videos from ECAEF key events: GvH & VS Prize

11.07.2026

Vienna gave the world its worst ideas. And its best defense against them.

Chapters:
_{0:00 – Introduction: Vienna’s Battle of Ideas}
_{2:14 – The Habsburg Empire: Chaos as a Laboratory}
_{5:08 – The Limits of Central Planning: When Data Fails}
_{16:46 – Catholic Philosophy and the Roots of Individual Action}
_{18:28 – From Empire to Exile: Crisis, Hyperinflation, and the Anschluss}
_{21:25 – Liechtenstein: Austrian Economics in Practice}
_{23:20 – Conclusion: Why the Austrian School Is Austrian}

09.07.2026

Has climate alarmism disappeared? ECAEF Talk with Matt Ridley

In an interview with Malte Fischer (NZZ), Matt Ridley explains how, even in the environmental sector, the private sector can accomplish more than the state when it takes an active role.

25.06.2025

Mehr oder weniger Brüssel für ein besseres Europa?

Italiens Ex-Europaminister Rocco Buttiglione: Mehr oder weniger Brüssel für ein besseres Europa? 19th International Gottfried von Haberler Conference 2025.

25.06.2025

Trump is using a sledgehammer on DEI when a scalpel would be needed

Erec Smith, Cato Institute and Malte Fischer NZZ discuss the topic “Trump is using a sledgehammer on DEI when a scalpel would be needed” during the 19. GvH Conference in May 2025.

25.06.2025

On the Motivations and Implications of Critical Social Justice

Erec Smith presents “On the motivations and implications of critical social justice” at our 19th International Gottfried von Haberler Conference in Vaduz, May 2025.