Book Launch: A Free Market For All

About the event  

With the support of ELF the Dutch book ‘Een markt voor ons allemaal’ has been translated into an English version. During this event we want to discuss the importance of the free market as well as the challenges it faces. We hope to find liberal solutions to issues the market economy often gets blamed for such as climate change, inequality and the market power of Big Tech.  

Programme

The event will be opened by Hilde Vautmans, President of ELF and Member of the European Parliament for Renew Europe Group, followed by a keynote speech by Tom G. Palmer, Executive Vice president for International Programs and George M. Yeager Chair for Advancing Liberty at Atlas Network and senior fellow at the Cato Institute.

Participants are invited to join for a lunch prior to event proceedings from 12:30pm onwards.

The first part of the event will include a panel discussion, moderated by Daniel Kaddik, Executive Director of European Liberal Forum. Panelists will discuss the future of the free market in Europe in general as well as the main findings of the thematic working groups from the morning session. Among speakers:

• Karel de Gucht, former Belgian Minister of Foreign Affairs and former European Commissioner for Trade
• Eva de Bleeker, State Secretary for the Budget and Consumer Protection of the Federal Government
• Tom G. Palmer, Executive Vice president for International Programs and George M. Yeager Chair for Advancing Liberty at Atlas Network and senior fellow at the Cato Institute

After a short coffee break the the event will continue with Patrick van Schie, Director of the TeldersFoundation and Roelof Salomons, Professor of Economics at the University of Groningen presenting the book.

This will be followed by book review by Ivan Van de Cloot, Author and Chief Economist at Itinera Institute. The event with end with Q&A with the authors and closing words by Jimmy Koppen, Director of the Studiecentrum Albert Maertens, after which participants and guests will have a opportunity for networking.

Co-funded by the European Parliament. The views expressed herein are those of the speaker(s) alone. These views do not necessarily reflect those of the European Parliament and/or the European Liberal Forum.