We have just held several conferences for 6th Form students in Harrogate, Edinburgh and Newcastle with the Institute of Economic Affairs, where we have talked about productivity, economic growth, the current inflation episode in the UK and the measurement of growth, development and happiness in Economics. Please, contact us if you are interested in hosting a conference and partnering with us in the future. More info here.
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Education Coordinator Vacancy at the IEA
Our partners, the Institute of Economic Affairs, are hiring an Education Coordinator role for the new IEA/Vinson Centre internship programme at the University of Buckingham. You can find more details on the position and how to apply at https://iea.org.uk/education-coordinator/
Continent in Crisis: Governing the EU in an Age of Division
Speakers: Dr Dalibor Rohac (Senior Research Fellow, American Enterprise Institute, Washington, DC) and Sir Robert Cooper (Former Director-General for External and Politico-Military Affairs at the Council of the European Union).
Date: Tuesday 24 October 2023.
Time: 18:00
Venue: University Offices, Bloomsbury, 51 Gower St, London, WC1E 6HJ. (Nearest Underground stations: Goodge St, Warren St, Russell Square).
Registration: To register please click on https://forms.office.com/e/a3xTrrdbdh
Hayek Library project commences
We are very pleased to announce the start of our ‘Hayek Library’ project to make it available online and for researchers and visitors. We have a superb history of economic thought library with an excellent collection on Classical Liberal Political Economy. Our thanks to our Library staff for their help with the project.
Hayek Essay Competition
Reflect on Hayek’s nobel lecture and discuss how relevant are Hayek’s ideas to explain the world today.
“The particular occasion of this lecture, combined with the chief practical problem which economists have to face today, have made the choice of its topic almost inevitable. On the one hand the still recent establishment of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Science marks a significant step in the process by which, in the opinion of the general public, economics has been conceded some of the dignity and prestige of the physical sciences. On the other hand, the economists are at this moment called upon to say how to extricate the free world from the serious threat of accelerating inflation which, it must be admitted, has been brought about by policies which the majority of economists recommended and even urged governments to pursue. We have indeed at the moment little cause for pride: as a profession we have made a mess of things”. The Pretence of Knowledge (F. A. Hayek, Nobel Lecture, 1974)
Join us for pizza and refreshments at our launch event!
£1000 prize
Contact info@vinsoncentre.con for enquries on how to enter
Please note that the Hayek Essay Competition is only open to University of Buckingham students.
Vinson Centre Director contributes to the debate on inflation
Our director, Juan Castaneda, has been contributing to the debate on inflation and the Bank of England’s policies in recent weeks, advising for a change in their models to assess inflation. Here you’ll find two pieces written with Damian Pudner (Institute of International Monetary Research)
- Article on The Telegraph: ‘The Bank of England cannot go on like this’.
- Article on CityAM: ‘The Bank of England needs to stop rising interest rates to avoid a painful recession’.
February 2023 issue of the journal of Economic Affairs published
Event announced: A discussion of the current inflationary episode in the UK
The Vinson Centre’s Director, Juan Castañeda, will be discussing the current inflationary episode in the UK and who to blame for it at the Mises Society (University of Oxford). The talk will be on 24th February at 19:30 pm at Corpus Christi College, Rainolds Room. You can find more details on the event and how to attend here: The 2021-22 Inflation Episode — How Central Banks Did It Again
New paper by Visiting Scholar
Our Visiting Scholar, Rogério Arthmar, has just co-authored a paper titled ‘Physics meets economics: Albert Einstein and Irving Fisher on science, peace, and the Great Depression’. You can access the paper by clicking here.
Vinson Centre announces new Visiting Scholar
We are very pleased to welcome Dr Rogério Arthmar as our Visiting Scholar. Rogério is a CNPq Researcher in the History of Economic Thought in Brazil, and will be involved in a research project on ‘ Sismondi on the British and Swiss conceptions of liberty’ with us. You can learn more about our Visiting Scholars programme and their exclusive access to our library by clicking here.