Unpopular thoughts and impulses on the issues of crisis and its polluters, market vs. economy. State, responsibility and support programs, hope and faith, creative destruction and courage for humility and action from the perspective of a liberal entrepreneur.
Manfred Kastner is Chairman of the Management Board of C.A.T. Oil AG, a leading oil and gas service company in Russia, listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.
Kastner completed his studies at the University of Economics in Vienna, with a focus on capital markets, economics and languages. He is the Founder and President of the Board of the Vision Microfinance Fund, a fund with more than 100 million EUR microcredits worldwide.
Kastner is a founding partner of numerous companies, primarily Internet ventures.
Dr. Barbara Kolm is the General Secretary of the Friedrich August von Hayek Institute in Vienna, which offers market-based solutions in the areas of education, health, protection of labor, business location and poverty reduction. The organization also promotes the teachings of the Austrian School of Economics. Dr. Kolm is also Founder of the Austrian Economics Center, dedicated to research and policy advice in the area of individual social responsibility in combination with economic issues. She is a Member of the Mont Pélerin society and President of the European Coalition for economic growth. She studied business administration at the University of Innsbruck and UCLA.
Unpopular thoughts and impulses on the issues of crisis and its polluters, market vs. economy. State, responsibility and support programs, hope and faith, creative destruction and courage for humility and action from the perspective of a liberal entrepreneur.
