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From the recently-concluded Fourteenth Annual Meeting of the PFS, Bodrum, Turkey (Sept. 12–17, 2019).
For others, see the links in the Program, or the PFS YouTube channel, including the growing PFS 2019 YouTube Playlist. Additional media of the proceedings will be released presently.
Additional information about the 2020 Annual Meeting (scheduled for Sept. 10–15, 2020) will be released presently.
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From the recently-concluded Fourteenth Annual Meeting of the PFS, Bodrum, Turkey (Sept. 12–17, 2019).
For others, see the links in the Program, or the PFS YouTube channel, including the growing PFS 2019 YouTube Playlist. Additional media of the proceedings will be released presently.
Additional information about the 2020 Annual Meeting (scheduled for Sept. 10–15, 2020) will be released presently.
SEE PFP206
From the recently-concluded Fourteenth Annual Meeting of the PFS, Bodrum, Turkey (Sept. 12–17, 2019).
For others, see the links in the Program, or the PFS YouTube channel, including the growing PFS 2019 YouTube Playlist. Additional media of the proceedings will be released presently.
Additional information about the 2020 Annual Meeting (scheduled for Sept. 10–15, 2020) will be released presently.
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From the recently-concluded Fourteenth Annual Meeting of the PFS, Bodrum, Turkey (Sept. 12–17, 2019).
For others, see the links in the Program, or the PFS YouTube channel, including the growing PFS 2019 YouTube Playlist. Additional media of the proceedings will be released presently.
Additional information about the 2020 Annual Meeting (scheduled for Sept. 10–15, 2020) will be released presently.
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From the recently-concluded Fourteenth Annual Meeting of the PFS, Bodrum, Turkey (Sept. 12–17, 2019).
For others, see the links in the Program, or the PFS YouTube channel, including the growing PFS 2019 YouTube Playlist. Additional media of the proceedings will be released presently.
Additional information about the 2020 Annual Meeting (scheduled for Sept. 10–15, 2020) will be released presently.
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From the recently-concluded Fourteenth Annual Meeting of the PFS, Bodrum, Turkey (Sept. 12–17, 2019).
For others, see the links in the Program, or the PFS YouTube channel, including the growing PFS 2019 YouTube Playlist. Additional media of the proceedings will be released presently.
Additional information about the 2020 Annual Meeting (scheduled for Sept. 10–15, 2020) will be released presently.
[UPDATE: as noted here, the 2020 meeting has been CANCELED]
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The 2020 Annual Meeting of the Property and Freedom Society will be held from Thursday, Sept. 10, 2020 (arrivals) to Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2020 (departures), in Bodrum, Turkey, at the Hotel Karia Princess. Those interested in attending future meetings should contact Dr. Hoppe or Mr. Thomas Jacob (jacob@pfs-zurich.ch) (Administrative Secretary/Membership),
The initial list of speakers for the 2020 Annual Meeting follows. Topics and details will be added in due course: [continue reading…]
Norman Stone, PFS 2013
Longtime PFS member and speaker Norman Stone passed away this week, June 19, 2019. He was 78. As noted on Wikipedia:
Norman Stone (8 March 1941 – 19 June 2019) was a Scottish historian and author. He was Professor of European History in the Department of International Relations at Bilkent University, having formerly been a professor at the University of Oxford, lecturer at the University of Cambridge, and adviser to British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher.
In 1997, he retired from Oxford and moved to Turkey where he also taught, eventually publishing Turkey: A Short History. I do not think he was exactly a libertarian but Hans somehow discovered him and invited him to PFS for the first time in 2011, I believe, and he became a regular speaker, always delivering interesting, informed speeches in him husky-voiced, charming Scottish accent. I personally had many hours of fascinating, one on one, in depth conversation with Norman over the years at PFS meetings. We both shared the Christian name “Norman”, and I recall one time when chatting with him after not having seen him for a few years, I tried to remind him who I was, and he said, a twinkle in his eye, with his Scottish accent, “Oh, I know who you are,” and he reminded me of conversations we’d had at previous meetings. He was truly brilliant, refined, kind, and a classy gentleman. I was greatly fond of him and he, I think, a little, of me. I’ll miss him. My impression was he really enjoyed his several trips to Bodrum for our crazy libertarian meetings and felt at home there. Kudos to Professor Hoppe for introducing him to our set.
Norman Stone, PFS 2013, with Hans-Hermann Hoppe, Richard Lynn, Stephan Kinsella, and Jared Taylor
Pasted below is a 2007 tribute by Harry Mount published yesterday in The Spectator.
Norman’s PFS presentations are:
The 2019 Annual Meeting of the Property and Freedom Society was recently held from Thursday, Sept. 12, 2019 to Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2019, in Bodrum, Turkey, at the Hotel Karia Princess.
Information about the 2020 Annual Meeting, to be held in September 2020, will be released presently [update: the 2020 meeting was canceled due to state-created covid-related chaos]. Those interested in attending future meetings should contact Dr. Hoppe or Mr. Thomas Jacob (jacob@pfs-zurich.ch) (Administrative Secretary/Membership), regarding conditions, availability, and requirements.
Media for the talks listed below are being added gradually to the growing PFS 2019 YouTube Playlist. Audio is available at the Property and Freedom Podcast.
The finalized list of speakers and topics for the 2019 meeting follows below:
Final Program Schedule
Thursday, September 12 arrivals and registration
Friday, September 13
Saturday, September 14
Sunday, September 15
See [PFP202]
From the recently-concluded Thirteenth Annual Meeting of the PFS, Bodrum, Turkey (Sept. 13–18, 2018).
For others, see the links in the Program, or the PFS YouTube channel, including the growing PFS 2018 YouTube Playlist.
Information about the scheduled PFS 2019 Annual Meeting may be found here.
See [PFP201]
From the recently-concluded Thirteenth Annual Meeting of the PFS, Bodrum, Turkey (Sept. 13–18, 2018).
For others, see the links in the Program, or the PFS YouTube channel, including the growing PFS 2018 YouTube Playlist.
Information about the scheduled PFS 2019 Annual Meeting may be found here.
See [PFP200]
From the recently-concluded Thirteenth Annual Meeting of the PFS, Bodrum, Turkey (Sept. 13–18, 2018). For part 1, see Hans-Hermann Hoppe, The Libertarian Search for a Grand Historical Narrative (Part I) (PFS 2018)
For others, see the links in the Program, or the PFS YouTube channel, including the growing PFS 2018 YouTube Playlist.
Information about the scheduled PFS 2019 Annual Meeting may be found here.
See [PFP199]
From the recently-concluded Thirteenth Annual Meeting of the PFS, Bodrum, Turkey (Sept. 13–18, 2018), Day 3. For part 2, see Hans-Hermann Hoppe, Progress According to Pinker (Part II) (PFS 2018). A transcript is available.
For others, see the links in the Program, or the PFS YouTube channel, including the growing PFS 2018 YouTube Playlist. Additional media of the proceedings will be released presently.
Information about the scheduled PFS 2019 Annual Meeting may be found here.
See [PFP198]
From the recently-concluded Thirteenth Annual Meeting of the PFS, Bodrum, Turkey (Sept. 13–18, 2018), Day 3.
For others, see the links in the Program, or the PFS YouTube channel, including the growing PFS 2018 YouTube Playlist. Additional media of the proceedings will be released presently.
Information about the scheduled PFS 2019 Annual Meeting may be found here.
See [PFP197]
From the recently-concluded Thirteenth Annual Meeting of the PFS, Bodrum, Turkey (Sept. 13–18, 2018).
For others, see the links in the Program, or the PFS YouTube channel, including the growing PFS 2018 YouTube Playlist. Additional media of the proceedings will be released presently.
Information about the scheduled PFS 2019 Annual Meeting may be found here.
See [PFP196]
From the recently-concluded Thirteenth Annual Meeting of the PFS, Bodrum, Turkey (Sept. 13–18, 2018).
For others, see the links in the Program, or the PFS YouTube channel, including the growing PFS 2018 YouTube Playlist. Additional media of the proceedings will be released presently.
Information about the scheduled PFS 2019 Annual Meeting may be found here.
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."
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