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There is all the difference in the world between treating people equally and attempting to make them equal. While the first is the condition of a free society, the second means, as De Tocqueville described it, ‘a new form of servitude.’
F.A.von Hayek
XIX. International Gottfried von Haberler Conference
Socialism in a New Disquise: D.E.I.
– what is next?
University of Liechtenstein
Vaduz, May 23, 2025
Organized and hosted by European Center of Austrian Economics Foundation (ecaef.org)
The support of the University of Liechtenstein and multiple local and international sponsors is gratefully acknowledged
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Conference Program May 23, 2025
Please note: Some titles may still be changed. Post-conference video interviews: May 24, 9:30 – 11:30.
Welcome/Opening Remarks: H.S.H. Prince Michael of Liechtenstein
Session I: ‘If Thought Corrupts Language, Language can also Corrupt Thought’ (9:00-10:45)
Chair: Peter Fischer (CH)
Selbstbestimmung: Die Austrian School zu D.E.I.: Michael Esfeld (CH/D)
On Biased Group Think in Today’s Politics and Academia: Elena Leontjeva (LT)
Session II: On Siren Songs and Demagoguery (11:10-12:50)
Chair: Hardy Bouillon (D)
On Individual Freedom, Equity and Social Justice: Wanjiru Njoya (UK)
Durch gesellschaftlichen Zwang zum kollektiven Denken: Philipp Batthyany (D)
Session III: On the Procrustean Ideal and its Shrouded Methods (14:15-17:45)
Chair: Michael Wohlgemuth (D)
Über die Varianten des Sozialismus von 1945 bis ‘Woke’: Karl-Peter Schwarz (A)
On the Motivations and Implications of Critical Social Justice: Erec Smith(USA)
Farewell Address: H.S.H. Prince Michael of Liechtenstein
Cocktail Reception at Vaduz Castle
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