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

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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.

Registration/Fee (08:00-08:50)

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: Peter Fischer (CH) Read the bio 
Selbstbestimmung: Die Austrian School gegen den postmodernen Totalitarismus: Michael Esfeld (CH/D) Read the bio
Lacking by Design: Why Virtues Cannot be Engineered: 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

Group Discussion with Peter A. Fischer

Farewell Address: H.S.H. Prince Michael of Liechtenstein
Cocktail Reception at Vaduz Castle