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Martin Panek
About Martin Panek
Director of the Liberální Institut in Prague, the Czech Republic, and a political advisor in the European Parliament. He graduated from the University of Economics in Prague. His main areas of interest are European Union, federalism and tax competition, free speech, and civil liberties
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Economy

Fed to Raise Interest Rates, Has No Choice

Martin Panek and Liberalni Institute/February 7, 2022

The US Federal Reserve System (Fed) has announced that it will raise interest rates. They have been at zero since the start of the pandemic and since the last recession in 2009, they hit their highest level in 2019. But even in 2019, they were very low, with an effective rate of about 2.5%.

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Review #15

REVIEW #15: Food Self-Sufficiency: Analysis of Defeated Czech Bill

Martin Panek and 4liberty.eu/October 21, 2021October 22, 2021 /Leave a comment

On January 20, 2021, the Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic approved an amendment to the Food Act proposed by the SPD, which implements an unprecedented anti-market measure in the form of food sales quotas into Czech legislation.

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Politics

President of Czech Senate Visits Taiwan, Sparks Outrage

Martin Panek and Liberalni Institute/September 21, 2020September 22, 2020 /Leave a comment

It is not very often that the Liberální Institut can praise a politician for something. The happier I am that I can do so today, because an entourage of Czech senators – headed by the President of the Senate, Miloš Vystrči, – went in their official capacity to the Republic of China – the country generally known as Taiwan.

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Economy

Czech Republic’s Tax Freedom Day 2020 Comes Late

Martin Panek and Liberalni Institute/June 1, 2020June 1, 2020 /Leave a comment

In the year of the COVID-19 crisis, Czechs must endure one more month of work for the state. After June 24, 2020, they will start earning money for themselves. Until then, for 175 days, they only work for the state. This is the least free year since 2000.

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Think Tank News

David Friedman, Tom Palmer, Peter Klein to Speak in Prague

Martin Panek, Jan Mosovsky and Liberalni Institute/February 21, 2020February 26, 2020 /Leave a comment

This year, Prague will be celebrating the 30th spring since the fall of communism. It will also welcome a number of well-known friends of liberty as guests of Liberal Institute and Czech Students for Liberty.

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Politics

Brussels-Style Grilling

Martin Panek and Liberalni Institute/November 5, 2019 /Leave a comment

Hearings, even outside the grilling season, are done in a similar fashion. When a committee invites a guest for an “exchange of views”, the way it is handled in the committee is by and large the same. MEPs are lectured by the Committee Chair how to use their five-minute slot and how to ask a question.

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Politics

Shameful Brexit Agreement

Martin Panek and Liberalni Institute/April 1, 2019April 1, 2019 /Leave a comment

Jacob Rees-Mogg, the Chairman of the European Research Group on the House of Commons, claimed that this treaty would make the UK a vassal state. It is difficult to not agree with him. The last treaties that gave jurisdiction to foreign courts were the aforementioned 19th-century treaties with China.

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Politics

Czechoslovakia Split Up in Six Months, No Reason for Brexit to Take Six Years

Martin Panek and Liberalni Institute/January 2, 2019January 2, 2019 /Leave a comment

On June 23, 2016, the UK voted to leave the EU. If Czechs and Slovaks were able to separate an entire country, Czechoslovakia, in six months, surely Whitehall and Berlaymont can find a way to separate one EU member state sooner than in six years.

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Politics

Overview of Current State of Czech Politics

Martin Panek and Liberalni Institute/September 10, 2018September 11, 2018 /Leave a comment

I’m writing this article from the point of view of a Czech libertarian. It’s meant for foreigners, not necessarily libertarians, to get a better grasp of Czech politics than what they can get from their usual sources of information.

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Politics

EU Desperately Wants to Have Criminal-Law Powers

Martin Panek and Liberalni Institute/June 6, 2018July 6, 2018 /Leave a comment

While the Member States still have at least the sole jurisdiction in criminal matters, they maintain a good deal of sovereignty. Once an EU “federal” criminal framework begins to take root, it won’t take long before we will all be committing three EU felonies a day.

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