Atlas Economic Research Foundation 28th International Workshop

In Collaboration with Friedrich Naumann Foundation and the Association for Liberal Thinking

Hotel Armada, Istanbul

September 15-17, 1996

Sunday, September 15

• Reception and Welcome
• Alejandro Chafuen
• Wilhelm Hummen, Friedrich Naumann Foundation
• Cüneyt Ülsever, Association for Liberal Thinking

Keynote:

• Besim Tibuk, President NET Companies

Monday, September 16

Chair: Vural Fuat Savaş

• Theory and Economic Policy

Speakers:

• Hardy Bouillon, Universität Trier
• Eser Karakaş, Istanbul University

Chair: Jo Kwong, Atlas Economic Research Foundation

• Regulatory Barriers to Production

Speakers:

• Dan Peters, Procter & Gamble, USA
• S. Fred Singer, SEPP
• Orhan Morgil, Chamber of Trade and Commerce, Turkey

Speaker:

• Deepak Lal, University of California-Los Angeles

Chair: Mehmet Aydın, Ege University

• Culture and Economics, “Islam and a Free Society”

Speakers:

• Imad Ahmad, Minaret of Freedom Institute
• Anthony Sullivan, Erhart Foundation

Chair: Leonard Liggio, George Mason University School of Law; Atlas Economic Research Foundation

• Law and Economics

Speakers:

• Ricardo Rojas, Argentina 
• Gert Dahlmans, Frabkfurter Institute
• Serdar Aktan, Turkish-Arabic Bank
• Institute Reports

Keynote:

• John Goodman, President, National Center for Policy Analysis

• The North American Political Economic Scene, Elections’96

Tuesday September 17

• Business Breakfast Meeting
• Business, Policy and Ideas

Speakers:

• Dan Peters, Procter & Gamble, USA
• Thomas Bentz, Germany
• Üzeyir Garih, ALARKO Group of Companies
• Islam and Economics: Viewpoint of Timur Kuran

Speakers:

• Murat Somer, University of Southern California