Summer University 2025

The search for the common good in the classical liberal tradition

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The search for the common good in the classical liberal tradition

Classical liberals are known to be skeptical about concepts such as general interest or social justice. For that reason, they are often classified among the individualistic, the selfish and soulless persons. They wouldn’t care about others! Such judgment shows a total ignorance of what liberalism really is, in theory as well as in practice.

The classical liberal tradition developed through a trial-and-error process attempting to find the proper institutions for our societies; the ones that would empower everyone, regardless of religion or origin, to follow their own aspiration –their personal vision of “the good life”. Tolerance was one of its key ideas. In that sense this tradition was in search of the common good.

This is how the defense of property came to be the paramount element of a liberal society. Institutions protecting property would give each one a chance to flourish. But that’s not all! Property, for reasons we progressively understand, turns out to be the best way to promote the many things those who appeal to “the general interest” or “social justice” are attempting to promote: access to a good education for everyone, access to better healthcare, better protection against accidents, better environment.

The 2025 edition of the International Summer University in Political Science will be the place to inquire into those topics with the contributions, as always, of top scholars but also of those acting today to bring about a better world without relying on the coercion of the State.

Teacher and Manager
IES-Europe
Author, journalist
IREF
Corporate attorney and essayist
Consultant, Producer of Radio programs
Assistant Professor
University of Manchester
Founder and CEO
CommStrat
Investor, Consultant
Post-doc and Consultant
University of Pittsburgh Center for Governance and Markets
Communications & Public Affairs
Professor Emeritus
University Paris-Cité
Partnerships Manager
Second Tree
Defense analyst and environmental historian
Economiste
Aix Marseille Université
Economist
Clemson University
Professor of Canon Law
Faculté Libre de Droit - Institut Catholique de Toulouse
Professor of Economics and History
Distinguished Scholar at the Cato Institute
Professor of Constitutional Law
Georgetown University
Professor of Economics
Vice President of the Fundación Internacional para la Libertad (FIL)
Director of Studies
Université Gustave Eiffel
Senoir Researcher
Les Républicains
Consultant and teacher
Alcuin Advisors LLC and ESCP
Member of the House of Lords, Professor, Former MEP, Former British Minister
Institute of Economic Affairs
Founding president & CEO
Ratio Institute
Economist
Anglo-American University in Prague, Center for Economic and Market Analyses, IREF
Professor of Economics
Warsaw School of Economics
Chairman of the Competitive Enterprise Institute
Competitive Enterprise Institute
Consultant
Lyddon Consulting Services
Founder and chairman of Geopolitical Intelligence Services
Geopolitical Intelligence Services
Director of think tank
IREF
Lawyer and Think Tank President
IREF
Professor of Economics
New York University
Think Tanker and Professor of Economics
Ibn Tofail University in Kenitra and The Arab Center for Scientific Research and Humane Studies
Professor of Economics
Aix-Marseille University, France
Associate Professor of Economics
Babeș-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Professor in Public Choice and Macroeconomic Analysis
Institute for Market Economics
Professor of Sociology
University of Lille
Professor of Economics
Universidad de las Hespérides and American Institute for Economic Research
Lawyer and Professor
Sciences Po Paris
Professor of Economics and Finance
NEOMA Business School
Professor of Economics
University of Panthéon-Sorbonne, France
Professor of Management
University Paris 13, France
Head of International Outreach and Executive Director
Institute of Economic Affairs and Epicenter Network
Professor of Economics
University of Turin, Italy
Professor of Philosophy
St. John's University New York
Professor of Economics
Universite Aix-Marseille
Professor of Economics
University of Bucharest
Economist
Economic Thinking
Economist
Aix Marseille University
Thursday July 10
Friday July 11
Saturday July 12
Registration Without Room on Campus
250,00 

Registration (without room on campus)
Includes conference fees, meals and cocktails.

Registration With Room on Campus
350,00 

Registration (WITH student room)
Includes accommodation on campus, conference fees, meals and cocktails.

Registration With Support for One Student
600,00 

Pay for yourself and one student applying for financial support.

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Conference fees, meals and cocktails for you
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