An Austrian in Spain.
Essays in honor of Pedro Schwartz

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Indeed, economic analysis is woefully shortsighted when not grounded on a solid basis of liberal political philosophy. And conversely, political philosophy will be buffeted by the currents and crosswinds of mere fashion if it is not kept on course by the keel of economics.

Pedro Schwartz

This collection of essays from distinguished international scholars and friends has been assembled to honor one of the most distinguished economists of our times on the occasion of his 90. birthday. The European Center of Austrian Economics Foundation salutes him for a lifetime of wide-ranging intellectual creativity with an inexhaustible knowledge, as well as for his personal courage, integrity and independence.

Pedro Schwartz is one of those exceptional scholars whose wisdom matches his years, but whose energy, wit and intellectual enthusiasm are the envy of many and may set an example for younger generations of academics. His reassuring nature, elegant language and his wonderful style combine an erudite passion with a delightfully amused twinkle in his eyes. In short, we all are truly blessed to have An Austrian in Spain with us. Schwartz is among the most prolific authors and his vast oeuvre distinctly results from his comprehensive approach to various fields that condition and influence one another. The list of his scholarly books and essays is massive and likewise is the list of his popular articles, addresses or sundries.

Born in Madrid into a family of diplomats, Pedro Schwartz spent a few early boyhood years in Vienna. Not only does he hold a Bachelor- and a Doctoral Degree in Laws of the Universidad Complutense de Madrid, he also graduated with a Master Degree in Economics and a PhD in Political Thought at the LSE (London School of Economics). Currently he is the ‘Rafael del Pino Professor’ in the Department of Economics at Camilo José Cela University in Madrid and also teaches regularly at the University of Buckingham in the UK. Starting in 1970, he successfully worked as Professor of Economics at several leading Spanish universities and was a member of the Intelligence Department of the Bank of Spain where he directed the History Division specializing in monetary history. In addition Pedro also carried out activities in several private companies, among them in the Iberagentes Stock Exchange company, at NERA and DMR and until recently as a member of the Advisory Board of Capgemini Spain. In
the world of new technologies he has chaired FUNDESCO and Servicom. Between 1982 and 1986, Pedro represented his Union Liberal as a member of the Spanish Parliament and also served as an expert, writing briefs for the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs of the European Parliament.

In September 1990, HM Queen Elizabeth II made him an Honorary Officer of the British Empire. In February 2003, he was awarded the Rey Jaime I Prize for contributions to Economics in Spain. And only two years later he was appointed a member of the Royal Academy of Moral and Political Sciences of Spain. In November 2010 HM King Juan Carlos of Spain handed him the Rey Juan Carlos Prize for Economics, and the City of Madrid awarded him the Jose Ortega y Gasset Prize for his book En busca de Montesquieu. Among many other affiliations he served as President of the MPS from 2014-2016, is an Adjunct Scholar at the Cato Institute (Washington, DC)), a board member of Civismo in Madrid, a member of the Academic Advisory Board of the IEA (London) and of our ECAEF in Liechtenstein. Every month he writes a column for Liberty Fund’s Econlib site, and his weekly columns appear in Expansión (Madrid) and every Monday he broadcasts on Capital Radio in Spain. Pedro often speaks on the Spanish financial and corporate scene for the BBC, and lectures worldwide on political economy at countless leading learned institutions.

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