Born in Peine[?] West Germany, he attended the Universität des Saarlandes[?] in Saarbrücken, and the Goethe-Universität[?], Frankfurt am Main, studying Philosophy, Sociology, History, and Economics. He earned his Ph.D. (Philosophy, 1974) and his “Habilitation[?]” (Foundations of Sociology and Economics, 1981), both from the Goethe-Universität. He was a post-doctoral fellow[?] at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor from 1976 to 1978.
He taught at several German universities as well as at the Johns Hopkins University Bologna Center for Advanced International Studies[?], Bologna, Italy. In 1986, he moved from Germany to the United States, to study under Murray Rothbard. He remained a close associate until Rothbard's death in January, 1995.
Hoppe is currently Professor of Economics at University of Nevada, Las Vegas, a Senior Fellow with the Ludwig von Mises Institute, and Editor of the Journal of Libertarian Studies[?].
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