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Mont Pelerin Society Meets at Hoover Institution: Forty-Year Anniversary

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economics
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(Pictured left to right) Distinguished fellow George P. Shultz and senior fellow in economics John B. Taylor kicked off the Mont Pelerin Society Conference with a discussion about their new book, Choose Economic Freedom: Enduring Policy Lessons from the 1970s and 1980s.

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members
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More than 375 members and guests of the Mont Pelerin Society were in attendance for the three-day conference at the Hoover Institution January 15–17, 2020.

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Chitester
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(Pictured left to right) Rob Chatfield and Bob Chitester, respectively the president and the chairman of the Free to Choose Network, participated in a discussion with Hoover Institution director Tom Gilligan.

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Institution
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Hoover Institution research fellow Jennifer Burns spoke at the podium as part of the panel discussion “Removing Obstacles on the Road to Economic Freedom: 1947 to 1980.”

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eamonn
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(Pictured left to right) Eamonn Butler, secretary of the Mont Pelerin Society; Jennifer Burns, Hoover Institution research fellow; Bruce Caldwell, research professor of economics at Duke University; and Alberto Mingardi, director general of the Istituto Bruno Leoni, participated in the panel “Removing Obstacles on the Road to Economic Freedom: 1947 to 1980.”

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(Pictured left to right) Peter Boettke, professor of economics and philosophy at George Mason University; Condoleezza Rice, Hoover Institution senior fellow; David Henderson, Hoover Institution research fellow; and Edwin Feulner, founder and former president of the Heritage Foundation, participated in the panel discussion “The Spread of Free-Market Ideas in the 1980s.”

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senior
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Hoover Institution senior fellow Victor Davis Hanson spoke at the podium as part of the panel discussion “Lessons Learned from History for the Future of Freedom.”

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(Pictured left to right) Robert Skidelsky, emeritus professor of political economy at Warwick University; Amity Shlaes, chair of the Calvin Coolidge Presidential Foundation; Victor Davis Hanson, Hoover Institution senior fellow; and Gabriel Calzada, president of the Universidad Francisco Marroquín, participated in the panel discussion “Lessons Learned from History for the Future of Freedom.”

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members
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More than 375 members and guests of the Mont Pelerin Society were in attendance for the three-day conference at the Hoover Institution January 15–17, 2020.

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senior
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(Pictured left to right) Douglas Ginsburg, senior judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit; Niall Ferguson, Hoover Institution senior fellow; Jesús Fernández-Villaverde, professor of economics at University of Pennsylvania; and Henry Butler, dean of the Antonin Scalia Law School at George Mason University, participated in the panel discussion “The Role of Law as Protector of Liberty.”

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Jesús Fernández-Villaverde, professor of economics at University of Pennsylvania, gave remarks at the panel discussion “The Role of Law as Protector of Liberty.”

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More than 375 members and guests of the Mont Pelerin Society were in attendance for the three-day conference at the Hoover Institution January 15–17, 2020.

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economist
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(Pictured left to right) Lars Peder Nordbakken, economist at Civita Norway; Jeff Bennett, emeritus professor of economics at Australian National University; John Cochrane, Hoover Institution senior fellow; and Benjamin Powell, professor of economics at Texas Tech University, participated in the panel discussion “How to Deal with the Re-emergence of Socialism.”

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Institution
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Niall Ferguson, Hoover Institution senior fellow, introduced Paulo Guedes, Brazil’s minister of economy, who gave keynote remarks at a dinner on January 16, 2020.

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Paulo Guedes, Brazil’s minister of economy, gave keynote remarks at dinner on January 16, 2020.

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Economic
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Anthony Kim, editor of the Heritage Foundation’s Index of Economic Freedom, spoke at the podium as part of the panel discussion “Measures of Economic Freedom.”

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manager
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Valeria Perotti (center), program manager of the Doing Business Unit at the World Bank, spoke at the panel discussion “Measures of Economic Freedom.” Other discussants included Anthony Kim (left), editor of the Heritage Foundation’s Index of Economic Freedom, and Fred McMahon, resident fellow at the Fraser Institute (right).

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An attendee asked a question during the panel discussion “Measures of Economic Freedom.”

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Regulatory
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Susan Dudley, director of the Regulatory Studies Center at the George Washington University, gave a presentation during the panel discussion “Restraining Expansions of Government.”

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Attendees listened to the panel discussion “Restraining Expansions of Government.”

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German
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(Pictured left to right) Lars Feld, chair of the German Council of Economic Experts; Susan Dudley, director of the Regulatory Studies Center at George Washington University; and John Cogan, Hoover Institution senior fellow, participated in the panel discussion “Restraining Expansions of Government.”

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members
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More than 375 members and guests of the Mont Pelerin Society were in attendance for the three-day conference at the Hoover Institution January 15–17, 2020.

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conversed
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Research fellow Ayaan Hirsi Ali conversed with Mont Pelerin Society members and guests following the panel discussion “Taking Ideas to Action around the World.”

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Foundation
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Axel Kaiser, executive director of the Foundation for Progress, Chile, gave remarks during the panel discussion “What Happened in Chile?”

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Institution
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Ernesto Silva, Hoover Institution distinguished visiting fellow and former president of Chile’s Independent Democratic Union Party, gave remarks during the panel discussion “What Happened in Chile?”

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Hoover
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Russell Roberts, Hoover Institution research fellow, gave remarks during the panel discussion “Taking Ideas to Action: Making the Case for Freedom.” Other discussants (Pictured left to right) included Lee Ohanian, Hoover Institution senior fellow; Terry Anderson, Hoover Institution senior fellow; and Inchul Kim, professor emeritus of economics at Sungkyunkwan University.

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Tyler Goodspeed, member of the White House Council of Economic Advisers, spoke at the podium during the panel discussion “Taking Ideas to Action in Central Governments.” Other discussants (Pictured left to right) included Jamie Borwick, member of the United Kingdom’s House of Lords, and Annelise Anderson, Hoover Institution research fellow.

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Jamie Borwick, member of the United Kingdom’s House of Lords (center) participated in the panel discussion “Taking Ideas to Action in Central Governments.”

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members
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More than 375 members and guests of the Mont Pelerin Society were in attendance for the three-day conference at the Hoover Institution January 15–17, 2020.

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history
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An attendee read a display about the history of the Mont Pelerin Society and its association with the Hoover Institution.

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Sally Pipes, president of the Pacific Research Institute, spoke at the podium during the panel discussion “Taking Ideas to Action in the Private Sector.”

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(Pictured left to right) Sally Pipes, president of the Pacific Research Institute; Joe Lonsdale, founding partner of 8VC; Dominique Lazanski, director of Last Press Label; and Jeff Sandefer, founder of the Acton School of Business, participated in the panel discussion “Taking Ideas to Action in the Private Sector.”

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Peter Thiel, founder and chairman of Palantir Technologies, participated in an evening keynote discussion on January 17, 2020, with Peter Robinson, Hoover Institution distinguished policy fellow and host of Uncommon Knowledge.

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More than 375 members and guests of the Mont Pelerin Society were in attendance for the three-day conference at the Hoover Institution January 15–17, 2020.

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