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Vera Smith Lutz; die Hayek-Schülerin fürchtete den Gestaltungsspielraum der Politik … Ein Beitrag von eigentümlich frei*, 24. September 2016 In einem Free-Banking-System überflüssig: Zentralbanken Bildquelle: shutterstock Friedrich Lutz. Dieser deutsche Ökonom leitete das Schweizerische Institut für Auslandsforschung. Er war Berater des Bundesministeriums für Wirtschaft. Er war Gründer und späterer Präsident der Mont Pelerin Society. Also: […]
Liberales Institut, Zürich | LI-Paper • September 2016 Das Janusgesicht der europäischen Integration von Pascal Salin Es ist unbestritten, dass die wirtschaftlichen Aktivitäten und Austauschbeziehungen der Menschheit in den vergangenen Jahrzehnten eine Internationalisierung erfahren haben. Die Globalisierung ist zweifellos ein wichtiger Charakterzug unserer Zeit. Sie ist weitgehend das Ergebnis diverser Anstrengungen, den Handel zu liberalisieren – sei es durch den […]
The socialist idea of a planned economy is gradually being made a reality by the monetary policies of central banks, such as the United States Federal Reserve and the European Central Bank. The idea is also promoted by a considerable number of western economists and politicians. The conventional wisdom within that group is that economies […]
GIS statement by Prince Michael of Liechtenstein It has been the intellectual fashion among commentators, politicians and some economists to claim that the financial crisis of 2008 and the ensuing economic downturn were caused by excessively free markets, or “turbo-capitalism.” From this they deduce that free markets foster inequality, and that inequality is the main source […]
It is almost impossible to listen to politicians, intellectuals and media personalities lately without hearing the lament that liberal democracies are being threatened by populists, usually of an authoritarian bent. At face value this assessment seems correct. But on closer examination, doubts grow about whether Western political systems can still be called democratic and liberal. […]





























