Liberal Institutions and International Order
– renewing the infrastructure of freedom and liberalism

The meeting is structured around the following set of interdependent subthemes, central to our efforts to reinvent liberalism for the 21st century:

  • Challenges and Prospects for the Liberal World Order
  • The New Globalization and The Future of the WTO
  • Restating the Case for Liberal Democracy
  • New Perspectives on Institutions and The Nordic Model(s)
  • Federalism and the Future of the European Union
  • The Monetary and Financial Framework
  • Freeing The Captured Economy and Reforming the Framework of the Market Economy
  • Liberty in the Narrow Corridor of Checks and Balances
  • Reinventing Liberalism for the 21st Century

As part of the program we will also revisit three milestones in the history of ideas, closely connected to the Mont Pelerin Society:

  • The great socialist calculation debate, 100 years after Ludwig von Mises’ pioneering contribution was first published in 1920.
  • The 60th anniversary of Friedrich Hayek’s Constitution of Liberty, published in 1960.
  • The precursor to the Mont Pelerin Society: Colloque Walter Lippmann in Paris, 1938.

The meeting will also reach out to young scholars and talents, by means of:

  • Special pre-program Young Scholar Sessions, inviting young scholars to address the central theme of the meeting.
  • The Hayek Essay Contest, also thematically aligned with the main theme of the meeting.

See program at a glance⭣

Program at a glance

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Tuesday, September 1

Wednesday, September 2

Thursday, September 3

Friday, September 4

Saturday, September 5

Tuesday, September 1

08:30-12:00

Registration

12:00-12:30

Start registration

12:30-18:00

Young Scholars Sessions

19:00-19:30

Welcome cocktail

19:30

Opening dinner

Wednesday, September 2

08:30-12:00

Presidential Address

Challenges and prospects for the Liberal World Order

12:30

Lunch

14:00-18:00

The New Globalization and the future of the WTO

Thursday, September 3

08:30-12:00

Restarting the case for Liberal Democracy

New perspectives on Institutions and the Nordic Model(s)

12:30

Lunch

14:00

Excursion

Friday, September 4

08:30-12:00

Members Meeting

Hayek Essay Contest

The Monetary and Financial Framework

12:30

Lunch

14:00-18:00

Freeing the Captured Economy and Reforming the framework of the Market Economy

Liberty in the Narrow Corridor of Institutional Checkes and Balances

Saturday, September 5

08:30-12:00

Federalism and the future of the EU

History of Ideas Session:

From The Socialist Calculation debate to The Constitution of Liberty

12:30

Lunch

14:00-18:00

The Colloque Walter Lippmann after over 80 years

Reinventing Liberalism for the 21st Century

19:00

Closing Dinner

Full program

Tuesday, September 1Wednesday, September 2Thursday, September 3Friday, September 4Saturday, September 5
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