5th ERB Press Release
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.
Thanks to the support of our donors: Knowledge Fund (A non-profit organization supporting education and science. The biggest project: Free University of Tbilisi www.freeuniversitytbilisi.edu.ge); Cato Institute (www.cato.org ); Atlas Foundation (www.atlasusa.org); European Center for Economic Growth (www.e-growth.org ); Friedrich Naumann Stiftung (www.fnst-freiheit.org); Center for Freedom and Prosperity (www.freedomandprosperity.org); Institute for Research on Economic and Fiscal Issues (www.irefeurope.org); Institute for Economic Studies – Europe (www.ies-europe.org)
And co-organizers: The Heritage Foundation (www.heritage.org); Institute for Economic Studies – Europe (www.ies-europe.org); Hayek Institute (www.hayek-institut.at); Instituto Bruno Leoni (www.brunoleoni.it); Atlas Economic Research Foundation (www.atlasusa.org); Lithuanian Free Market Institute (www.freema.org); Cato Institute (www.cato.org); Institute for Market Economy (www.ime-bg.org)
The leading free market think tanks of Europe gathered in Tbilisi. Experts from 25 countries focused on the Future of Europe with regards to Tax reforms, Pension reforms, the Financial Crisis and shared their experience and planes.
The statement that had been produced about the causes of global financial crisis by the gathered experts and think tanks condemned the interference of government in free market being a short-term fix of the problem. The statement is not closed and any think tank is allowed to join those who have signed it (for farther information visit www.rbeurope.org).
The prime minister of Georgia gave an opening speech to the gathered society on the conference and described major steps of current radical free market development of the country and underlined deep intellectual influence on those reforms by New Economic School – Georgia and by libertarian ideas in general.
The meeting was ended with a trip to east Georgia, where the participants were able to learn more about Georgia. The next Resource bank Meeting will be held in France in August 2009.
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