Publications

I am probably a strange choice to deal with the British planning system, what in German would be called “a virgin with child” (“wie die Jungfrau zum Kind kommen”).

The libertarian world has been debating the ideas of Hans-Hermann Hoppe for many years now, especially after he published his controversial book ‘Democracy – The God that Failed’.

Following the success of Unaffordable Housing – Fables and Myths, which exposed the failings of Britain’s centrally planned system of development, Alan W.

Britain is a rich, modern and dynamic country but its housing is among the oldest, pokiest and most expensive in the developed world.

Britain’s Soviet-style planning system means that we live in some of the smallest, oldest and costliest homes in the developed world.

The public’s appreciation of economists and their contributions to society has probably never been excessively high.

Dr Oliver Hartwich argues that our social history is the clearest example of the important link between individual liberty and the free market, and their fundamental role in society.

Originally published in Schweizer Monatshefte (Zurich), May 2005 Während der über 200 Jahre seit der Inbesitznahme durch die britische Krone ist Australien ein Versuchsfeld für Politik- und Gesellschaftsentwürfe gewesen.