Can free markets protect the environment better than government regulation?In this talk, Matt Ridley explains how property rights, innovation, and market incentives can deliver effective environmental protection while fostering prosperity.

Recorded at the XX International Gottfried von Haberler Conference (“Austrian Economics at Work”), held at the University of Liechtenstein in Vaduz on May 29, 2026.

09.07.2026

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Central banks were created to protect the value of money. Instead, they are eroding citizens’ prosperity.  As central banks call 2 percent inflation “price stability,” citizens watch their purchasing power shrink.

05.07.2026

Ninety years ago, in 1936, Gottfried von Haberler left Austria permanently at the age of 36 to join the Economics Department at Harvard University. Holding the Galen L.bStone chair in international trade, he spent the next 35 years at Harvard until he retired in 1971.

04.07.2026

On 2 July 2026, Gerard Radnitzky would have celebrated his 105th birthday. Were he still alive today, he would be appalled by the endemic self-destruction of democracy in politics and society—appalled, but hardly surprised.

03.07.2026

Great series on the Austrian School of Economics, featuring the interview with H.S.H. Prince Michael of Liechtenstein, ECAEF President.

02.07.2026

19th Vernon Smith Prize: Call for Papers! The International Vernon Smith Prize has been established in 2008 by ECAEF for the advancement of Austrian Economics. The essay competition is named after Professor Vernon Lomax Smith.

01.07.2026