The 2016 Annual Meeting of the Property and Freedom Society was held from Thursday, September 1, 2016, to Tuesday, September 6, 2016, in Bodrum, Turkey, at the Hotel Karia Princess. (N.B. the meeting was held slightly earlier than in recent years, in order not to conflict with a major moving Muslim holiday.)

Speakers and presentations are listed below, with links to YouTube versions of the presentations on the PFS YouTube channel, in particular at the PFS 2016 YouTube Playlist. Audio is available at the Property and Freedom Podcast.

• Hans-Hermann Hoppe (Germany/Turkey), “Introductions, Day 1, Morning Sessions”
  • Olivier Richard (Switzerland), On Free and Compulsory Education
  • Rahim Taghizadegan (Austria), On the Rise and Fall of the University
• Hans-Hermann Hoppe (Germany/Turkey), “Introductions, Day 1, Afternoon Sessions”
  • X (England), “How Glorious was the ‘Glorious Revolution’?”
  • Sean Gabb (England), “Margaret Thatcher—Hero or Villain?”
  • Daniel Model (Liechtenstein; Model Holding), On the Hardship of Doing Business (in Switzerland)
  • Richard, Taghizadegan, Martland, Gabb, Model: “Discussion—Q&A”
• Hans-Hermann Hoppe (Germany/Turkey), “Introductions, Day 2, Morning Sessions”
  • Heiner Rindermann (Germany), “Cognitive and Cultural ‘Enrichment’ of Europe by Immigration”
  • Gerd Schultze-Rhonhof (Germany), On the Many Fathers of World War II
• Hans-Hermann Hoppe (Germany/Turkey), Introductions, Day 2, Afternoon Sessions”
  • Anthony Daniels (Theodore Dalrymple) (England), “On Bogus Illnesses and Their Enablers”
  • Norman Stone† (UK/Turkey), On Politics and Religion
  • Rindermann, Daniels, Schultze Rhonhof, Stone: “Discussion—Q&A“
• Hans-Hermann Hoppe (Germany/Turkey), Introductions, Day 3, Morning Sessions
  • Walter Block (USA), “Market Failure” – Fact or Fiction?
  • Hans-Hermann Hoppe (Germany/Turkey), On the Ethics of Argumentation
• Hans-Hermann Hoppe (Germany/Turkey), Introductions, Day 3, Afternoon Sessions
  • David Dürr (Switzerland), On How to Take the State to Court
  • Doug Casey (USA), On Prospecting the World’s Regions
  • Block, Hoppe, Dürr, Casey, “Discussion—Q&A“

Commentary:

• X: The Only Conference Worth Attending: A Personal Account of the 11th Conference of the Property & Freedom Society (Sept. 10, 2016)
• Block: Hans Hoppe’s PFS Conference in Turkey, a Report, LewRockwell.com (Sept. 9, 2016)
• Gabb: Notes from the Eleventh [2016] Conference of the Property and Freedom Society (Sept. 7, 2016) (Gabb copy)

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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 from Sean Gabb on Vimeo.

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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:

• • 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)
  • June 8, 2011: “Outside the Asylum: Property and Freedom Society, Bodrum, Turkey, 2011,” by Andy Duncan, Cobden Centre (republished as “A Few Days outside the Asylum,” Mises Daily, June 15, 2011)
  • June 17, 2010: “Reflections on the 2010 Conference of the Property and Freedom Society,” by Sean Gabb, Free Life Commentary, Issue Number 194
  • June 16, 2010: “Bodrum Days and Nights: The Fifth Annual Meeting of the Property and Freedom Society: A Partial Report,” Stephan Kinsella, The Libertarian Standard
  • July 4, 2008: “The Third Meeting of the Property and Freedom Society, Bodrum, May 2008: A Brief Record,” Sean Gabb, Free Life Commentary No. 173
  • June 4th 2007: Report on the second PFS conference in Bodrum [local copy], by Rahim Taghizadegan, liberty.li (in German)
  • June 21st 2006: Hoppean Property and Freedom by Doug French,LewRockwell.com
  • June 14th 2006: The Inaugural Meeting of the Property and Freedom Society: An Incidental Record, by Sean Gabb, Free Life Commentary, Issue Number 148

Professor Hoppe’s speech, “The Property And Freedom Society—Reflections After Five Years,” was delivered June 4, 2010, at the Fifth Annual Meeting of the PFS. Video is embedded below. A text version was published at LewRockwell.com, and also at VDARE (The Property And Freedom Society—Reflections After Five Years, June 9, 2010) and The Libertarian Standard (The Property And Freedom Society—Reflections After Five Years, June 10, 2010). It is available also in a Spanish translation: La Sociedad “Propiedad y Libertad”–Reflexiones después de cinco años).

See also Professor Hoppe’s On Democracy, De-Civilization, and the Quest for a New Counterculture (LewRockwell.com, September 28, 2015).

PFS 2010 – Hans-Hermann Hoppe, Welcoming Remarks. The PFS – After Five Years from Sean Gabb on Vimeo.

See https://propertyandfreedom.org/paf-podcast/pfp145-hoppe-et-al-discussion-qa-pfs-2015

See PFP143.

See PFP142.

From the recently-concluded Tenth Annual Meeting of the PFS, Bodrum, Turkey (Sept. 10–15, 2015).

For others, see the links in the Program, or the PFS YouTube channel. Other lectures, presentations, and panels will be uploaded presently.

See PFP141.

See PFP139.

See PFP138.

See PFP137.

SEE PFP131

See PFP135.

SEE PFP132

SEE PFP133

SEE PFP130

See PFP140.

See PFP136.

See PFP134.

An article about the recent PFS Tenth Annual Meeting (the final list of speakers and program may be found here) is available in “Wirtschaftswoche” (Germany’s version of Business week): Anarcho-Kapitalismus: Freiheit statt Demokratie (Sept. 27, 2015).

If any enterprising PFSer would like to provide an English translation of this article, please email me ([email protected]).

Other news about PFS in the press may be found here.

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The 2015 Annual Meeting has just concluded. The final list of speakers and program may be found here. Media of the proceedings will be released in due course.

Initial reports on the 2015 meeting are already rolling in:  Sebastian Ortiz reviews PFS 2015, Libertarian Alliance (19 Sept. 2015) and LA Podcast: The Property and Freedom Society (2015 – Tenth Anniversary), X (20 Sept. 2015). For reports on earlier meetings, see our Press page.

See: https://propertyandfreedom.org/paf-podcast/pfp144-hoppe-democracy-de-civilization-and-counterculture-pfs-2015

SEE NOW PFP129.

The Tenth Annual Meeting of the PFS has just concluded—the most spectacular PFS Annual Meeting to-date. Video of the lectures, photographs, and information about the PFS 2016 Annual Meeting will be provided presently.

Here is the program and list of speakers for the Tenth Annual Meeting. Information about the 2016 meeting will be available in due course.