The Rafael del Pìno Foundation is organising, on 18 June at 7 p.m., a dialogue entitled «Liberal Voices. The Myth of ideological extremes» in which the following will participate Axel Kaiser, Esperanza Aguirre y Daniel Lacalle, on the occasion of the presentation of the latest work by Axel Kaiser «Nazi-Communism. Why Nazis, Leninists, and Nazi Fascists are ideological twins» edited by Duesto.
Axel Kaiser is a Chilean-German lawyer, PhD in philosophy from the University of Heidelberg, director of the Friedrich von Hayek Chair at the Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez and senior fellow of the Atlas Center for Latin America, based in Miami. He has been a visiting professor at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University and is co-founder and president of the Fundación para el Progreso, one of the most influential liberal think tanks in Latin America. He is a columnist for the newspapers Financial y The Mercury and his opinions have been published in international media such as The Wall Street Journal, Forbes.com, The Washington Post, La Nación of Argentina, El País of Uruguay y The World, among others. He is also an international lecturer and author of several bestsellers. His work has been published in Spain by Deusto in titles such as Mental parasites (2025), The street economist (2022), The neo-inquisition (2020), The tyranny of equality (2017) o Populist deception (2016). Nazi-communism (2026) is his latest book.
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).
Esperanza Aguirre and Gil de Biedma (Madrid, 1952) holds a degree in Law from the Complutense University of Madrid and was admitted by competitive examination to the Corps of State Information and Tourism Technicians. She spent her early professional years in the Ministry of Culture. She began her political career in 1983 as a councillor in Madrid City Council, where she held various posts. In 1996 she was appointed Minister of Education and Culture. Between 1999 and 2002 she was President of the Senate, the first woman to hold this position. In 2003 she was invested President of the Community of Madrid, a position she held until 2012, leading important reforms in infrastructure, education and health. Between 2004 and 2016 she was president of the Partido Popular of Madrid. In 2015 she headed the PP's candidacy for the Madrid City Council as a mayoral candidate, and in addition to her political career, she is the author of several books on liberal thought and political current affairs.