Libertarian Conference

The Liberty League Libertarian Conference features a day of panel discussions followed by an evening dinner and social.

2011 Conference Topics:

Speaking on “Where next for Education?”

• Chair: Professor Philip Booth, editorial and programme of the Institute of Economic Affairs, and professor of insurance and risk management at Cass Business School
• Toby Young, author, journalist, and one of the driving forces behind the West London Free School
• Professor James Tooley, author of “The Beautiful Tree”, director of the E.G. West Centre, and professor of education policy at Newcastle University
• Dale Bassett, research director at Reform
• Professor Len Shackleton, former dean of the UEL Royal Docks Business School, and of the University of Westminster Business School.

Speaking on “How the State Harms the Poor”

• Chair: Sam Bowman, head of research at the Adam Smith Institute
• Kristian Niemitz, poverty research fellow at the Institute of Economic Affairs
• Brendan O’Neill, editor of Spiked magazine
• Dr Anthony Daniels (aka Theodore Dalrymple), columnist, author, doctor and psychiatrist
• Dr Mark Pennington, reader in public policy at Queen Mary University, and author of “Robust Political Economy: Classical Liberalism and the Future of Public Policy”

Debating the Chicago vs. Austrian economic schools:

• Referee: Dr Eamonn Butler, director of the Adam Smith Institute and author of “The Condensed Wealth of Nations”
• On the Chicago side: Dr Andrew Lilico, director of Europe Economics, and member of the IES/Sunday Times Shadow Monetary Policy Committee
• On the Austrian side: Dr Adam Martin, post-doctoral fellow at New York University

Speaking on whether “Islam and Libertarianism” can and should be reconciled:

• Mustafa Akyol, journalist, Turkish newspaper columnist and author of “Islam Without Extremes: A Muslim Case for Liberty”.