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Economic Conferences

At our Economic Conferences, renowned international experts present the latest findings on political economy topics, followed by a panel discussion with the audience.

A New Monetary Order?

Tobias Straumann «Upheavals in the Monetary System: Lessons from History»
David Darst «Navigating a World in Transition»
25.03.2026
Zunfthaus zur Meisen, Zurich
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60. Economic Conference
60. Economic Conference
The Sharing Economy: Promise or Peril?
Michael C. Munger «Is Renting the New Owning?»
Justus Haucap «Opportunities and Risks of the Sharing Economy: Competition and Potential Externalities»
12.11.2025
Zunfthaus Saffran, Zurich
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Special Event for the Publication «Dealing With America»
Even if it’s Madness, There’s a Method to it
Konrad Hummler «Foolish» is not enough.
Ivan Adamovich «Prepare for the Worst, Hope for the Best»
Beat Kappeler “Trump is Hardly a Puppet of the Experts”
25.06.2025
Zurich
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59. Economic Conference
Managing the Challenge of Immigration
Kristie de Peña «America's Integration Edge: Generational Achievement of Immigrant Communities»
Leon de Winter «Dealing With Threats in an Open Society»
20.05.2025
Zunfthaus zur Meisen, Zurich
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Workshops

The Progress Foundation workshops are small group working sessions on specific topics and texts. Participants are invited in person by the Board of Trustees.
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28. Workshop
Natural Resources – Curse or Blessing?
13.06.2024
Speicher
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27. Workshop
The Power to Tax and Spend – Competition Under Fire
12.05.2022
Speicher
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26. Workshop
Ways Out of the Crisis
27.05.2021
Speicher
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Authors, Speakers, Workshop Participants

A selection of our speakers.
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Ulrike Ackermann Josef Ackermann Zoltan J. Acs Ivan Adamovich John Aldock Johannes Althusius Max. D. Amstutz Wayne D. Angell Kurt Annen Hannah Arendt Peter Athanas
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Jürgen G. Backhaus Philipp Bagus Leszek Balcerowicz Stephan Balling Ernst Baltensperger Hans D. Barbier Arnulf Baring Luigi Marco Bassini Andreas B. Batlogg Carl Baudenbacher Jörg Baumberger Gregor van der Beek Giorgio Behr Jeremy Bentham Matthias Benz Peter Bernholz Michel Besson Thomas Bieger Stephan Bieri Georges Bindschedler Anette Bingemer Mathias Binswanger Jacob Bjorheim Charles B. Blankart Christoph Blocher Frank Bodmer Silvio Borner Hardy Bouillon Scott Boykin Peter Brabeck-Letmathe Louis D. Brandeis Mathis Brauchbar Horace Brock Daniel Brühlmeier James M. Buchanan Ernst-Wolfgang Böckenförde Gérard Bökenkamp
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John C. Calhoun Micheline Calmy-Rey Iso Camartin Agustín Carstens José Casanova Ronald Clapham Warren L. Coats Joe Cobb Mario A. Corti Tyler Cowen
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Charles Murray, Ph. D. J.D. Roger Pilon, Ph. D. Gert Dahlmanns Hans Peter Danuser David Darst Jefferson Davis Ron Deibert Anthony De Jasey René Pahud de Mortanges Kristie de Peña Daniel De Roulet Alexis de Tocqueville Leon de Winter Andreas Diekman Dietmar Doering Roger Douglas Kevin Dowd Wolfgang Drechsler Karl Heinz Däke Mathias Döpfner Felix Dünser
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Nicholas Eberstadt Reiner Eichenberger Georg zu Eltz Richard A. Epstein Sergio Ermotti Karsten Essen
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Cla Famos Ulrich Fehl Ernst Fehr Lars P. Feld Horst Feldmann Michael Ferber Guglielmo Ferrero Edwin J. Feulner Peter A. Fischer Gerd Folkers Hans Folz William F. Ford Christoph Frei Max Frenkel Bruno S. Frey Milton Friedman David D. Friedman Benjamin Friedman Paul L. Friedman Paul Frijters Michael Funk
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Emmanuel Garessus William Lloyd Garrison Susanne Gaschke Joachim Gauck Katja Gelinsky Hans-Dietrich Genscher Katja Gentinetta Pascal Gentinetta Stefan Gerlach Gerd Gigerenzer George Gilder Robert A. Gilmour Tom Ginsburg Josef Girshovich Wolfgang Glatzer Nils Goldschmidt Charles Goodhart Friedrich Wilhelm Graf Hannes Grassegger Alexander Grau Margaret L. Greene Matt Grossmann Allan Guggenbühl Lino Guzzella Beat Gygi Simon Gächter Heike Göbel
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Gerd Habermann Jürgen Habermas Jochen Hadermann Ernst Hafen Peter Hafter Matthias Haller Eugen Haltiner Rainer Hank Justus Haucap Hans Haumer Heinz Hauser Horst Hegmann Marianne Heimbach-Steins Thomas Held David Henderson Hans-Olaf Henkel Hans Jörg Hennecke Peter Hettich Philipp W. Hildmann Christian Hoffmann Karl Hofstetter Adrian Holderegger Matthias Holenstein Eric Honegger Einar Hope Karen Horn Klaus Hornung Fabian Huber Konrad Hummler Robert E. Hunter Gerald Häfner Jochen Hörisch Jörg Guido Hülsmann
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Marie-Gabrielle Ineichen-Fleisch
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Franz Jaeger Harold James Martin Janik Christian Jansen Martin Janssen Ursula Pia Jauch Hans Joas Barbara John Thomas J. Jordan Marco Jorio Ann-Veruschka Jurisch
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Beat Kappeler Necla Kelek Niklas Keller Craig Kennedy Wolfgang Kersting Walter B. Kielholz Søren Kierkegaard Martin Killias Paul Kirchhof Erich Kirchler Christian Kirchner Guy Kirsch Roland Kirstein Václav Klaus Hans-Dieter Klingemann Heribert Knittlmayer Georg Kohler Stefan Kolev Martin Kolmar Peter Koslowski Hansrudolf Kramer Bernd Kramer Reto Krapf Ivan Krastev Alex Krauer Franz Kromka Peter Kugler Lukas Kundert Peter Kuster Kwasi Kwarteng Ekkehard A. Köhler Roger Köppel
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Deepak Lal Otto Graf Lambsdorff Gonzalo Fernández de la Mora Alexis Lautenberg Hosuk Lee-Makiyama Martin Lees Harmen Lehment Martin Lendi Vera Lengsfeld Sibylle Lewitscharoff Alois von und zu Liechtenstein Siegwart Lindenberg Willy Linder Ann Marie Lipinski Ferdinand Lips Carlo Lottieri Ernst-Dieter Lueg Gal Luft Friedrich A. Lutz Hermann Lübbe René Lüchinger Herbert Lüthy
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Klaus Mackscheidt Rico Maggi Thilo Marauhn Alex Martinovits Magdalena Martullo-Blocher Marina Masoni Graham Mather Milosz Matuschek Deirdre Nansen McCloskey Walter Russel Mead John D. Meadowcroft Gerrit Meijer Allan Meltzer Oswald Metzger Martin Meyer Axel Meyer Meinhard Miegel Marc A. Miles Ignaz Miller Alberto Mingardi Daniel J. Mitchell Peter Moser Dennis Moser Michael C. Munger Christoph Möllers Isabel Mühlfenzl Jan-Werner Müller Rainer Münz
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Alejandro Navas Manfred J.M. Neumann Catherine Newmark Paul Nolte Johan Norberg Michael Novak
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Gerald P. O’Driscoll Wolfgang Ockenfels Oswald Oelz David Owen
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Fabio Padovano Paolo Pamini Stephan Panther Karl-Heinz Paqué Gregor Paul Mark Pennington Bernhard Pesendorfer Philipp Plickert Karl R. Popper Christopher A. Preble Gerhard Prosi
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Alvin Rabushka Bernd Rahmann Richard W. Rahn Vanessa Rampton John Rawls Dixy Lee Ray Ursula Raymann Klaus Reeh Richard Reichel Josef H. Reichholf Alex Reichmuth Karl Reichmuth Christof Reichmuth Janusz Reiter Hans Rentsch Alan Reynolds Martin Rhonheimer Thomas Ribi Georg Rich Horst-Eberhard Richter Fritz Riemann Tanja Rippberger Klaus Peter Rippe Albrecht Ritschl Johannes Ritter Ian Roberts Jonathan Rodden Bernd Roeck Manfred Rose Sidney Rose Bernhard Rothen Beat Rudin Bernhard Ruetz Stephan Russ-Mohl Bernd Rüthers Bernhard Rütsche
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Pascal Salin Razeen Sally Dominick Salvatore Michele Salvi Suzette Sandoz Christoph Schaltegger Jeremiah Schatt Klaus-Werner Schatz Eric Scheidegger Franz Schellhorn René Scheu Gerhard Schick Kurt Schiltknecht Hans Jürgen Schlösser Thomas Schmid Ralph Schmitz-Dräger Gunther Schnabl Helmut Schoeck Urs Schoettli Franz Scholl Anna J. Schwartz Gerhard Schwarz Klaus Schweinsberg Rainer J. Schweizer Markus Schär Fabian Schönenberger Alfred Schüller Peter Schürmann Wolfgang Schüssel Hansjörg Seiler Friedrich L. Sell James Sheehan George P. Shultz Horst Siebert Gabriele Siegert Radek Sikorskiy Roberto Simanowski Hans-Werner Sinn Beat Sitter-Liver Manfred Sliwka Rolf Soiron Wolfgang Somary Markus Somm Jürg Sommer Reto Sonderegger Herbert Spencer Lysander Spooner Jerome L. Stein Johann Steurer Jörg Stolz Fritz Strack Thomas Straubhaar Tobias Straumann Marcel Studer Stefan Studer Richard Sturn Madeleine Sumption Michael Surber Claudia Aebersold Szalay Christa Sütterlin
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Brigitte Tag Vito Tanzi Erhard Taverna Charles Taylor Tito Tettamanti Theresia Theurl Alain Thierstein Lee R. Thomas Konrad Thomas Norbert F. Tofall Grace Schild Trappe Axel Tschentscher
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Andreas Unterberger Frank Urbaniok
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Anne van Aaken Viktor Vanberg Georg Vanberg Frank van Dun Roland Vaubel Frank Vibert Kaspar Villiger Robert Vogler Stefan Voigt Odilo von Guntern Friedrich A. von Hayek Wilhelm von Humboldt Ludwig von Mises Robert von Rimscha C. Christian von Weizsäcker
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Neil Wallace Rudolf Walser Christian Watrin Karl Weber Hanne Weck-Hannemann Philipp Weckherlin Erich Weede Gerhard Wegner Joel Weibel Kurt Weigelt Ulrich Weisser Veronica Weisser Patrick Welter Dirk Wenzel Michael Werz Kirsten Westphal William White Gail Wilensky Stephan Wirz Claudia Wirz Michael Wohlgemuth Stefan C. Wolter R. James Woolsey Franz M. Wuketits Hans Peter Würmil
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Albert Ziegler Oliver Zimmer Heinz Zimmermann Michael Zurkinden Alfred Zänker Michael Zöller