Birthplace of
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Goethe, in Frankfurt am Main, on 28 Aug 1749
Ludwig M. Lachmann, in Berlin, on 1906
Oskar Morgenstern, in Görlitz, on 24 Jan 1902
Wilhelm Röpke, in Schwarmstedt, Hannover, on 10 Oct 1899
Hans Scholl, in Ingersheim, on 22 Sep 1918
Sophie Scholl, in Forchentenberg, on 9 May 1921
Hans F. Sennholz, on 3 Feb 1922
Deathplace of
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, in Weimar, on 22 Mar 1832
Hugo Grotius, in Rostock, on 28 Aug 1645
Friedrich A. Hayek, in Freiburg, on 23 Mar 1992
Hans Scholl, in Munich, on 22 Feb 1943
Sophie Scholl, in Munich, on 22 Feb 1943
Conferences and Conventions
International Society for Individual Liberty, ISIL 24th Annual World Conference, in Cologne, from 15 Jul to 20 Jul 2005
Measures of Freedom
Freedom House Ratings, Freedom in the World 2009
2009: Political Rights: 1, Civil Liberties: 1, Status: Free
2009: Political Rights: 1, Civil Liberties: 1, Status: Free
Level of Economic Freedom, Economic Freedom of the World
2006: 7.64 (out of 10)
2006: 7.64 (out of 10)
Level of Economic Freedom, Economic Freedom of the World: 2004 Annual Report
2002: 7.3 (out of 10)
2002: 7.3 (out of 10)
Level of Economic Freedom, Economic Freedom of the World: 2003 Annual Report
2001: 7.3 (out of 10)
2001: 7.3 (out of 10)
Articles
Hitler's Mutual Admiration Society, by Jacob G. Hornberger, 29 Oct 2003
Totalitarian Busybodies: The horrors of the Stasi's East Germany, by Glenn Garvin, Reason, Jan 2006
Related Topics: Cuba, Nicaragua
Review of Stasiland: True Stories from Behind the Berlin Wall by Anna Funder and After the Wall: Confessions from an East German Childhood and the Life That Came Next by Jana Hensel
"That assessment may misjudge the pressures felt by average East Germans. They did try to rebel in 1953 with a series of violent street protests that two Russian armored divisions quickly crushed. ... Political resistance in East Germany would be dealt with not by the Berlin regime but its Soviet puppet masters ..."
Related Topics: Cuba, Nicaragua
Review of Stasiland: True Stories from Behind the Berlin Wall by Anna Funder and After the Wall: Confessions from an East German Childhood and the Life That Came Next by Jana Hensel
"That assessment may misjudge the pressures felt by average East Germans. They did try to rebel in 1953 with a series of violent street protests that two Russian armored divisions quickly crushed. ... Political resistance in East Germany would be dealt with not by the Berlin regime but its Soviet puppet masters ..."
Goethe on National Greatness, by Hans-Hermann Hoppe, The Free Market, Oct 1999
Related Topics: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Democracy
"... [in] 1828, Germany had become increasingly affected by democratic and nationalistic sentiments ... Most of the German liberals had become democrats and advocates of a unified German nation state. As a liberal, Goethe, wisely and with remarkable prescience, stood largely alone in firm opposition to this transformation of the liberal creed."
Related Topics: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Democracy
"... [in] 1828, Germany had become increasingly affected by democratic and nationalistic sentiments ... Most of the German liberals had become democrats and advocates of a unified German nation state. As a liberal, Goethe, wisely and with remarkable prescience, stood largely alone in firm opposition to this transformation of the liberal creed."
Books
Omnipotent Government: The Rise of the Total State and Total War, by Ludwig von Mises, 1944
Related Topics: War
Electronic text available at the Mises Institute
Related Topics: War
Electronic text available at the Mises Institute
- ISBN 0870000691
: Hardcover, Crown Pub, 1969
- ISBN 0910884153
: Paperback, Libertarian Press, Reprint edition, 1985