Two new events have been announced by the Vinson Centre, as part of the Seminar Series in the Classical Political Economy Tradition (Spring term 2024).
See the poster below for details, or click here for the Events page
News
The Vinson Centre’s free trade debate
The Vinson Centre’s debate on free trade hosted by the IEA in London last December has been covered by the National Review.
You will soon have access to the video with the debate between Daniel Hannan and Terence Kealey on our YouTube channel.
Read more about it on the National Review
Institute of Economic Affairs and Vinson Centre’s internships (in Buckingham)
Are you a University of Buckingham student ready to delve into the world of research and academic excellence? Look no further! The Vinson Centre (University of Buckingham), in collaboration with the Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA), present a 9-week Research-Based Internship tailored just for you. With only four students per intake, this internship requires a weekly commitment of 8 hours, divided into 4-hour sessions across 2 days.
Applicants are encouraged to submit a CV and Cover Letter explaining why they are the best candidate and how they would benefit from this internship. Your research topics may include, but are not limited to: money and inflation, central banks, monetary competition, government finances (spending and taxation), free trade and development, regulation, alternatives to state education. The programme will run in Buckingham’s term time: Autumn term (September – November), Winter term (January – March) and Spring term (April – May). You can find more information on term dates at Term Dates | University of Buckingham.
Duration: 9 weeks, 2 days per week
Location: Vinson Centre (University of Buckingham). Buckingham (Hunter Street campus, MK18 1EG).
Interns will receive a compensation for their time.
Important Dates:
Application Deadline: 15.03.2024
Internship Duration: 03.04.2024 to 31.05.2024
Email for applications: vinsoninternship@iea.org.uk. Please contact Megi Cara in case of any queries on the programme (mcara@iea.org.uk).
Conferences for 6th Form students
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.
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/
Letter to the Financial Times
Last week the Financial Times published a letter with the title ‘Lurches in money supply are proven British menace’. The signatories (including our Director, Dr Juan Castaneda) warn that the amount of money broadly defined in the UK contracted by -4.2% in the year to September, the largest fall ever recorded. You can access the letter here.
Dr Juan Castaneda co-authors new article
Our director, Dr Juan Castaneda, has co-authored an article on ‘Money Growth, Money Velocity and Inflation in the US, 1948–2021’ with Dr Jose Luis Cendejas, published in Open Economies Review. Full text access here.
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.