Pedro Schwartz Girón

The Rafael del Pino Foundation and the Camilo José Cela University signed an agreement for the creation of the Rafael del Pino Chair at the Camilo José Cela University. Professor Schwartz's main lines of research are the following: "Democratic Capitalism: Progress and Paradox", a complete rewriting in English of his work "In Search of [...]

The Rafael del Pino Foundation and the Camilo José Cela University signed an agreement for the creation of the Rafael del Pino Chair at the Camilo José Cela University.

Professor Schwartz's main lines of research are the following: "Democratic Capitalism: Progress and Paradox", a complete rewriting in English of his work "In Search of Montesquieu. Democracy in Peril" (2007), with special attention to the economic crisis between 2007 and 2014; edition of the "Iberian Writings of Jeremiah Bentham", works and correspondence of this author related to Spain, Portugal and Latin America; and "Free banking in Spain (1856-1875)", a study of the period of free competition in the issuance of banknotes in Spain.

He holds a PhD in Law from the Complutense University of Madrid and obtained his MA and PhD in Political Science from the London School of Economics. He has been president of the Mont Pèlerin Society and founder and member of numerous institutions dedicated to the defence of freedom, including the Centre for European Policy Studies, the Liberales Institut and the Cato Institute. He is a full member of the Royal Academy of Moral and Political Sciences and Rafael del Pino Professor at the Camilo José Cela University.

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