PFS 2016 Annual Meeting—Speakers and Presentations

by Stephan Kinsella on January 5, 2016

The 2016 Annual Meeting of the Property and Freedom Society was held from Thursday, September 1, 2016, to Tuesday, September 6, 2016, in Bodrum, Turkey, at the Hotel Karia Princess. (N.B. the meeting was held slightly earlier than in recent years, in order not to conflict with a major moving Muslim holiday.)

Speakers and presentations are listed below, with links to YouTube versions of the presentations on the PFS YouTube channel, in particular at the PFS 2016 YouTube Playlist. Audio is available at the Property and Freedom Podcast.

Hans-Hermann Hoppe (Germany/Turkey), “Introductions, Day 1, Morning Sessions”
- Olivier Richard (Switzerland), On Free and Compulsory Education
- Rahim Taghizadegan (Austria), On the Rise and Fall of the University
Hans-Hermann Hoppe (Germany/Turkey), “Introductions, Day 1, Afternoon Sessions”
- X (England), “How Glorious was the ‘Glorious Revolution’?”
- Sean Gabb (England), “Margaret Thatcher—Hero or Villain?”
- Daniel Model (Liechtenstein; Model Holding), On the Hardship of Doing Business (in Switzerland)
- Richard, Taghizadegan, Martland, Gabb, Model: “Discussion—Q&A”
Hans-Hermann Hoppe (Germany/Turkey), “Introductions, Day 2, Morning Sessions”
- Heiner Rindermann (Germany), “Cognitive and Cultural ‘Enrichment’ of Europe by Immigration”
- Gerd Schultze-Rhonhof (Germany), On the Many Fathers of World War II
Hans-Hermann Hoppe (Germany/Turkey), Introductions, Day 2, Afternoon Sessions”
- Anthony Daniels (Theodore Dalrymple) (England), “On Bogus Illnesses and Their Enablers”
- Norman Stone† (UK/Turkey), On Politics and Religion
- Rindermann, Daniels, Schultze Rhonhof, Stone: “Discussion—Q&A“
Hans-Hermann Hoppe (Germany/Turkey), Introductions, Day 3, Morning Sessions
- Walter Block (USA), “Market Failure” – Fact or Fiction?
- Hans-Hermann Hoppe (Germany/Turkey), On the Ethics of Argumentation
Hans-Hermann Hoppe (Germany/Turkey), Introductions, Day 3, Afternoon Sessions
- David Dürr (Switzerland), On How to Take the State to Court
- Doug Casey (USA), On Prospecting the World’s Regions
- Block, Hoppe, Dürr, Casey, “Discussion—Q&A“

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The Property and Freedom Society (Facebook page) was established in May, 2006 at the initiative of world-renowned libertarian philosopher and Austrian economist Hans-Hermann Hoppe. The Inaugural Meeting and subsequent annual meetings have been held at the Hotel Karia Princess in Bodrum, Turkey. Programmes and video of previous presentations are available here.

The PFS is an international society for the promotion of “Austro-Libertarianism,” the economic and social philosophy most prominently represented during the 20th century by the Austrian economist Ludwig von Mises and his leading American student Murray N. Rothbard, and tying back to the 19th century French economists Frederic Bastiat and Gustave de Molinari. As such, the PFS stands for an uncompromising intellectual radicalism: for justly acquired private property, freedom of contract, freedom of association—which logically implies the right to not associate with, or to discriminate against—anyone in one’s personal and business relations—and unconditional free trade. It condemns imperialism and militarism and their fomenters, and champions peace.

In the words of Professor Hoppe in 2010, at the Fifth Annual Meeting:

After the first meeting, 5 years ago, here at the Karia Princess, my plan became more specific still. Inspired by the charm of the place and its beautiful garden, I decided to adopt the model of a salon for the Property And Freedom Society and its meetings. The dictionary defines a salon as “a gathering of intellectual, social, political, and cultural elites under the roof of an inspiring hostess or host, partly to amuse one another and partly to refine their taste and increase their knowledge through conversation.” Take the “political” out of this definition—and there you have it what I have tried to accomplish for the last few years, together with Gülcin, my wife and fellow Misesian, without whose support none of this would be possible: to be hostess and host to a grand and extended annual salon, and to make it, with your help, the most attractive and illustrious salon there is. [Video here and streamed below]

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