Bruno Leoni Institute
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| Motto | "Ideas for the free market" |
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| Type | Think-Tank |
| Purpose | Ordoliberalism, Austrian School, Classical Liberalism |
| Headquarters |
Piazza Cavour 3, Turin Piazza Castello 23, Milan |
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President
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Franco Debenedetti |
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Director General
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Alberto Mingardi |
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Key people
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Carlo Lottieri, Nicola Rossi, Antonio Martino, Sergio Ricossa |
| Affiliations | Cooler Heads Coalition, Atlas Network, EPICENTER |
| Website | www |
Piazza Cavour 3, Turin
The Bruno Leoni Institute, named after philosopher and scholar Bruno Leoni, is an Italian libertarian think-tank promoting classical liberal ideas in Italy and in Europe.
IBL was founded in 2003 by three Italian libertarian scolars: Carlo Lottieri, Alberto Mingardi and Carlo Stagnaro. Based in Turin and Milan, it organizes conferences and seminars in many Italian cities, publishes books, briefing and academic papers and assists students at undergraduate and graduate levels with their research work.
IBL states that its aim is to:
"contribute to the Italian political discourse, to enable a proper appreciation of the role of liberty and private enterprise as pillars of a more prosperous and open society. It is structured on the model of the think tanks in the English-speaking world: non-profit research centers, with no political affiliations, aiming to offer a fruitful contribution to the political debate".
The policy ideas promoted by IBL aim to "create a greater 'breathing space' for civil society and empower individuals, giving more resources back to businesses, and freeing competition and exchanges, to the benefit of the general welfare and increasing the wealth of society and its members". IBL defines its philosophy, stating that it:
…is given different names, such as “liberal”, “libertarian”, or “market-oriented”. The inspiration of the institute comes from Bruno Leoni, a great philosopher of law whose works and thought IBL spreads throughout Italy and abroad. IBL has dedicated the site “Rediscovering Bruno Leoni” to the figure of Bruno Leoni. In the world of real politics, we fight for solutions which offer breathing space to civil society, and which give resources back to the economy, while liberalizing competition and trade to the end of greater wellbeing and wealth for all.
IBL is part of a broader international network of research centers informed by the same free-market approach: it joins the efforts of the Atlas Network and is a founding member of EPICENTER.
IBL publishes an annual index of what it considers the most remarkable liberalizations that have occurred through the EU member states during the previous year, ranking countries on the degree of their market openness, and offering an analysis of 10 sectors of the EU economy. The annual index is cited by the media and academicians, as a source of information for policymaking and research.
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