The participants of the 2009 Freedom and Transition are asked to read the following material before arriving at Bohinj...

ALL days and ALL sessions
- The Encyclopedia of Libertarianism, 2008, SAGE Publications, pp: 295-307.

Tuesday, September 22, 2009

Lecture: The Modern Concepts of Liberty Throughout History by Aleksandar Novaković
- Fareed Zakaria: A Brief History of Human Liberty
- Benjamin Constant: The Liberty of Ancients Compared with that of Moderns
- Lord Acton: The History of Freedom in Antiquity (excerpts)
- Tibor R. Machan: Why Modern Liberalism is in Retreat
- James M. Buchanan: The Soul of Classical Liberalism
- Aleksandar Novakovic: The Philosophies of Freedom (lecture thesis)

Lecture: On the Impossibility of Social Justice by Bernard Brščič
- Ludwig von Mises Institute, What is Austrian Economics?
- Antony Flew, Socialism and Social Justice.
- Ben Jackson, “The Conceptual History of Social Justice,” Political Studies Review 3, 3 (2005), pp: 356-73.

Discussion: Economic Crisis and Bail Out by Miroslav Prokopijević
- Roger D. Congleton, Notes on the Financial Crisis and Bail Out, Moderate Skepticism, January 25, 2009.

Discussion: The Underground Economy: Reasons and Consequences by Marijana Bađun
- Glaeser, E.L., Porta, R.L., Lopez-de-Silanes, F., and Shleifer, A., “Do Institutions Cause Growth?” Journal of Economic Growth, Vol. 9, No. 3. (2004), pp. 271-303.

Wednesday, September 23, 2009

Lecture: Political Economy of Structural Reforms by Janez Šušteršič
- Thomas Helbling, Dalia Hakura and Xavier Debrun, “Chapter III: Fostering Structural Reforms in Industrial Countries.,” IMF World Economic Outlook (2004), pp: 103-46.

Lecture: The Case of Slovenia: Endogenous Gradualism by Janez Šušteršič
- M. Rojec, J. Šušteršič, B. Vasle, M. Bednaš and S. Jurančič, “The rise and decline of gradualism in Slovenia,“ Post-Communist Economies 16, 4 (2004) pp: 459-82.
- Janez Šušteršič, “Endogenous gradualism and the Slovenian puzzle,” China Economic Review 20 (2009) pp: 265–74.

Lectue: Transition: The Case of Serbia by Miroslav Prokopijević
- Transition: The Case of Serbia by Miroslav Prokopijević
Prokopijevic, M. “Serbia,” The Problems for Post-Communist Countries in the Context of the European Union (London: CRCE, 2007), pp. 70-74.

Discussion: CEE: A Friend or Foe to Free Markets? by Rado Pezdir
- Laar M.: Little country that could. Center for research into post-communist economies. New series no. 19. London. 2002. (exercept)
- Pezdir R. : Thirteen years of gradualism - inhibiting transition in Slovenia?. Post-communist econ. (Print), 2006, vol. 18, no. 1, pp. 51-68.
- Nozick R.: Anarchy, State and Utopia. Blackwell publishing. 2001.
- Pejovich S. “Understanding the Transaction Costs of Transition: it's the Culture, Stupid,” The Review of Austrian Economics, Volume 16, Number 4 / December, 2003.

Lectue: The Global Financial Crisis: Might not be Global, Might not be Financial, and Definitely not a Crisis by Andrei Illarionov

Thursday, September 24, 2009

Lectue: Russia: How to Destroy Freedom by Andrei Illarionov
- Andrei Illarionov, "The Siloviki in Charge," Journal of Democracy, vol. 20, no. 2, April 2009.
- Andrei Illarionov, "Friedman and Russia," Cato Journal, vol. 28, no. 1, Winter 2008.

Discussion: Corporate Raiding, Russian-style, with some thoughts on the "anti-crisis" measures by Philip Hanson
- William Browder, “The Medvedev Thaw: Is it real? Will it last?” [Mendelson Helsinki Commission testimony] June 23, 2009.

Discussion: The Division and Limits of Knowledge by Aleksandar Novaković

Friday, September 25, 2009

Lecture: The Rule of Law, Property Rights and the Free Society by Bernard Brščič

Saturday, September 26, 2009

Lecture: Economic Functions of the Constitution by Svetozar Pejović
- Meese, E. (2005), ‘The Meaning of the Constitution’, in E. Meese, D. Forte and M. Spalding (eds.), The Heritage Guide to the Constitution (Washington D.C.: Regnery), pp.1-6.
- Moser, P. (1994), ‘Constitutional Protection of Economic Rights: The Swiss and US Experience in Comparison’, Constitutional Political Economy, 12, Winter, pp. 61-79
- Pejovich, S. (2008), “The Rule of Law and the Economic Functions of the Constitution,” Law, Informal Rules and Economic Performance (Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar), pp. 67-75.
- Sunstein, C. (1993), ‘On Property and Constitutionalism’, Cardozo Law Review, 14 (3), pp: 907-35.

Discussion: Carriers of Change: Entrepreneurs and Market Process by John H. Moore
- Kirzner, Israel M., “Entrepreneurial Discovery and the Competitive Market Process: An Austrian Approach,” Journal of Economic Literature, March 1997, pp. 60-85.
- Kirzner, Israel M., “The Entrepreneur,” Competition and Entrepreneurship, pp. 30-74.
- Schumpeter, Joseph A., “Hayek, Knowledge, and Market Processes,” The Theory of Economic Development, pp. 74-90.

Discussion: Varieties of Capitalism in Ex-Communist Countries by Philip Hanson
- David Lane and Martin Myant (eds), Varieties of Capitalism in Post-Communist Countries, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2007, Chapters: Estonia and Slovenia by C. Buchen, Post-Yugoslav Balkans by W. Bartlett, and Old and New Oligarchs in Russia by P. Hanson & E. Teague.

Lecture: Europe: From Socialism to Socialism by Svetozar Pejović
- Demsetz, H. (2005), “New Battle Lines.”
- Rodgers, T. (2005), “Sox is Worse than Flowed.”
- Buchanan, J. (2005), “Afraid to Be Free,” Public Choice 124 (2005): pp: 19–31.
- Pejovich, S. (2009), From Socialism to Socialism: A Property Rights Analysis of The Transition in Europe, Wieser memorial lecture, Charles University, Prague, April 24, 2009.

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Optional Readings

- Buchanan, James M., “What Should Economists Do?” What Should Economists Do? (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 1979), pp. 17-37.
- Hayek, Friedrich, “Competition as a Discovery Procedure,” The Quarterly Journal Of Austrian Economics 5, 3 (Fall 2002): pp. 9–23.
- Ebeling, Richard M., “The Current Economic Crisis and the Austrian Theory of the Business Cycle,” The Freeman 5, 58 (June 2008), pp: 4-5.
- Friedman, Milton. “The Relationship of Economic and Political Freedom,” Capitalism and Freedom (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2002), pp: 7-21.
- Friedman, Milton. “Economics and Knowledge,” in Hayek, Individualism and Economic Order, pp. 33-56.
- Kirzner, Israel M., “Hayek, Knowledge, and Market Processes,” Perception, Opportunity, and Profit, pp. 13-32.
- Kirzner, Israel M., “The Meaning of Market Process,” Development of Modern Austrian Economics (1992), pp. 38-56.
- Rand, Ayn, “Man’s Rights,” The Virtue of Selfishness, pp: 65-72.
- Scalia, A. “Economic Affairs as Human Affairs,” in Toward Liberty. Ed. Boaz, D., 2002 (Washington D.C: Cato Institute), pp. 329-336.