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Schedule

Day 1

16 MARCH
SUNDAY
10:00 am

Registration Open

Camino Real Polanco Hotel


3:00 pm

First shuttle departs from hotel to Universidad de la Libertad

We kindly ask that you arrive 15 minutes before to the lobby.


3:30 pm

Campus Tour at Universidad de la Libertad


4:00 pm – 5:15 pm

Young Scholars Sessions at Universidad de la Libertad

Latin America 1: Violence, Security, and History of Libertarianism – chair: Martin Krause
  1. JOAO PEDRO BASTOS – Political Violence in the Long Run: Evidence from a New Dataset of Latin American Dictatorships
  2. MARCOS FALCONE – Notes for a History of Latin American Libertarianism
  3. TATIANA MACÍAS MUENTES – Institutional Fragility and Security Plans in Ecuador: Effects on Security, the Economy, and Development (2014–2024)
Economic Freedom and Inequality: A Review of the Evidence – Chair: Benjamin Powell
  1. VINCENT MIOZZI – Economic Freedom and Inequality: A Review of the Evidence
  2. CHANDLER REILLY – From Trade to Raid: Institutions and Anglo-Abenaki Relations in 17th Century Maine
  3. ETHAN YANG – Cloud Computing: A Coming Point of Tension for US-EU Competition Alignment
5:30 pm – 6:45 pm
Latin America II: Demography, Cronyism, and Ecuadorian Constitution – chair: Alberto Mingardi
  1. MICHAEL LACHANSKI – Demography and Latin-American Marxism
  2. MATHEUS COSSO – How Ideas, Liberty, and Institutions Shape Cronyism: Latin American Cases
  3. DANIEL MAYORGA – Montesdeoca – Controlled Comptrollers: The Case for the Ecuadorian 2008 Constitution’s Transparency and Social Control Branch
Trade, Constitutions, and Entrepreneurship – chair: Deirdre McCloskey
  1. GOR MKRTCHIAN – Legislative Constraints on the Executive and Trade
  2. GLENN FURTON – Two Kinds of Constitutional Order in Society
  3. LUCCA TANZANILLO DOS SANTOS – Entrepreneurship at the Federal Level: A Decentralized Alternative to the Welfare State

5:30 pm

Second shuttle departs from hotel to Universidad de la Libertad

We kindly ask that you arrive 15 minutes before to the lobby.


6:00 pm

Campus Tour at Universidad de la Libertad


6:30 pm

Networking Cocktail


7:00 pm

Opening and Welcome Dinner

SPEAKERS: Deirdre McCloskey, Ricardo Salinas Pliego


9:00 pm

Depart from Universidad de la Libertad to hotel


Day 2

17 MARCH
Monday
7:30 am

Sponsored Breakfasts

  • Foundation for Economic Education – Salón Monterrey
  • UFM Prosperity Lab – Salón Maria Bonita
  • Universidad de la Libertad – Salón Molino 1

9:00 am

Keynote kickoff

America in the Americas

Salón Chapultepec

SPEAKER: Eduardo Nolla –  presented by Virgil Storr


10:00 am

Plenary

Institutions and democracy in the Americas

Salón Chapultepec

SPEAKERS: Deirdre McCloskey, Javier Fernández-Lasquetty, Luis Carlos Ugalde

CHAIR: Federico Reyes Heroles


11:30 am

Coffee Break


12:00 pm

Breakout Sessions

1. The Migration Crisis in the Americas

Salón del Sol

SPEAKERS: Daniel Hannan, Alexandré Padilla, Mike Gonzalez

CHAIR: Bettina Horst 


2. Capture of the Justice Systems in the Americas

Salón Girasoles

SPEAKERS: Thomas A. Berry, María Murillo, Claudia De Buen

CHAIR: Hernán Bonilla


1:30 pm

Lunch

SPEAKER: Pedro Schwartz presented by Roberto Salinas

2:30 PM – 3:50 PM

AFTERNOON ACTIVITIES

Liberty Classics from Latin America

The philanthropic ogre by Octavio Paz

Salón Camelia

SPEAKER: Alberto Mingardi


Afternoon Panel A

Economic Freedom in the Americas

Salón Jardín 

SPEAKERS: Ángel Carrión, Matthew Mitchell, Dean Stansel

CHAIR: Fred McMahon


Afternoon Panel B

100 of Manuel Ayau: A Champion of liberty in the Americas

Salón Girasoles

SPEAKERS: Enrique Ghersi, Luis Pazos, Fernando Monterroso

CHAIR: Roberto Brenes


3:30 pm

Coffee break


4:00 PM

Book presentations

“Following Their Leaders: Political Preferences and Public Policy”.

Salón Jardín

SPEAKER: Randall Holcombe


“Indigenismo en América Latina: derechos, integración e ideología”.

Salón Camelias

SPEAKER: Daniel R. Carreiro


“Out Poverty. Sweatshops In the Global Economy”

Salón Girasoles

SPEAKER: Ben Powell


5:00 PM

Plenary

America and the reconfiguration of the World Order

Salón Chapultepec

SPEAKERS: Enrique de la Madrid, Eugene Gholz, Ryan Yonk

CHAIR: Ian Vásquez


7:00 PM

Off program activities

After Hours Videos by Free The people

Salón Chapultepec

Executive Producers, Matt and Terry Kibbe, will present the film, which follows the Hero’s journey of artist Carlos Luna as he pursues creative freedom from Communist Cuba, through Mexico. Eventually he finds his free, flourishing life in the United States. They will be joined by Carlos and Claudia Luna for special remarks after the screening.

Day 3

18 MARCH
Tuesday
7:30 am

Sponsored Breakfast

  • Archbridge Institute – Salón Monterrey
  • Universidad de las Hesperides – Salón María Bonita
  • Life + Liberty Indexes (FRDM Index) – Salón Molino 1

9:00 am

Keynote kickoff

Liberty, Size, and Scaling

Salón Chapultepec

SPEAKER: Nassim Taleb presented by Alberto Mingardi


10:00 am

Plenary

Finance at Focus

Salón Chapultepec

SPEAKERS: Daniel Lacalle, George Selgin, Will Luther

CHAIR: Martín Krause


11:30 am

Coffee break


12:00 PM

Breakout Sessions

1.Drugs, cartels and the security problem

Salón del Sol

SPEAKERS: Jeffrey Miron, Ricardo López Murphy, Eduardo Guerrero

CHAIR: Sergio Sarmiento


2. Re-thinking Education from the ground-up

Salón Girasoles

SPEAKERS: Ninfa Salinas, James Tooley, Gabriel Calzada

CHAIR: Arturo Damm


1:3o pm

Lunch

Salón Molino

Alberto Benegas Lynch (video)

Invitations to MPS Meetings Marrakech, Indianapolis & Buenos Aires


2:30 PM – 4:00 PM

Afternoon activities

Liberty Classics from Latin America

From the Noble Savage to the Noble Revolutionary by Carlos Rangel.

Salón Camelia

SPEAKER: Marcel Granier


Afternoon Panel A

AI, emergent technologies and regulation

Salón Jardín

SPEAKERS: Thomas Hazlett, Adam Thierer,  James Lawson

CHAIR: Max Rangeley.


Afternoon Panel B

Journalism for a Free Society “Cancelling the cancelation”

Salón Girasoles

SPEAKERS: Mario Noya, Jim Epstein, Gabriela Calderón

CHAIR: Eduardo Fernández Luiña


3:30 PM

Coffee Break


4:00 PM

Book presentations

“¡Basta de democracia! Contra la falsificación del liberalismo. Una aproximación histórica”.

Salón Girasoles

SPEAKER: Carlos Sabino


“Conservative Liberalism”.

Salón Camelia

SPEAKER: Hannes Hólmsteinn Gissurarson


“Entrepreneurship and Evolutionary Economics”.

Salón Jardín

SPEAKER: Per Bylund


“Accountings makes the unseen visible”

Salón Arcoiris

SPEAKER: Hiroshi Yoshida


5:00PM

Plenary

Is the ghost of inflation back in the western hemisphere?

Salón Chapultepec

SPEAKER: Ricardo Salinas Pliego, Antonio Foglia

CHAIR: Benjamin Powell


7:00 PM

Shuttle departs to dinner venue

We kindly ask that you arrive 15 minutes before to the lobby.

7:30 PM

Dinner caminos de la libertad

Day 4

19 MARCH
Wednesday
7:30 AM

Breakfast


9:00 AM

Departure (Excursion)

Hotel camino real polanco
  • Tour of Historic Center
  • Pyramids of Teotihuacan

1:00 PM

Lunch


5:00 PM

Back to hotel

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