

[dieyoung]

@8chxBLhJDy9 i havent watched it yet. check out praxgirl on youtube, she explains praxeology pretty clearly, plus shes a babe =)

[BringIt2TheMax]

@dieyoung

Thanks for pointing out praxgirl. Look her up if you haven't seen her videos yet. Not only does she have the ability to explain Praxeology in a great way, she is also easy on the eyes to say the least.

[reapfreak]

Does Hoppe look more energetic in this lecture than others?

[Goodatconnect4]

Many articles and readings of Praxeology. Here's a reading list (all of which is totally free and available on mises*org under literature).

Praxeology: The Methodology of Austrian Economics by Murray Rothbard

Facts of the Social Sciences by F.A. Hayek

Human Action (the first 200 pgs deal with Praxeology) by Ludwig von Mises

Also, there is a user here on Youtube called "praxgirl" who makes videos on Praxeology. I'd recommend those as well. Hope this helps!

[Panpiper]

I have no problems with the philosophy behind it, but sad to say, the 'word' "praxeology" has always bothered me. I am very hesitant to use the word in conversation. To me it feels evocative of "phrenology" or some other "ology" for which we rightly have little respect. If I have cause to talk about methodology, I usually refer to it as deductive logic or something and give examples.

[dieyoung]

Yesss Hoppe's talks are always the best. Thanks!