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Vaduz, May 17, 2019. The 15th international Gottfried von Haberler Conference took place at University of Liechtenstein. This year’s topic: When Naive Presumptions prompt Hasty Judgments – On the Benefits and Problems of Genetic Engineering. The event was organized and hosted by ECAEF (European Center of Austrian Economics Foundation). Support came from the University and multiple local and international sponsors. You can download the speeches / essays held at the Conference right here …

Gottfried von Haberler-Konferenz 2019 – Was liberale Ökonomen zur Gen- und Biotechnologie zu sagen haben …

Information – data – is supposed to be the critical “raw material” for the economy, business and society heading into the future. We must therefore conclude that data have value. We know from experience that if goods and services are not scarce or do not have a price, they will be spoiled or misused. Damaging […]

“The key to the intricate and massive system of thought created by Karl Marx … is at bottom simple: Karl Marx was a communist”. Rothbard (1995, 317) succinctly makes a crucial point for understanding Marx: His ideas are not primarily about economics, sociology, of philosophy – let alone about singular or aggregate law-like relationships such […]

Forderungen von Internet-Giganten nach Beschränkung und Zensur; die spontane Ordnung ist in Gefahr (Erstveröffentlichung am 18. April 2019 bei eigentümlich frei) Es ist nicht erstaunlich: Immer mehr wird nach der Regulierung des Internets gerufen. Was aber auffällt: Im Chor stehen nicht nur Regierungen und vermeintliche Offliner. Die schrillsten Töne trällern neuerdings die Internet-Giganten selber. Wenn […]