Scholars and policymakers from around the world presented their research and analysis on the relationship between freedom and prosperity.
Ignacio Campomanes, NCID resident fellow, shared his research on the Dimensions of Freedom and Economic Performance. He also participated in a panel discussion with other speakers. In his presentation, Campomanes stated, "it's important to think about the rule of law as a precondition for economic and political freedoms. Think of it as a container where you pour the other freedoms."
Juan Pedro Ronconi, a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Economics at Brown University, visited NCID to give a seminar entitled “Nation-Building Through Military Service.”
His paper studies the role played by compulsory military service in nation-building, focusing on the development of national values, such as the strength of the national identity on specific civic values such as going to vote and paying taxes, and on developing a more integrated society.
Ronconi claims that “despite the well-documented importan...
Mariana Zerpa (University of Leuvenin Florence) visited NCID to give a seminar entitled "Medicaid for middle-class families? Job loss and health insurance coverage of parents and children".
According to Zerpa, "When a worker loses his job, not only is exposed to loss of income and potentially other negative outcomes but also the loss of health insurance coverage for them and potentially for their kids as well." In the U.S there is a public health insurance program called Medicaid and is targeted towards low-income families: "