For the eighth year, International Policy Network (IPN) is accepting submissions for its annual Bastiat Prize for Journalism. The Prize is open to writers anywhere in the world whose published articles eloquently and wittily explain, promote and defend the principles and institutions of the free society. Submissions must be received on or before 30 June, 2009.

Pictures of The 5th ERB that took place in Tbilisi, Georgia between October 9 and 12. It was hosted by NES - (The New Economic School - Georgia) in cooperation with the IES-Europe and the Hayek Institut (Vienna).

ALEPS (Paris) and F.A.v. Hayek Institute (Vienna) are organizing a conference on the financial and economic crisis. This event will be held on Mai 19 at the Austrian Embassy in Paris.
The crisis: How it came about? Who reacted best? What to do next?

Read Dr. Rahn's commentary about Georgia based on his observations while attending the European Resource Bank in Tbilisi. The commentary was published on October 15, 2008, in the Washington Times.

PressRelease
16.10.2008

The 5th European Resource bank meeting was hosted by New Economic School – Georgia (www.nesgeorgia.org) at “Sheraton Metekhi Palace Hotel”, Tbilisi, Georgia during 9-12 October 2008.

At the initiative of think tank leaders gathered in Tbilisi for the 5th European Resource Bank a public statement was made about the current financial crisis.

Governments made the financial crisis