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Back in January, we announced the winners of the 13th International Vernon Smith Prize, leaving us organizers with a very uncommon problem: How to run the Awards Ceremony with strict Covid-19 restrictions in place?  The winners were not able to follow the usual invitation. They could not attend a physical event in Vaduz, Liechtenstein. Instead, […]

Due to the current development of the Covid 19 pandemic regretfully we are forced to postpone our V. CEPROM/ECAEF Conference (scheduled March 30, 2021) to December, 2021.

As many countries face their second or even third lockdowns (Germany, Austria, Israel), others (Switzerland, the United States) have done what they can to escape such repetitions. Much of the discussion about this drastic move involves its costs. As Covid-19 became pandemic in early 2020, most countries opted for a similar set of measures. They […]

The winners of the 13th International Vernon Smith Prize are:
1st Prize:
Ethan Yang (USA)
2nd Prize:
Christoph Lesniewski (Poland)
3rd Prize:
Dikshya Mahat (Nepal) and Jorge Jraissati (USA)

At the Turn of the Year: A few Comments on the Public Interest and its Meaning | Essay by Kurt R. Leube …