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Property and Freedom Podcast, Episode 235.
This talk is from the 2022 Annual Meeting of the Property and Freedom Society. Sean Gabb (England), “Emperor Andronicus I Comnenos (1118–1185)—The Trump of Constantinople”. Slides below (ppt).
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Property and Freedom Podcast, Episode 234.
This panel discussion is from the 2021 Annual Meeting of the Property and Freedom Society. Daniel Model (Liechtenstein; Model Holding), Stephan Kinsella (Texas), David Dürr (Switzerland), Hans-Hermann Hoppe (Germany/Turkey), Discussion, Q&A.
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Property and Freedom Podcast, Episode 233.
This talk is from the 2021 Annual Meeting of the Property and Freedom Society. Hans-Hermann Hoppe (Germany/Turkey): The Idea of a Private Law Society: The Case of Karl Ludwig von Haller.
For the paper upon which this speech is based, see The Idea of a Private Law Society: The Case of Karl Ludwig von Haller (PFS 2021).
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Property and Freedom Podcast, Episode 232.
This talk is from the 2021 Annual Meeting of the Property and Freedom Society. David Dürr (Switzerland): A Short History of the Swiss Constitution.
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The slides used for the talk are provided below: [continue reading…]
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Property and Freedom Podcast, Episode 231.
This talk is from the 2021 Annual Meeting of the Property and Freedom Society. Stephan Kinsella (Texas), State Constitutions vs. the Libertarian Private Law Code.
Also podcast as KOL359 | State Constitutions vs. the Libertarian Private Law Code (PFS 2021)
For a similar talk, see KOL345 | Kinsella’s Libertarian “Constitution” or: State Constitutions vs. the Libertarian Private Law Code (PorcFest 2021).
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Property and Freedom Podcast, Episode 230.
This talk is from the 2021 Annual Meeting of the Property and Freedom Society. Daniel Model (Liechtenstein; Model Holding): An Entrepreneur’s Bureaucratic Encounters.
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Property and Freedom Podcast, Episode 229.
This panel discussion is from the 2021 Annual Meeting of the Property and Freedom Society. Karl-Peter Schwarz (Austria), Alessandro Fusillo (Italy), Rahim Taghizadegan (Austria), Jeff Deist (USA), Discussion, Q&A.
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Property and Freedom Podcast, Episode 228.
This talk is from the 2021 Annual Meeting of the Property and Freedom Society. Jeff Deist (USA), After Trump: The Prospects for Soft Secession in America.
An article based on this talk follows: [continue reading…]
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Property and Freedom Podcast, Episode 227.
This talk is from the 2021 Annual Meeting of the Property and Freedom Society. Rahim Taghizadegan (Austria), Schooling as State-Making.
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Property and Freedom Podcast, Episode 226.
This talk is from the 2021 Annual Meeting of the Property and Freedom Society. Alessandro Fusillo (Italy), State-Making as War-Making: The Case of Italy.
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Property and Freedom Podcast, Episode 225.
This talk is from the 2021 Annual Meeting of the Property and Freedom Society. Karl-Peter Schwarz (Austria): “He Seeketh Liberty, Which Is So Dear” [Commemorating the 700th anniversary of Dante’s death (September 14, 1321)].
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Property and Freedom Podcast, Episode 224.
This panel discussion is from the 2021 Annual Meeting of the Property and Freedom Society. Tim Haffner (United States/Japan), Juan F. Carpio (Ecuador), Saifedean Ammous (Palestine/Jordan), Thorsten Polleit (Germany), Discussion, Q&A.
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Property and Freedom Podcast, Episode 223.
This talk is from the 2021 Annual Meeting of the Property and Freedom Society. Thorsten Polleit (Germany), The Modern Version of J.R.R. Tolkien’s “One Ring To Rule Them All”: A Single World Fiat Money.
See also his article based on this speech, A Global Fiat Currency: “One Ring to Rule Them All” (Mises Wire, 9/24/2021). Portuguese translation.
See also Hoppe, Banking, Nation States and International Politics: A Sociological Reconstruction of the Present Economic Order (Vol. 4 Num. 1) (also in EEPP).
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Property and Freedom Podcast, Episode 222.
This talk is from the 2021 Annual Meeting of the Property and Freedom Society. Saifedean Ammous (Palestine/Jordan), Hard Money and Time Preference.
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Property and Freedom Podcast, Episode 221.
This talk is from the 2021 Annual Meeting of the Property and Freedom Society. Juan F. Carpio (Ecuador), The Body as a Capital Good (pdf).
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Property and Freedom Podcast, Episode 220.
This talk is from the 2021 Annual Meeting of the Property and Freedom Society.
Tim Haffner (United States/Japan), Japan’s First Samurai: Rebellion Against Monopoly Justice.
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Property and Freedom Podcast, Episode 219.
This talk is from the 2021 Annual Meeting of the Property and Freedom Society. Hans-Hermann Hoppe (Germany/Turkey), Welcome and Introductions; How Would a Private Law Society Deal with Corona?
The notes for this presentation are provided below. See also Hoppe, On the Corona Panic and Other Insanities: Interview by Andrea Venanzoni,” LewRockwell.com (Aug. 4, 2021). [continue reading…]
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Property and Freedom Podcast, Episode 218.
This panel discussion is from the 2019 Annual Meeting of the Property and Freedom Society. Guido Hülsmann (Germany/France), Stephan Kinsella (United States), David Dürr (Switzerland), Hans-Hermann Hoppe (Germany/Turkey), Discussion, Q&A.
PFS 2019 Playlist. Transcript at KOL272-2 | Q&A with Hülsmann, Dürr, Kinsella, Hoppe (PFS 2019).
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Property and Freedom Podcast, Episode 217.
This talk is from the 2019 Annual Meeting of the Property and Freedom Society. Hans-Hermann Hoppe (Germany/Turkey), The Failure of ‘Ontological Naturalism’
Longtime PFS member Deanna Forbush (see her talk at PFP135) has just published an article in a mainstream newspaper defending the legality of prostitution, quoting the Austro-libertarian reasoning of Rothbard, Hoppe, and yours truly. Impressive.
Deanna Forbush, “When it comes to prostitution, let freedom be the last word,” The Nevada Independent (Feb. 3, 2023).
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Property and Freedom Podcast, Episode 216.
This talk is from the 2019 Annual Meeting of the Property and Freedom Society. David Dürr (Switzerland), Rights of Way – Ways out of the State.
From my personal blog:
As reported at Mises.org, Yuri Maltsev has passed away. David Gordon has some nice words about Yuri there. I had been friends with Yuri for years. He attended the first Property and Freedom Society meeting in 2006, and many others since then, such as:
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Property and Freedom Podcast, Episode 215.
This talk is from the 2019 Annual Meeting of the Property and Freedom Society. Stephan Kinsella (United States), Nobody Owns Bitcoin. PFS 2019 Playlist.
See also KOL274 | Nobody Owns Bitcoin (PFS 2019).
Powerpoint slides embedded below.
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Property and Freedom Podcast, Episode 214.
This panel disucssion is from the 2019 Annual Meeting of the Property and Freedom Society. Guido Hülsmann (Germany/France), Less (Marcel) Mauss, More (Ludwig) Mises.
The 2023 (Seventeenth) Annual Meeting of the Property and Freedom Society was held from Thursday, Sept. 21, 2023 (arrivals) to Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2023 (departures), in Bodrum, Turkey, at the Hotel Karia Princess.
Those interested in attending the 2024 Meeting should contact Dr. Hoppe or Mr. Thomas Jacob (jacob@pfs-zurich.ch) (Administrative Secretary/Membership),
The list of speakers for the 2023 Annual Meeting follows (in order of presentation). For information about the previous meeting, see here. Video is available at the PFS 2023 Playlist, and audio is available at the Property and Freedom Podcast. [continue reading…]
As noted here, the 2026 Twentieth Annual Meeting of the Property and Freedom Society will be held from Thursday, September 17, 2026 to Tuesday, September 22, 2026.
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