PFS 2018 Annual Meeting—Speakers and Topics

The 2018 Annual Meeting of the Property and Freedom Society was held from Thursday, September 13, 2018 (date of arrival) to Tuesday, September 18, 2018 (date of departure), in Bodrum, Turkey, at the Hotel Karia Princess. Those interested in attending future meetings should contact Dr. Hoppe or Mr. Thomas Jacob ([email protected]) (Administrative Secretary/Membership), regarding conditions, availability, and requirements.

The final list of speakers and topics is provided below (see the PFS 2018 YouTube Playlist). Audio is available at the Property and Freedom Podcast.

Friday, Sept. 14

• Hans-Hermann Hoppe (Germany/Turkey), Welcome and Introductions
• Sean Gabb (England), How Rome fell and Byzantium continued for another Millenium [PFP187]
• X (England), How Enlightened Was the Enlightenment? [PFP188]
• Rahim Taghizadegan (Austria), Why Are Western Europeans So Naive? An Empathic Cultural Anthropology [PFP189]
• Anthony Daniels (Theodore Dalrymple) (England), The Psychology of Multiculturalism [PFP190]
• Gabb, X, Taghizadegan, Daniels, Discussion, Q&A [PFP191]

Saturday, Sept. 15

• Pascal Salin (France), On Understanding France and French Intellectual History [PFP192]
• Norman Stone† (UK/Turkey), The Cultural Background of the Austrian School [PFP193]
• Michael Malice (USA), The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea: The God That Failed [PFP194]
  • BONUS: PFP194b | Bonus: Interview of Hans-Hermann Hoppe by Michael Malice on “YOUR WELCOME”: Ep. 018 – On the Right (PFS 2018)
• Stephan Kinsella (USA), International Law Through A Libertarian Lens [PFP195]
• Jeff Deist (USA), The Zeitgeist Libertarians [PFP196]
• Salin, Stone, Malice, Kinsella, Deist, Discussion, Q&A [PFP197]

Sunday, Sept. 16

• Frank van Dun (Belgium), What Did the Reformation Reform? [PFP198]
• Hans-Hermann Hoppe (Germany/Turkey), The Libertarian Search for a Grand Historical Narrative (Part I) [PFP199]
• Hoppe, Progress According to Pinker (Part II) [PFP200]
• David Dürr (Switzerland), From Divine Law to Papal Infallibility and Back Again [PFP201]
• Dürr, van Dun, Hoppe, Discussion Q&A [PFP202]

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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]

  For further information, see:

  • • • PFS, History and Principles
      • Hoppe, The Property And Freedom Society—Reflections After Five Years, The Libertarian Standard (June 10, 2010)
      • Hoppe, The Role of the Property and Freedom Society in a Crazy World (May 21, 2009, Property and Freedom Society 2009 Annual Meeting Introductory Speech, Bodrum, Turkey)
      • Hans-Hermann Hoppe & Gulcin Imre Hoppe, 2006–2015: PFS, Now and Then
      • Sean Gabb, 10 Years of PFS

  PFS 2010 – Hans-Hermann Hoppe, Welcoming Remarks. The PFS – After Five Years

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  For further information about the PFS and its previous meetings, see the Press & Offsite Material page, and various articles such as:

  • • Kinsella, “Property, Freedom, and Defiance: The PFS Returns” (Oct. 1, 2021)
    • Sean Gabb: The Inaugural Meeting of the Property and Freedom Society: An Incidental Record, Free Life Commentary, Issue Number 148 (June 14 2006)
    • Doug French: Hoppean Property and Freedom, LewRockwell.com (June 21st 2006)
    • Rahim Taghizadegan: Report on the second PFS conference in Bodrum [local copy], liberty.li (June 4th 2007; in German)
    • Stephan Kinsella: “Bodrum Days and Nights: The Fifth Annual Meeting of the Property and Freedom Society: A Partial Report,” The Libertarian Standard (June 16, 2010)
    • Sean Gabb: “Reflections on the 2010 Conference of the Property and Freedom Society,” Free Life Commentary, Issue Number 194 (June 17, 2010)
    • Andy Duncan: “Outside the Asylum: Property and Freedom Society, Bodrum, Turkey, 2011,” Cobden Centre (June 8, 2011; republished as “A Few Days outside the Asylum,” Mises Daily, June 15, 2011)
    • Sean Gabb: “The Third Meeting of the Property and Freedom Society, Bodrum, May 2008: A Brief Record,” Free Life Commentary No. 173 (July 4, 2008)
    • Sean Ring: The Chief Event (Oct. 4, 2012)
    • Andy Duncan: Inside the conspiracy: Property and Freedom Society, Bodrum, Turkey, 2012 (Oct. 3, 2012)
    • Doug French on PFS 2012: The World’s Greatest Haircut (Oct. 2, 2012)
    • Jeff Tucker on PFS 2012: The Center of the Conspiracy (Sep. 29, 2012)
    • X: The Only Conference Worth Attending: A Personal Account of the 11th Conference of the Property & Freedom Society (Sept. 10, 2016)
    • Gabb: Notes from the Eleventh [2016] Conference of the Property and Freedom Society (Sept. 7, 2016)