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Dialogue between Tim Congdon, Daniel Lacalle and Juan Castañeda

Money and Inflation. Analysis and evidence

The Foundation is organising the dialogue «Money and Inflation. Analysis and evidence» with the participation of Tim Congdon, Daniel Lacalle and Juan Castañeda.

Tim Congdon is one of the world's leading international monetary analysts and a leading figure in contemporary monetarism. He advised the UK government between 1979 and 1997 and was a member of the Treasury Panel (Wise Men) between 1992 and 1997. Founder of Lombard Street Research, he anticipated the inflationary risks arising from excessive monetary growth in the late 1980s. He has done extensive intellectual work in the field of monetary theory and policy and is the author of several seminal works. He is a founder and principal trustee of the Institute of International Monetary Research, of which he was the first director.

Daniel Lacalle D. in Economics, Chief Economist at Tressis S.V., professor of Global Economics at IE and IEB and investment fund manager. He holds a degree in Business Administration from the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid and a PhD Cum Laude from the Universidad Católica de Valencia. He is Chairman of the Instituto Mises Hispano, member of the Advisory Board of the Rafael del Pino Foundation and of ORFIN. He is also a member of the Academic Council of the International Freedom Foundation (FIL). His career in portfolio management and investment began at the hedge fund Citadel and continued at Ecofin Ltd. and PIMCO in the US and London. He is ranked number 5 in the Richtopia 2020 ranking of the world's most influential economists. He has been voted for five consecutive years among the top three managers in the Extel Survey, the Thompson Reuters ranking in the general strategy, oil and power categories. He writes a weekly column in El Español, and contributes monthly to CNBC and Bloomberg TV, as well as Antena 3, Cuatro, Telecinco, BBN Times, World Economic Forum, Hedge Eye, Epoch Times and Mises Wire, among others. Daniel Lacalle is the author of books on economics translated into several languages, including: "Nosotros los mercados", "Viaje a la libertad económica", "La gran trampa", "Libertad o Igualdad", and the latest, "Haz crecer tu dinero" (Deusto, 2022).

Juan Castañeda is Director of the Vinson Centre for the Public Understanding of Economics and Entrepreneurship and Professor of Economics at the University of Buckingham since 2012. D. in Economics since 2003 (UAM), Juan Castañeda has focused his academic and research activity on monetary policy and central banking. Juan was Director of the Institute of International Monetary Research from 2016 to 2023. He has collaborated with the Bank of Spain, the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs of the European Parliament and the British Parliament. He has been Honorary Senior Visiting Fellow at Cass Business School (London) and visiting fellow at the Centre for Monetary and Financial Alternatives of the Cato Institute (Washington DC), and at the Universidad Francisco Marroquín in Guatemala. Before moving to the UK, he was a lecturer at UNED. He is the associate editor of the journal 'Economic Affairs' and author of academic books and research articles on money, monetary policy and central banking in historical perspective. He is a member of the Academic Advisory Committee and the Shadow Monetary Policy Committee of the Institute of Economic Affairs (London).

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