Below is a recent post from Mises Deutschland with videos of Professor Hoppe speaking on “Privatrechtsgesellschaft statt Staat,” Modelhof Akademie (Nov. 23, 2012).
Prof. Hoppe zeigt in seinem Vortrag, dass der Wettbewerb in der heutigen Parteiendemokratie – ein Wettbewerb im Lügen und Abkassieren, im Täuschen und Tarnen – keine guten Ergebnisse hervorbringen kann.
Als Alternative bietet er die Privatrechtsgesellschaft an, aufgebaut auf Selbstbestimmung und Freiwilligkeit. In diesem System werden Konflikte neutral gelöst.
Prof. Hoppe zeigt auch auf, dass das Modell der Privatrechtsgesellschaft keine Utopie, sondern streng durchdacht, realistisch und genau betrachtet sogar selbstverständlich ist.
Wir bedanken uns bei der “Akademie Modelhof” für die Genehmigung zur Veröffentlichung der Videos.
Andreas Marquart
(Hinweis: es lässt sich leider nicht vermeiden, dass die Videos gleichzeitig starten, bitte ein Video einfach auf “Pause” stellen)
As Andy Duncan notes in a Facebook post about this interview: “At one point I ask him a little about Hoppe World, in the future, and he says it’s likely.”
DOUG CASEY: ‘WE ARE LIVING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE BIGGEST BUBBLE IN HISTORY’
Episode 88: GoldMoney’s Andy Duncan talks to Doug Casey, the founder and chairman of Casey Research and the author of a new book called Totally Incorrect. They discuss the current state of global finance and the chances of an upcoming paper money collapse.
Casey points out that the recovery after the 2008 financial crisis is just an illusion created by central bank money printing which will ultimately lead to very high inflation once bank lending starts to pick up again. Both men discuss what will happen when all the US dollars currently held overseas are repatriated as foreigners lose confidence in the greenback. They also speculate about what Keynesians might be thinking at the moment, and analyse how non-western central banks are beginning to behave with regards to gold.
They evaluate the likelihood of western economic collapse in 2013, what this would imply for the global monetary standing of gold, and how GoldMoney subscribers can best protect themselves and their assets. On this note they also talk about how a future world monetary situation might look like once we are through the Keynesian collapse. Casey also speculates about how the theories of Professor Hans Hermann-Hoppe might have applicability to the shape of the world order post-crash, and what readers can look forward to if they purchase a copy of Totally Incorrect.
Finally, they discuss what type of “black swans” we can expect to land in the coming months.
There are so many good things you can say about Michael McKay so I will just mention a few things. Michael is the founder of Radio Free Market. I can really recommend one of his recent lectures about Reality Economics at Carthage College here. Michael is also a vivid supporter of many freedom organizations. Michael has been a successful business man for several years and is also the author of the Secrets About Money.
To sit down with Michael and discuss any subject is always a pleasure and I admire him on so many levels. I think one of the things I love most about Michael is that he is dedicated to help young people and to really spread his knowledge. In this interview Michael tell us about PFS, his books, advice for young people and how to build a business.
Below is the initial (preliminary) list of speakers and topics for the Eighth Annual Meeting of the PFS, which will be held in Bodrum, Turkey at the Hotel Karia Princess, from Thursday, September 19, to Tuesday, September 24, 2013. Those interested in attending should contact Dr. Hoppe or Mr. Grözinger, Administrative Secretary, regarding conditions, availability, and requirements. (Please be advised that nearly half of all available places have already been reserved. So don’t wait too long.)
(Note: The list of speakers and topics for the Seventh Annual Meeting (Sept. 27-Oct. 1, 2012), as well as video of the presentations, may be found here.)
Property and Freedom Society
8th Annual Meeting, September 19–24, 2013
Karia Princess Hotel, Bodrum, Turkey
Speakers & Topics
Anthony Daniels (Theodore Dalrymple), Public Health or Public Totalitarianism? A Report from Medical Journals
I delivered this speech in September 2012 for the 2012 Annual Meeting of the Property and Freedom Society in Bodrum, Turkey. The audio of my speech was corrupted due to a technical error, so I re-recorded a version of the speech; audio and streaming below.
The talk was largely based on two previous papers:
Note: I have since changed my mind on the some of the issues regarding the Hayekian “knowledge problem” and Leoni’s work in this regard, as I have noted in subsequent articles, such as the Knowledge, Calculation, Conflict, and Law review above, footnote 5. Oh, that I had heeded Jeff Herbener’s comments on an earlier manuscript, but I either got these comments too late, or did not fully appreciate them at the time. More information on the calculation debate. [↩]
Frank Karsten is chairman of the Stichting Meer Vrijheid (More Freedom Foundation), a Dutch libertarian organization which acts to reduce taxes and government intervention. He regularly appears in public to speak against the growing interference of the State in the lives of citizens.
Frank Karsten is chairman of the Stichting Meer Vrijheid (More Freedom Foundation), a Dutch libertarian organization which acts to reduce taxes and government intervention. He regularly appears in public to speak against the growing interference of the State in the lives of citizens.
Frank Karsten is also the author of the amazing book Beyond Democracy which now is being translated to many languages including the Swedish version here.
Frank Karsten is also one of the founders of Mises.nl which will have their inaugural meeting this year. I had the pleasure to meet Frank during his first visit to the PFS conference and he was kind enough to give this interview about the great job he is doing.
Recorded at the Property and
Freedom Society 2012 Bodrum, Turkey.
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Recorded by Ludwig von Mises Institute in Sweden
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Episode 84: Andy Duncan talks to “Austrian” economist, Professor Thorsten Polleit, about a recent speech he gave entitled “What Do Bankers Know About Money and Banking?” Dr Polleit is Chief Economist for Degussa Goldhandel in Germany, and for 12 years until April of 2012 was the Chief German Economist for Barclays Capital. He lectures in Economics at the Frankfurt School of Finance and Management, and the universities of Bayreuth and Duisburg-Essen.
Andy and Thorsten discuss the latter’s monetary theory of how fiat currency tends to result in “collective corruption” in societies, and how this then leads to hyperinflation, despite the dangers to society that hyperinflation always brings. They also debate the development of global fiat currency over the last 40 years, and how increasing levels of debt may mark its terminal decline. Governments may plan for this decline by re-introducing gold-backing to Western currencies.
You can watch Dr Polleit’s speech “What Do Bankers Know About Money and Banking?” at this link. For more information about Dr Polleit and his work visithttp://www.thorsten-polleit.com.
The following interview with Hans-Hermann Hoppe first appeared in the German weekly Junge Freiheit on November 2, 2012, and was conducted by Moritz Schwarz. It has been translated here into English by Robert Groezinger.
Are taxes nothing but protection money? The state a kind of mafia? Democracy a fraud? Philosopher Hans-Hermann Hoppe is not only considered one of the most prominent pioneering intellectuals of the libertarian movement, but also perhaps the sharpest critic of the Western political system.
Professor Hoppe: In your essay collection ‘Der Wettbewerb der Gauner’ (‘The Competition of Crooks’) you write that ‘99 percent of citizens, asked if the state was necessary, would answer yes.’ Me too! Why am I wrong?
Hoppe: All of us, from childhood, have been moulded by state or state licensed institutions – preschools, schools, universities. So the result you quoted is not surprising. However, if I asked you whether you said yes to an institution having the last word in each conflict, even in those it is itself involved in, you would certainly say no – unless you hoped to be in charge of this institution yourself.
Er … correct.
Hoppe: Of course, because you know that such an institution cannot only mediate in conflicts but also cause them, you can recognize that it can then resolve them to its own advantage. In the face of this I, for one, would live in fear of my life and property. However, it is precisely this, the ultimate power of judicial decision-making, that is the specific characteristic of the institution known as the state.
The Q&A session for Day 2 of the 2012 Annual Meeting is now available (see below), with panelists Guido Huelsmann, Douglas French, Thorsten Polleit, Joseph Salerno, and Hans-Hermann Hoppe. For others, see the links in the Program, or the PFS Vimeo channel. Other speeches will be uploaded presently.
Joe Salerno’s speech for the 2012 Annual Meeting is now available (see below). For others, see the links in the Program, or the PFS Vimeo channel. Other speeches will be uploaded presently.
Jeff Tucker’s speech for the 2012 Annual Meeting is now available (see below). For others, see the links in the Program, or the PFS Vimeo channel. Other speeches will be uploaded presently.
Thorsten Polleit’s speech for the 2012 Annual Meeting is now available (see below). For others, see the links in the Program, or the PFS Vimeo channel. Other speeches will be uploaded presently.
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), regarding conditions, availability, and requirements.
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.” — FrédéricBastiat
“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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