It is very common to mistake social policy for socialism. Yes, there are a lot of countries in Europe where those two words can be almost synonyms, but there is a clear choice – a better and, surprisingly, more just choice. Of course, I am...
October 21, 2013 5:53 pm / no comments
Government budget for 2014 for Slovakia? Welcome to 1984! That’s how a discussion about the 2014 government budget proposal could be summarised. Reality in stark contrast to official claims – that was the foundation of Orwell’s novel...
October 20, 2013 3:38 pm / no comments
Rising youth unemployment in Europe has been a widely discussed issue over the last few years. Although millions of euros have been spent on youth employment programs, the result of these has been limited, to say the least.
One of the main reasons...
October 15, 2013 11:42 pm / no comments
The party which governed Germany for the longest period of time is disappearing from the Bundestag.
A painful result. German liberals from FDP lacked only about 90,000 votes to cross the electoral threshold. They managed to convince only 4.8%...
October 15, 2013 2:37 pm / 101 comments
Last week, between 9th and 11th of October the 4liberty.eu Think Tank Meeting took place in Prague. Our team has the great opportunity to discuss about future projects and sum up last activities. We have also participated in Liberalni Institute...
October 14, 2013 2:15 pm / 1 comment
4liberty.eu’s team took part in third edition of European Forum of New Ideas in Sopot. The event is organized by Konfederacja Lewiatan & Business Europe, Liberté! (Fundacja Industrial) is a program partner of the conference. Our attendance...
October 7, 2013 6:24 pm / 1 comment
The Problem of Observing “Growth”
Growth: The Holy Grail
Why some countries grow while others stagnate is perhaps the most important question in all of economics. Part of the allure of this question comes from the continuing challenge...
October 6, 2013 3:42 pm / 4 comments
“If Europe were once united in the sharing of its common inheritance, there would be no limit to the happiness, to the prosperity and the glory which its three or four million people would enjoy”
Winston Churchill (1946)
Plik Winston...
October 2, 2013 10:38 am / no comments
Given the current debate on the EU’s energy security issue, it is worth remembering the 1973 U.S. oil crisis. What lessons can the 2013 Europe learn from those 40-year-old events?
The misunderstood story of the 1973 oil crisis
It’s...
October 2, 2013 10:11 am / no comments
The new issue of Liberté! magazine ”21st Century Europe” has been just published also in English version!
Why European Union needs the new model of integration; how can we describe the liberal concept for future of Europe; what can we...
September 23, 2013 10:17 pm / no comments