Free Market or Big State?
The Otto von Habsburg Foundation, along with Corvinus University of Budapest, organized a conference on April 28 at the Gellért Campus to mark the 100th anniversary of Ludwig von Mises’ visit to Budapest.
Mont Pelerin Society
The Champion of the Free Market: Friedrich August von Hayek was awarded the Nobel Prize 50 Years Ago
In commemorating the 50th anniversary of Friedrich August von Hayek’s Nobel Prize in Economics, awarded in December 1974, we seize this occasion not only to reflect on his connection with Otto von Habsburg but also to explore key aspects of our namesake’s profound involvement with the field of economics and economic scholarship.
“For me, freedom of the economy is the most important thing.” Otto von Habsburg and the Austrian school of economics
On 28 October 2024, our Foundation, together with the Embassy of Hungary in Vienna and the Federation of Austrian Industries, held a conference on the history of the Austrian school of economics and its relevance today.
A reactionary liberal knight of the 20th century
The Austrian political scientist, world traveller, publicist and writer Erik Maria Ritter von Kuehnelt-Leddihn (1909–1999), a friend and ally of Otto von Habsburg, died twenty-five years ago on 26 May.
