Austrian School

Discover the remarkable history of the Austrian School of Economics—from its origins in 19th-century Vienna to its global influence today. These short documentaries introduce the thinkers, ideas, and historical events that shaped one of the world’s most enduring traditions of economic thought. Interwoven throughout the series, a special interview with H.S.H. Prince Michael of Liechtenstein […]

The following series of articles presents the Austrian School of economics, 1000 words at a time. Nine economists. Twenty-seven articles. One coherent tradition that the establishment has been trying to ignore for 150 years. They were right. The unpaid seminar that built a movement: Mises at NYU. (Article 7b) New York City. Fall, 1950. The course […]

XX. Internationale G.v. Haberler Konferenz Dr. Peter A. Fischer, Chefökonom NZZ und publizistischer Leiter NZZ Pro Vaduz, 29. Mai 2026 Der Markt als überlegener Allokationsmechanismus „The knowledge of the circumstances of which we must make use never exists in concentrated or integrated form but solely as the dispersed bits of incomplete and frequently contradictory knowledge […]

  Dinner Speech aus Anlass der XX. Gottfried von Haberler Konferenz, Vaduz, 28. Mai 2025 Durchlaucht, sehr verehrte Honoratioren, sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, liebe Freunde. Es ist mir eine ganz besondere Freude, heute, aus Anlass der 20. Gottfried von Haberler Konferenz, zu Ihnen sprechen zu dürfen. Hierher zu kommen ist immer eine Freude. Denn […]

  Summary A key lesson of the past century is that, where possible, the best way to protect and enhance the environment is to make use of free-market mechanisms to align commercial incentives with environmentally beneficial goals. Yet governments usually prefer to use command-and-control mechanisms to impose environmental targets for all environmental issues. Their reasoning […]