Property and Freedom Podcast, Episode 048.
This lecture is from the 2010 meeting of the Property and Freedom Society: “It Usually Begins with John Locke: Reflections on Classical Liberalism and the State,” by Marco Bassani (Italy). PFS 2010 Playlist.
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Property and Freedom Podcast, Episode 047.
This lecture is from the 2010 meeting of the Property and Freedom Society: “The ‘Alternative Right’ in America,” Richard Spencer (USA). PFS 2010 Playlist.
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Note: This took place well before the “alt-right” had fully emerged and around the time Spencer launched his Alternative Right magazine. The contours of the alt-right became clearer later, which Professor Hoppe criticized in “Libertarianism and the Alt-Right: In Search of a Libertarian Strategy for Social Change (2017)“: [continue reading…]
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Property and Freedom Podcast, Episode 046.
This lecture is from the 2010 meeting of the Property and Freedom Society: “Welcoming Remarks: The Property And Freedom Society—Reflections After Five Years,” by Hans-Hermann Hoppe (Germany/Turkey). PFS 2010 Playlist.
Print versions: The Property And Freedom Society—Reflections After Five Years, VDARE (June 9, 2010); also published as The Property And Freedom Society—Reflections After Five Years, The Libertarian Standard (June 10, 2010) and “My Life on the Right,” ch. 24 in The Great Fiction; reposted at LewRockwell.com; Spanish translation: La Sociedad “Propiedad y Libertad”–Reflexiones después de cinco años).
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Property and Freedom Podcast, Episode 045.
This lecture is from the 2009 meeting of the Property and Freedom Society: “Bonus: Robert Groezinger Interviews Guido Hülsmann (in German),” with Guido Hülsmann (Germany/France) & Robert Groezinger (Germany). PFS 2009 Playlist.
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Property and Freedom Podcast, Episode 044.
This lecture is from the 2009 meeting of the Property and Freedom Society: “Bonus: Robert Groezinger Interviews Sean Gabb,” with Sean Gabb (England) & Robert Groezinger (Germany). PFS 2009 Playlist.
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Property and Freedom Podcast, Episode 043.
This panel discussion is from the 2009 meeting of the Property and Freedom Society: “Discussion, Q&A,” by Hans-Hermann Hoppe (Germany/Turkey) & Sean Gabb (England). PFS 2009 Playlist.
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Note that the audio quality for the 2006 and 2008 meetings (there were no recordings for the 2007 meeting) was poor and has been improved as much as possible by Podsworth Media. Audio for the 2009 meeting was better but has also been tweaked a bit by Podsworth. The audio quality improves significantly starting with the 2010 meeting.
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 33:28 — 26.8MB)
Property and Freedom Podcast, Episode 042.
This lecture is from the 2009 meeting of the Property and Freedom Society: “What is the “Ruling Class?”, by Sean Gabb (England). PFS 2009 Playlist.
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Note that the audio quality for the 2006 and 2008 meetings (there were no recordings for the 2007 meeting) was poor and has been improved as much as possible by Podsworth Media. Audio for the 2009 meeting was better but has also been tweaked a bit by Podsworth. The audio quality improves significantly starting with the 2010 meeting.
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 32:45 — 26.2MB)
Property and Freedom Podcast, Episode 041.
This lecture is from the 2009 meeting of the Property and Freedom Society: “From the Malthusian Trap to the Industrial Revolution: An Explanation of Social Evolution,” by Hans-Hermann Hoppe (Germany/Turkey). PFS 2009 Playlist.
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Note that the audio quality for the 2006 and 2008 meetings (there were no recordings for the 2007 meeting) was poor and has been improved as much as possible by Podsworth Media. Audio for the 2009 meeting was better but has also been tweaked a bit by Podsworth. The audio quality improves significantly starting with the 2010 meeting.
See also From the Malthusian Trap to the Industrial Revolution: An Explanation of Social Evolution (PFS 2009):
Professor Hoppe’s chapter, “From the Malthusian Trap to the Industrial Revolution: An Explanation of Social Evolution,” in both The Great Fiction, and in A Short History of Man: Progress and Decline, was initially presented in 2009 at the Property and Freedom Society. (Earlier version in print here.)
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Property and Freedom Podcast, Episode 040.
This lecture is from the 2009 meeting of the Property and Freedom Society: “On Good (Commodity) Credit and Bad (Fiduciary Credit). Experiences of a Former Banker,” Doug French (USA). PFS 2009 Playlist.
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Note that the audio quality for the 2006 and 2008 meetings (there were no recordings for the 2007 meeting) was poor and has been improved as much as possible by Podsworth Media. Audio for the 2009 meeting was better but has also been tweaked a bit by Podsworth. The audio quality improves significantly starting with the 2010 meeting.
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 35:47 — 28.7MB)
Property and Freedom Podcast, Episode 039.
This lecture is from the 2009 meeting of the Property and Freedom Society: “The Great Crash of 2009: Causes and Consequences,” Guido Hülsmann (Germany/France). PFS 2009 Playlist.
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Note that the audio quality for the 2006 and 2008 meetings (there were no recordings for the 2007 meeting) was poor and has been improved as much as possible by Podsworth Media. Audio for the 2009 meeting was better but has also been tweaked a bit by Podsworth. The audio quality improves significantly starting with the 2010 meeting.
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 36:44 — 29.4MB)
Property and Freedom Podcast, Episode 038.
This lecture is from the 2009 meeting of the Property and Freedom Society: “The Unholy Alliance: State and Central Bank. American Experiences,” by Thomas DiLorenzo (USA). PFS 2009 Playlist.
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Note that the audio quality for the 2006 and 2008 meetings (there were no recordings for the 2007 meeting) was poor and has been improved as much as possible by Podsworth Media. Audio for the 2009 meeting was better but has also been tweaked a bit by Podsworth. The audio quality improves significantly starting with the 2010 meeting.
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 28:14 — 22.6MB)
Property and Freedom Podcast, Episode 037.
This panel discussion is from the 2009 meeting of the Property and Freedom Society: “Discussion, Q&A,” by Mustafa Akyol (Turkey) & Peter Mentzel (USA). PFS 2009 Playlist.
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Note that the audio quality for the 2006 and 2008 meetings (there were no recordings for the 2007 meeting) was poor and has been improved as much as possible by Podsworth Media. Audio for the 2009 meeting was better but has also been tweaked a bit by Podsworth. The audio quality improves significantly starting with the 2010 meeting.
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 28:29 — 22.8MB)
Property and Freedom Podcast, Episode 036.
This lecture is from the 2009 meeting of the Property and Freedom Society: “Conflict Arbitration in a Multi-Legal System: The Case of the Ottoman Empire,” Peter Mentzel (USA). PFS 2009 Playlist.
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Note that the audio quality for the 2006 and 2008 meetings (there were no recordings for the 2007 meeting) was poor and has been improved as much as possible by Podsworth Media. Audio for the 2009 meeting was better but has also been tweaked a bit by Podsworth. The audio quality improves significantly starting with the 2010 meeting.
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 33:07 — 26.5MB)
Property and Freedom Podcast, Episode 035.
This lecture is from the 2009 meeting of the Property and Freedom Society: “Kemalism and its French Connection,” by Mustafa Akyol (Turkey). PFS 2009 Playlist.
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Note that the audio quality for the 2006 and 2008 meetings (there were no recordings for the 2007 meeting) was poor and has been improved as much as possible by Podsworth Media. Audio for the 2009 meeting was better but has also been tweaked a bit by Podsworth. The audio quality improves significantly starting with the 2010 meeting.
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:35 — 23.7MB)
Property and Freedom Podcast, Episode 034.
This panel discussion is from the 2009 meeting of the Property and Freedom Society: “Discussion, Q&A,” by Steve Farron (USA), Paul Gottfried (USA), Anthony Daniels (Theodore Dalrymple) (England), Robert Higgs (USA/Mexico) & Steve Sailer (USA). PFS 2009 Playlist.
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Note that the audio quality for the 2006 and 2008 meetings (there were no recordings for the 2007 meeting) was poor and has been improved as much as possible by Podsworth Media. Audio for the 2009 meeting was better but has also been tweaked a bit by Podsworth. The audio quality improves significantly starting with the 2010 meeting.
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 59:41 — 47.8MB)
Property and Freedom Podcast, Episode 033.
This lecture is from the 2009 meeting of the Property and Freedom Society: “The Costs of the American Empire,” by Robert Higgs (USA/Mexico). PFS 2009 Playlist.
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Note that the audio quality for the 2006 and 2008 meetings (there were no recordings for the 2007 meeting) was poor and has been improved as much as possible by Podsworth Media. Audio for the 2009 meeting was better but has also been tweaked a bit by Podsworth. The audio quality improves significantly starting with the 2010 meeting.
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 30:45 — 24.6MB)
As noted here, PFS 20, the 2025 Annual Meeting of the Property and Freedom Society, will be held from Thursday, September 18, 2025 to Tuesday, September 23, 2025, in Bodrum, Turkey, at the Hotel Karia Princess.
Those interested in attending should contact Dr. Hoppe or Mr. Thomas Jacob (jacob@pfs-zurich.ch) (Administrative Secretary/Membership),
Speakers and topics for previous Annual Meetings may be found here.
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“Property does not exist because there are laws, but laws exist because there is property.” — Frédéric Bastiat
“Because the concept of property, for instance, is so basic that everyone seems to have some immediate understanding of it, most people never think about it carefully and can, as a consequence, produce at best a very vague definition. But starting from imprecisely stated or assumed definitions and building a complex network of thought upon them can lead only to intellectual disaster. For the original imprecisions and loopholes will then pervade and distort everything derived from them. To avoid this, the concept of property must first be clarified.” —Hans-Hermann Hoppe, TSC, ch. 2
The Property and Freedom Society (PFS; Facebook) 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. It rejects positivism, relativism, and egalitarianism in any form, whether of "outcome" or "opportunity," and it has an outspoken distaste for politics and politicians. As such it seeks to avoid any association with the policies and proponents of interventionism, which Ludwig von Mises identified in 1946 as the fatal flaw in the plan of the many earlier and contemporary attempts by intellectuals alarmed by the rising tide of socialism and totalitarianism to found an anti-socialist ideological movement. Mises wrote: "What these frightened intellectuals did not comprehend was that all those measures of government interference with business which they advocated are abortive. ... There is no middle way. Either the consumers are supreme or the government."
(A more complete statement of our Principles can be found here.)
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