Conference "Academic Lessons for Economic Policy”












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            * Conference "Academic Lessons for Economic Policy”
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            The “Academic Lessons for Economic Policy” conference took place on May 12 in the building
            of Economic Studies in Opletalova Street in Prague. Attracting great interest from student
            the general public, the conference also celebrated the 20th anniversary of the Faculty of 

            and 20 years of state-independent economics in the Czech Republic.
            The faculty is one of the youngest at the university. It was founded June 1, 1990, and the
            were enrolled in the academic year of 1990/1991. The year 2010 marks the 20th anniversary 

            over the building of the Faculty of Journalism. The goal of the new faculty was to offer a
            for social sciences, especially following the tradition of the short-lived Faculty of soci

            writing (1968–1972).
            The Institute of Economic Studies organized the conference to commemorate the anniversary.
                                                 “We are gathering at this conference at a time full o
                                                 For many students, these might be the first big chang
                                                 such times, there may be many potential policies that
                                                                                                      
                                                 is therefore helpful to reflect more deeply on what s
                                                 period. This is an attempt at a platform for such ref
                                                 chair in his opening remarks.                        
                                                                                                      
                                                                                                      

            Among the participants were scholars from Charles University who, besides teaching at the 
            also put their ideas into practice, either by designing economic policies or by working in
            sector, and therefore have to face the changes on an everyday basis. Members of the two co

            – one called Barriers of Economic Growth and the other Lessons from the Financial Crisis –
            Tůma, governor of the Czech National Bank, Vladimír Dlouhý, Pavel Mertlík, Oldřich Dědek, 
            Skořepa, PhD., or Tomáš Sedláček. Professor Michal Mejstřík, director of the Institute of 

            of the Faculty of Social Sciences, chaired the conference.                                
                                                 Two of the topics discussed focused on education and 
                                                 a talk called “Education and School Policies”, Mr. Da
                                                 goverment's Research and Development Council advisory
                                                                                                      
                                                 and humanities, tried to explain the pros and cons of
                                                 system, the so-called coffee-grinder. According to hi
                                                 disadvantage is the lack of variance of evaluation fa
                                                                                                      
                                                 Then he called on Czech scholars to publish in impact
                                                 monographs.                                          

            (Lucie Kettnerová)

            Translation: Jaroslav Švelch