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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
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
Academic Director: Kurt R. Leube Tel. +1 650 248 4955 (krleube@gmail.com) Tel. +43 676 942 8980
Read the materials:
Welcome/Opening Remarks: H.S.H. Prince Michael of Liechtenstein Read the bio
Session I: On Siren Songs and Demagoguery I (9:00-10:45)
Chair: Malte Fischer (CH)
Selbstbestimmung: Die Austrian School gegen den postmodernen Totalitarismus: Michael Esfeld (CH/D) Read the bio
The Myth of Universal Inclusion and the Missing Element to Unmask Utopias: Elena Leontjeva (LT) Read the bio
Session II: On Siren Songs and Demagoguery II (11:10-12:50)
Chair: Hardy Bouillon (D) Read the bio
On Individual Freedom, Equity and Social Justice: Wanjiru Njoya (UK) Read the bio
Staatskultur: Totalitarismus auf Samtpfoten: Philipp Bagus (ES/D) Read the bio
Session III: On the Procrustean Ideal and its Shrouded Methods (14:30-16:15)
Chair: Michael Wohlgemuth (D) Read the bio
Über die Varianten des Sozialismus von 1945 bis heute: Karl-Peter Schwarz (A) Read the bio
On the Motivations and Implications of Critical Social Justice: Erec Smith(USA) Read the bio
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