Germany's economy is in a bad shape, and so is its economic policy. There are various proposals to better the situation. But they seem rather to tinker than to reform.

Bouillon explains why this is so and why Germany needs reforms based on liberal principles. He does so by reflecting on several myths in political economy: Economic principles are value free, politicians can ignore incentives, universal rules are unbiased, knowledge is objective, and economic policy is the outcome of intentional plans.

Date
Monday
19 January 2004
19h00-21h00

Location
La Pineta Pizzeria
Rue Franklin 2A
Brussels

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Dr Hardy Bouillon is CNE's Head of Academic Affairs.

A philosopher by background and Privatdozent at the University of Trier in Germany, he is a member of the Mont Pelerin Society and a member of the German Allgemeine Gesellschaft für Philosophie. Published widely in English, German, Turkish, Chinese and Vietnamese, he is the author and editor of many scholarly works including a wide selection of books and monographs. Over the years he has published more than sixty academic and journal articles.

Having studied a the University of Albuquerque in the United States, Oxford University in the United Kingdom and Trier University in Germany, he began his academic career with a doctoral thesis on the philosophy of the Nobel Laureate Friedrich August von Hayek. An Adjunct Scholar of the Ludwig von Mises Institute in Alabama, he also sits on the Advisory Board of the Peruvian Institute of Free Enterprise - Instituto de Libre Empresa; the German Institut Fur Unternehmerische Freiheit (IUF); the Journal of Libertarian Studies; the German monthly Eigentumlich Frei; and the Turkish Journal Liberal Dusunce. His essay 'Markets in a post-controlled era' won a prize at the Olive W. Garvey Fellowship in 1992.

Dr. Bouillon is married with two children and lives in Germany