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14th International Vernon Smith Prize – Winner Announcement | An international jury did judge the essays and the three winners are now invited to present their papers at a special virtual event on 7 February, 2022. Due to Corona restrictions, the organisers did again choose the virtual option.

Black Board Economics: The Public Interest and the Road to Leviathan – essay by Terry L. Anderson …

Superstitions, Conjectures and Refutations: Inflation, High Debt and the Public Interest – essay by Veronique de Rugy …

The idea of some sort of common good or public interest as the goal of and guide for practical politics is as old as statehood itself. In various guises it is used by politicians and administrators as a source of legitimacy. But there is no clear definition of public interest, and its meaning keeps shifting with the intellectual winds, with the Zeitgeist …

Will Chile Really be ‘the Tomb of Neoliberalism’? A Comment on Chile’s Election Results by Axel Kaiser Barents von Hohenhagen …