“Europe & Liberty” Summer Seminar in Gummersbach, Germany 2024

Join us in Gummersbach for a week of discussions on the foundations of classical liberalism.

Participation, accommodation and meals are all covered by IES-Europe.

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Associate Professor of Economics
Babeș-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Radu Nechita is an associate professor who teaches Microeconomics, Globalization and Development, European Economic Integration at Babeș-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania (Department of European Studies). His general topics of interest gravitate around the institutional factors of development, with emphasis on regulations, monetary and fiscal policies.
Professor of Philosophy
University of Siena
Carlo Lottieri is currently Professor of Political Philosophy at the University of Siena and Professor of Philosophy of Social Sciences at Facoltà di Teologia in Lugano (Switzerland). Fellow of many institutions, he is the Director of Political Theory department of the Istituto Bruno Leoni. His writings develop a radical libertarianism combining a strong emphasis on the inviolability of other people and a realistic approach to the modern State. His interests cover Federalism, Libertarianism, Political Theology, Military Ethics, Elitism, Evolutionary Theory of Law, Commons and Private Property.
Professor of Economics
University of Bucharest
Christian Năsulea teaches Economics at the Department of International Relations and Universal History at the Faculty of History of the University of Bucharest. He is the Executive Director of the Institute for Economic Studies - Europe and a fellow of the Institute for Research in Economic and Fiscal Issues. His areas of research interest include public policy and stimuli for economic development, political and commercial negotiation in international relations, behavioural economics and decision processes.
Professor of Economics
Universite Aix-Marseille
President of IES-Europe and Editor-in-Chief of both the Journal des Économistes et des Études Humaines and Journal des Libertés, Pierre Garello is Professor of Economics at the Faculté d’Economie et Gestion of Aix Marseille University in France. He has published various articles on Austrian economics, law and economics (especially competition law and contract law). He is the editor-in-chief of the Journal des Économistes et des Études Humaines, a scholarly review dealing with economic, legal, philosophical and political issues, in the tradition of the French Classical Liberal School.
  • August 4, 2024 15:00
    Registration

    registration at the reception of the The Theodor Heuss Akademie, Gummersbach, Germany

    Theodor-Heuss-Akademie
    Theodor-Heuss-Straße 26
    51645 Gummersbach
    Deutschland

    Telefon: +49 2261 3002-0
    E-Mail: tha-veranstaltungen@freiheit.org

  • August 4, 2024 18:00
    Opening session & welcoming addresses

    Presentation of the seminar by Pierre Garello, Christian Năsulea and Lorenz Deutsch

  • August 4, 2024 19:00
    Welcoming diner
  • August 5, 2024 07:30
    Breakfast
  • August 5, 2024 8:30
    The economic way of thinking
  • August 5, 2024 10:30
    Coffee Break
  • August 5, 2024 11:00
    Nature and History of the State
  • August 5, 2024 13:00
    Lunch & Free time
  • August 5, 2024 4:00
    Spontaneous Order: A Precious but Forgotten Concept
  • August 5, 2024 18:00
    Discussion group about the readings

    The paper to be discussed can be found easily on the internet:

    "The Two Movements in Economic Thought, 1700-2000: Empty Economic Boxes Revisited" by Deirdre Nansen McCloskey
    History of Economic Ideas 2018. 26 (1); 63-95.

    chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://www.deirdremccloskey.com/docs/pdf/McCloskey_EmptyEconomicBoxesRevisited.pdf

  • August 5, 2024 19:00
    Diner
  • August 6, 2024 7:30
    Breakfast
  • August 6, 2024 8:30
    International Aid and Propserity
  • August 6, 2024 10:30
    Coffee Break
  • August 6, 2024 11:00
    Law and Legislation according to F.A. Hayek
  • August 6, 2024 13:00
    Lunch and free time
  • August 6, 2024 16:00
    Lessons from transitions
  • August 6, 2024 19:00
    Dinner
  • August 7, 2024 7:30
    Breakfast
  • August 7, 2024 8:30
    Good Intentions, Bad Economics, Terrible Outcomes
  • August 7, 2024 10:30
    Coffe Break
  • August 7, 2024 11:00
    Money, Ideas and Weapons: Three types of Power
  • August 7, 2024 13:00
    Lunch and visit to Koln
  • August 8, 2024 7:30
    Breakfast
  • August 8, 2024 8:30
    The Problem of Common Goods
  • August 8, 2024 10:30
    Coffe Break
  • August 8, 2024 11:00
    How the State Works
  • August 8, 2024 13:00
    Lunch and Free Ttime
  • August 8, 2024 16:00
    Property, Commons and The Modern State
  • August 8, 2024 19:00
    Dinner
  • August 8, 2024 21:00
    Invited Lecturer (To ba announced)
  • August 9, 2024 7:30
    Breakfast
  • August 9, 2024 8:30
    The Anthropology of Classical Liberalism
  • August 9, 2024 10:30
    Coffe Break
  • August 9, 2024 11:00
    Classical Liberalism and Institutional Competition
  • August 9, 2024 13:00
    Lunch
  • August 9, 2024 14:00
    Preparation of Regional Groups' Presentation
  • August 9, 2024 17:00
    Regional Groups' Presentations
  • August 9, 2024 19:00
    Farewell Dinner
  • August 10, 2024 7:30
    Breakfast
  • August 10, 2024 9:00
    Preparation for Check out
  • August 10, 2024 10:00
    Evaluations and Short Conluding Remarks
  • August 10, 2024 12:00
    Lunch and Departure
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