Conservative Institute to Take Over the 2009 Templeton Freedom Award
[20.10.2009, Peter Gonda, ABOUT INSTITUTE]

The Atlas Economic Research Foundation has published the results of the Templeton Freedom Awards. One of the laureates of this prestigious prize for 2009 is the Conservative Institute of M. R. Štefánik, awarded for the implementation of the Conservative Economic Quarterly Lecture Series (CEQLS)...

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Conservative Institute to Take Over the 2009 Templeton Freedom Award
[20.10.2009, Peter Gonda, NEWS]

The Atlas Economic Research Foundation has published the results of the Templeton Freedom Awards. One of the laureates of this prestigious prize for 2009 is the Conservative Institute of M. R. Štefánik, awarded for the implementation of the Conservative Economic Quarterly Lecture Series (CEQLS)...

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Classical Liberal View on European Economic Integration
[05.06.2007, Peter Gonda, PAPERS AND STUDIES]

The classical liberal framework on European economic integration should be concerned with three major issues...

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Confidence in Man and Spontaneous Order in Society (Editorial)
[03.06.2007, Peter Gonda, PUBLICATIONS]
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Petition against creating a common consolidated corporate tax base in the EU
[21.04.2006, Peter Gonda, NEWS]

On 11 April 2006, the Lithuanian Free Market Institute initiated a petition against the efforts of the European Commission to create a Common Consolidated Corporate Tax Base (CCCTB), which was signed and disseminated by 23 European economic research institutes and individuals (including the Conservative Institute). The Petition was submitted to the European Commission, the European Parliament and the Council of Europe as well as national governments and mass media of the member states...

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The petition on the excise policy in the EU
[03.04.2006, Peter Gonda, NEWS]

The Conservative Institute is one of the signatories of the Petition on the excise policy in the EU, which is coordinated by the Lithuanian Free Market Institute. Find the text of the petition here...

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Slovakia and the United States: So Distant, So Different and So Close
[15.03.2006, Peter Gonda, NEWS]

Although Slovakia is more than 3,000 miles far and so different from the U.S., it is also well close. There are really a lot of differences. It is important to understand that Slovakia’s geopolitical weight is just one single drop in comparison with that of the U.S. Slovakia has passed throughout absolutely different historical experience and there are many differences in the attitudes of the citizens in both countries, while false myths are often the reason for these differences. Despite that, Slovakia and the United States are much closer to each other than ever before...

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Sustainable Health Sector Financing - the Case of Slovakia
[01.07.2005, Peter Gonda, LECTURES]

Read the lecture presented by Peter Gonda, chief economic analyst for the Conserative Institute, at the conference Advancing Economic Growth: Investing in Health held by the Chatham House - Royal Institute for International Affairs in London...

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Evaluation of Work Oriented Welfare Model in Slovakia
[01.11.2004, Peter Gonda, PAPERS AND STUDIES]

The recent changes in Slovak welfare system, particularly in social assistance policy, have a good trend. However, systemic distortions accompanied mainly by high dependency of people on social benefits remain almost unchanged. Author focus on main problems and proposals related to social assistance to material need in Slovakia...

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Evaluation of Work Oriented Welfare Model in Slovakia
[01.11.2004, Peter Gonda, ECONOMIC POLICY AND PUBLIC FINANCE]

The recent changes in Slovak welfare system, particularly in social assistance policy, have a good trend. However, systemic distortions accompanied mainly by high dependency of people on social benefits remain almost unchanged. Author focus on main problems and proposals related to social assistance to material need in Slovakia...

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European Constitution Against (Economical) Raise of Europe
[01.11.2004, Peter Gonda, PAPERS AND STUDIES]

The author of the contribution analyses and demonstrates specific provisions of the European constitution draft, and he documents the steps leading to the political centralization of the EU and the unification conditions which are being set from above, as well as the transfer of market regulations and a highly set of social rights from a national onto a European level. All this would result in a deepening of today´s economic problems, and a further falling of the EU countries behind more dynamic regions in the world, where more emphasis is put on personal freedom...

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European Constitution Against (Economical) Raise of Europe
[01.11.2004, Peter Gonda, EUROPEAN UNION AFFAIRS]

The author of the contribution analyses and demonstrates specific provisions of the European constitution draft, and he documents the steps leading to the political centralization of the EU and the unification conditions which are being set from above, as well as the transfer of market regulations and a highly set of social rights from a national onto a European level. All this would result in a deepening of today´s economic problems, and a further falling of the EU countries behind more dynamic regions in the world, where more emphasis is put on personal freedom...

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Risks of Slovakia´s Membership in the European Monetary Union
[01.10.2004, Peter Gonda, PAPERS AND STUDIES]

The author analytically evaluates and draws our attention to the serious risks of substituting the euro for the Slovak crown, which also means giving up domestic monetary policy and exchange rates in favour of more centralised monetary policy (implemented by the ECB)...

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Risks of Slovakia´s Membership in the European Monetary Union
[01.10.2004, Peter Gonda, EUROPEAN UNION AFFAIRS]

The author analytically evaluates and draws our attention to the serious risks of substituting the euro for the Slovak crown, which also means giving up domestic monetary policy and exchange rates in favour of more centralised monetary policy (implemented by the ECB)...

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Public Finance
[01.01.2004, Peter Gonda, PAPERS AND STUDIES]

Author analyzes the main trends in public finances in 2002 and the first half of 2003. He evaluates affairs in this field on the basis of his calculations and adjustments of official figures, using internationally applied methodologies, especially those used by the International Monetary Fund and the European Union (Eurostat)...

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Public Finance
[01.01.2004, Peter Gonda, ECONOMIC POLICY AND PUBLIC FINANCE]

Author analyzes the main trends in public finances in 2002 and the first half of 2003. He evaluates affairs in this field on the basis of his calculations and adjustments of official figures, using internationally applied methodologies, especially those used by the International Monetary Fund and the European Union (Eurostat)...

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Functioning of the Market and Regulatory Actions by the Government
[01.01.2004, Peter Gonda, PAPERS AND STUDIES]

A high standard of living and the highest possible extent of personal freedom and responsibility are conditioned by a functioning market. A purposive functioning of limited government is an additional condition. The author evaluates the market functioning and regulatory actions of the government in Slovak terms presenting three views: the present (including the main problems), possible future (three scenarios), and a strategy leading to the required state...

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Functioning of the Market and Regulatory Actions by the Government
[01.01.2004, Peter Gonda, ECONOMIC POLICY AND PUBLIC FINANCE]

A high standard of living and the highest possible extent of personal freedom and responsibility are conditioned by a functioning market. A purposive functioning of limited government is an additional condition. The author evaluates the market functioning and regulatory actions of the government in Slovak terms presenting three views: the present (including the main problems), possible future (three scenarios), and a strategy leading to the required state...

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