Gottfried von Haberler Conference 2025

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.’

Friedrich 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 (krl@ecaef.org) Tel. +43 676 942 8980. Relevant literature for sale by: (holger.thuss@tvrgroup.de)

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Welcome/Opening Remarks: H.S.H. Prince Michael of Liechtenstein Read the bio

XVII. Gottfried-von-Haberler-Conference 2023
Topic: Taking Money out of Politics: A case for Private Money?

XVI. Gottfried-von-Haberler-Conference 2022
Topic: On the Morality of the State and the State of Political Morals
(Über die Hybris der Staaten und den Zustand politischer Moral)
Due to the Corona Pandemic, this conference needed to be postponed. New date: 20 May 2022

XV. Gottfried-von-Haberler-Conference 2019
Topic: When Naive Presumptions prompt Hasty Judgments: On the Benefits and Problems of Genetic Engineering
(Wenn Vermutungen zum Urteil werden: Die Gentechnologie am Pranger)

XIV. Gottfried-von-Haberler-Conference 2018
Topic: Karl Marx: Born 1818 and Still Going Strong?
(Karl Marx: Mythos und Realität)

XIII. Gottfried-von-Haberler-Conference 2017
Topic: The Economics and Politics of Interventionism
(Wenn Bürokraten Unternehmer spielen: Die Politik des Interventionismus)

XII. Gottfried-von-Haberler-Conference 2016
Topic: Central Banks, Fiscal Policy and the Betrayed Citizen
(Über Zentralbanken, Schuldenpolitik und den geprellten Bürger)

XI. Gottfried-von-Haberler-Conference 2015
Topic: Small is beautiful: Downsize the States, Empower the People!
(Seid umschlungen Millionen? Der Würgegriff grosser Staaten)

X. Gottfried-von-Haberler-Conference 2014
Topic: On Statesmanship and the Limits of State Action
(Staatskunst – Staatsausgaben – Staatsaufgaben)

IX. Gottfried-von-Haberler-Conference 2013
Topic: Are the Poor getting poorer and the Rich getting richer?
(Werden die Armen immer ärmer und die Reichen immer reicher? – Das Scheitern der Umverteilungspolitik)

VIII. Gottfried-von-Haberler-Conference 2012
Topic: The End of the Rule of Law
(Das Ende des Rechtsstaates)

VII. Gottfried-von-Haberler-Conference 2011
Topic: The Economics of Regulations
(Der Preis der Gesetzesflut)

VI. Gottfried-von-Haberler-Conference 2010
Topic: Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely
(Über Macht, Machtmissbrauch und die Verantwortung des Bürgers)

V. Gottfried-von-Haberler-Conference 2009
Topic: Can Capitalism Survive?
(Kann Kapitalismus überleben?)

IV. Gottfried-von-Haberler-Conference 2008
Topic: No E.C.E Matter! – On Energy, Climate and the Environment

III. Gottfried-von-Haberler-Conference 2007
Topic: “There Ain’t No Such Thing as a Free Lunch” | Milton Friedman – An Appreciation

II. Gottfried-von-Haberler-Conference 2006
Topic: Private Solutions for Public Problems?

I. Gottfried-von-Haberler-Conference 2005
Topic: Globalization, and the Benefits of Free Trade
(Globalisierung und die Vorteile des freien Handels)