Dr. Gabriel Calzada will discuss the libertarian movement in Spain, which is extraordinarily large and continues to grow rapidly. He will begin his talk with some history concerning the Salamanca School of Natural Law theorists, with reference to Francisco de Vitoria, Francisco de Suarez, and Juan de Mariana. Knowledge of the enormous Spanish anarchist movement that flourished a century ago is crucial to any understanding of the current Spanish libertarian movement. Many libertarians are converts from leftism, and Spain has a large population of people raised in a leftist manner who are looking today for different answers.

Gabriel will focus on the achievements of two individuals: Jesus Huerta de Soto, and Federico Jimenez Losantos. Huerta is the key scholar, and Jimenez is a key media performer, and both are men of "contagious enthusiasm." He will also focus on the importance of the Internet. He will explain what can be learned from the Spanish experience.

Gabriel Calzada is senior fellow at the Centre for the New Europe covering Spain and the Spanish-speaking world. He is a professor at the Universidad Rey Juan Carlos in Madrid and is the founder and the director of the Juan de Mariana Institute, also in Madrid.

Born in Las Palmas in the Canary Islands, Gabriel got his PhD thesis under Professor Jesus Huerta de Soto in Madrid. A graduate in Economics, Gabriel speaks Spanish, English, German and Dutch. His areas of academic expertise include Austrian economics, monetary theory, and the workings of insurance markets. Today, a regular contributor to La Ilustracion Liberal, Libertad Digital and numerous other press and media outlets, he has previously worked at the Ludwig von Mises Institute and the Acton Institute .

Date
Thursday 06 October 2005

Schedule
19h00: Beer and Pizza
19h30: Speaker

Location
Centre for the New Europe
23 rue du Luxembourg
1000 Brussels

The CNE Political Advisers Forum is Brussels' leading venue for "free beer, free pizza and free trade". It also provides an environment for like-minded PAs to meet and network.

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