Lockdowns, Bailouts, and Liberty: Lessons from the Pandemic
29. März 2022 - 30. März 2022
Symposium and Inaugural Event
“Lockdowns, Bailouts, and Liberty: Lessons from the Pandemic”
Zürich, Switzerland
29 March, 2022
Agenda
Time
Program
17:00
Arrival and Registration
17:30
Welcome: Why the Global Liberty Institute?
Joshua Rauh and Scott Atlas
Co-Founders, GLI
17:40
Welcoming GLI to Switzerland
Ambassador Jacques Pitteloud
Switzerland Ambassador to the United States
17:45
Panel 1: Economic Policy During the Pandemic: How Can the Damage be Undone?
Moderator: Joshua Rauh
Ormond Family Professor of Finance, Stanford Graduate School of Business; Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford University, USA
Panelists: Veronique de Rugy
George Gibbs Chair in Political Economy; Senior Research Fellow, Mercatus Center, George Mason University, USA
Reiner Eichenberger
Professor for Economic and Financial Policy, University of Fribourg, Switzerland
Paul Frijters
Visiting Professor, London School of Economics, UK; Professor, MBS College, Saudi Arabia
Konrad Hummler
Managing Partner, M1 AG, St. Gallen; Entrepreneur; President, Swiss Civil Society Association, Switzerland
Thomas Mayer
Managing Director and Founder, Flossbach von Storch Research Institute; former Chief Economist of Deutsche Bank, Germany
18:30
Q & A and Open Discussion
18:50
Panel 2: Health, Class, and Civil Liberties in Lockdowns: What Happened and What’s Next?
Moderator: Scott Atlas
Robert Wesson Senior Fellow in Health Policy, Hoover Institution, Stanford University, USA
Panelists: Marilisa D’Amico
Professor of Constitutional Law, and Vice-Rector for Legality, Transparency and Equality of Rights at the University of Milan, Italy
Lotta Stern
CEO, Ratio Institute, Stockholm; Professor of Sociology, Stockholm University, Sweden
Pietro Vernazza
Former Chief Physician, Clinic for Infectious Diseases and Hospital Hygiene, St. Gallen Cantonal Hospital, Switzerland
John Yoo
Emanuel S. Heller Professor of Law, University of California at Berkeley, USA
19:35
Q & A and Open Discussion
19:55
Concluding Remarks
Joshua Rauh and Scott Atlas
Co-Founders, GLI