THE BEGINNING

Twenty-five years ago, only a few liberals felt free to announce themselves as such. "Liberal" had become what Americans call a "four-letter word". It seemed the world had forgotten that the word meant "free". It so happened, though, that a group of young Frenchmen had recently returned from the States where they had done post doctoral work in economics.
They were able to deepen their knowledge of "Chicago School" economics. It was there also that they were able to familiarise themselves with the economics of public choice.Soon they were to become known as the "New Economists". Monsieur Jacques Garello provided media coverage of their activities and started the summer school as a way of bringing them together as a group in company with business people who were interested in the workings of a free market. He provided a forum where liberals might meet, possessing the knowledge that they were not alone, and on whose support they could count.
THE NEW ECONOMISTS
The Summer school has continually grown, and growth means, among other things, change. With time younger economists have joined the older. One of the results of this is that we now have something of a preponderance of members of the "Austrian" school.
SUMMER UNIVERSITIES IN THE PAST
For twenty-four years, Economists, and other people from different nations and backgrounds, have been meeting to confirm and deepen the libertarian thought. One of the aim was to recognize that liberalism is not so much an efficient economic solution, but the complete version of contemporary humanism. This is the great hope of the third millenium; the ability to guide men and nations in their quest for moral and material happines.
24 themes were already developped about Economics, Philosophy, Politics, and Ethics of Liberty:
The Scientific approach in Economics (1978); Challenges of the New International Economy (1979); Economy of Institutions (1980); The decrease of State (1981); Commercial Humanism (1982); Property Rights and private property (1983); Community and individuality in a free society (1984); Can the market solve everything? (1985); Strategy for a reduction of State (1986); French liberalism (1987); The Revolution again? (1988); European liberalism (1989); Eastern Europe and western Europe: Europe of liberties? (1990); Social justice and market Economy (1991); Market Ecology (1992); Ethics and Economics (1993); Economical thought and political action (1994); Social security and social justice (1995); Education, Family, State (1996); Liberty of acts and peoples dignity (1997); Patrimony, Savings and Employment (1998); Hayek (1999);Society and subsidiarity (2000); Bastiat (2001)

More than 200 participants and contributors have already intervened,
Famous Economists: G. Tullock; I.Kirzner; A.Demsetz; H. Manne;
Nobel Prizes in Economics: R.Coase; G.Becker; J.Buchanan;
Philosophers: T.Machan; D.Rasmussen; G.Radnitsky;
Lawyers: H.Manne; Reverend R.Sirico; Reverend J.Sadowsky.