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PFS 2011 Annual Meeting—Speakers and Presentations

by Stephan Kinsella on February 21, 2018

As noted in Youtube Videos for Past PFS Meetings, the PFS is migrating from older media platforms to Youtube for recordings of meetings from 2008–2013. The presentations for the PFS 2011 Annual Meeting are now available: see the PFS 2011 Youtube Playlist. The original Program is also available, as are Sean Gabb’s older Vimeo video record of proceedings of the presentations; see also 2011 meeting photos. The 2011 PFS Annual meeting was held at the Hotel Karia Princess, from May 26, to Monday, May 30, 2011.

A listing of the talks for other Annual Meetings will be made available presently on the Meetings and Proceedings page.

Speakers and presentations for the PFS 2011 Annual Meeting are listed below, with links to YouTube versions of the presentations on the PFS YouTube channel, in particular at the PFS 2011 Youtube Playlist. Audio is available at the Property and Freedom Podcast.

Friday, May 27, 2011

Hans-Hermann Hoppe (Germany/Turkey), Welcome and Introductions
Hans-Hermann Hoppe, Politics, Money and Banking. Everything You Need to Know in 30 Minutes
Mateusz Machaj (Poland), How and How Not to Criticize the Central Bank
Philipp Bagus (Spain), The FED and the ECB: Banksterism Compared
Doug French (USA), Going Broke: The Ethics of Default
Thomas DiLorenzo (USA), The Fallacies of “Happiness Research”
Nikolay Gertchev (France), Psychology Ain’t Economics. New Fads in Economics
French, Hoppe, DiLorenzo, Machaj, Bagus, Gertchev, Discussion, Q&A

Saturday, May 28

Stephan Kinsella (USA), Correcting Some Common Libertarian Misconceptions
John Derbyshire (USA), Understanding China and the Chinese
John O’Sullivan (UK), Understanding Europe and its Bureaucrats
Norman Stone† (UK/Turkey), Understanding Turkey and the Turks
Mustafa Akyol (Turkey), Drawing Borders in the Middle East: Ottoman Provinces v Western State Creations
Roman Skaskiw (USA/Ukraine), “Fighting for Freedom” in the Middle East. A Combat Soldier’s Report
Stone, Derbyshire, Akyol, O’Sullivan, Discussion, Q&A

Sunday, May 29

Sean Gabb (England), The Case Against the American War of Independence
Paul Gottfried (USA), How the Left Conquered the Right
Anthony Daniels (Theodore Dalrymple) (England), The Mirage of “Equal Opportunity”
Nicola Iannello (Italy), Of Producers and Parasites
Yuri Maltsev (USA), Of Customs and Condoms. Moving from One Empire to Another
Maltsev, Skaskiw, Iannello, Gabb, Gottfried, Daniels, Discussion, Q&A
Hans-Hermann Hoppe, Concluding Remarks and Announcements [no video]

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2025 Annual Meeting of the PFS

As noted here, the 2024 Annual Meeting of the Property and Freedom Society was held from Thursday, Sept. 19, 2024 (arrivals) to Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2024 (departures), in Bodrum, Turkey, at the Hotel Karia Princess. Details about the 2025 meeting will be announced presently.

Those interested in attending should contact Dr. Hoppe or Mr. Thomas Jacob (jacob@pfs-zurich.ch) (Administrative Secretary/Membership), regarding conditions, availability, and requirements.

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