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On April 19 – 22 2012 INESS organized its flagship educational event – third annual Seminar on Austrian economics in Piestany, Slovakia. Its aim is to fill the gap in university education with specialization in economics, to improve teaching economics in Slovakia and to provide with alternatives to the current educational system. The seminar is also to help students deal with the current economic issues through intensive discussions with interesting local and foreign lecturers. The…

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Liberte! invites to the 2nd School of Liberal Social Policy WHEN: July 2-3, 2012 WHERE: Jachranka next to Warsaw WORKING LANGUAGE: Polish   You deal with social policy in academic or professional sense? You think it is crucial issue, which still doesn’t work well in Poland? You see that public resources are wasted on sham actions, instead of efficiently helping those really in need? You want to meet young people from all over Poland and…

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Liberte! invites all interested to 2012 Wrocław Global Forum, over which it took media patronage. From May 31 – June 2, the 2012 Wroclaw Global Forum will bring together important decision-makers and business leaders from the United States and Europe to discuss Central Europe’s role as a critical partner in US efforts to promote political, security and economic ties across the Atlantic. he 2012 Forum will include high-level presentations by top US and European political…

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The Liberal Institute of the Friedrich Naumann Foundation invites all interested to read Institute’s publications: 1. Concepts of Liberty Competition Freedom Liberalism Market Economy Responsibility 2. Occassional papers The future task of Liberalism – A political agenda Theme Report, Liberal International Congress, Pisa, September 1988, Ralf Dahrendorf, 1988 (2011) The Dutch health care system – Can the Germans go Dutch?, Marcel Canoy, 2010 American Health Care Policy Issues, Arnold Kling, 2010 Liberalism, liberal policy and…

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Liberte! invites all interested to read its publications:   1. 10 issues of the magazine: Issue no. 1 First issue focused on liberal ideas in the context of ideology, democracy, European Union, capitalism and law. Authors include Witold Gadomski, Jan Winiecki, Ireneusz Krzemiński, Jan Harman, Marek Safjan and others. Issue no. 2 “Bronisław Geremek” Various authors, including Bernard Kouchner and Adam Michnik, write about Bronisław Geremek. Issue no. 3 “Crisis” Articles about crisis and strategies…

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Liberalni Institute invites all interested to read Institute’s publications: Name of the book (Czech) Name of the book (English) Author(s)  Link Bohatství národů The Wealth of Nations Adam Smith Byrokracie Bureaucracy Ludwig von Mises link Cena státu Price of the State Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs, Czech Republic Co je a co není vidět That Which is Seen, and That Which is Not Seen Frederic Bastiat link Demokracie, anarchie a omyly ekonomie Democracy, anarchy…

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In March the Lithuanian Parliament started debating amendments to the Law on Science and Studies, drafted in response to the Constitutional Court’s ruling, which stated that student’s studies in private higher education establishments can be funded (via the voucher system) only when state higher schools are unable to prepare the required specialists for objective reasons. The enactment of such amendments would restrict the graduates’ right to choose the desired university and education in Lithuania. On…

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The Institute for Market Economics (IME) presented its view on the performance of the economy, putting the focus on the labor market and the job creation in a time of crisis. The latest data from Eurostat shows that more and more European countries are again in a recession and that Bulgarian growth is weakening in the end of 2011. It seems that Bulgaria is also heading towards a recession in 2012. The labor market is…