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Political Life with Academic Mentality

English Pages, 13. 11. 1997

I have in my hands at least three explicit invitations to make a speech at Stanford - one from Anne Krueger, one from Michael Boskin and one from Kurt Leube. In my interpretation, the first one is about the experiences of a politician with academic background, the second is about economic and economic policy issues in a transforming country and the third about free society and its enemies.

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The Czech Republic, NATO and European Union Enlargement

English Pages, 10. 11. 1997

It is a pleasure and honor to be here and to have the opportunity to tell you about how I see my country, NATO and European Union.

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Central and Eastern Europe towards the EU and NATO: The Czech Example

English Pages, 23. 9. 1997

The Czech Republic has been undergoing the most rapid political, social and economic transformation and has achieved the position where we can - with sufficient confidence - apply for a membership in the European Union and NATO.

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Churchill and NATO Enlargement to the East

English Pages, 18. 9. 1997

Fifty one years ago, one year after the war, at the moment of growing tensions between free societies and the dangerous Soviet communist imperium, this city and this university prepared a perfect opportunity for an unforgettable speech which was given by one of the most prophetic European politicians of that time, by Sir Winston Churchill.

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Promoting Financial Stability in the Transition Economies of Central and Eastern Europe

English Pages, 29. 8. 1997

It is a great pleasure to be here after seven years, to have the chance to meet old friends and to report both about non-negligible and undeniable positive results which have been achieved in the transition economies of Central and Eastern Europe between my two visits to Jackson Hole, and about not less undeniable problems connected with such a unique historical manouvre.

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Notes for the NATO WORKSHOP

English Pages, 23. 6. 1997

1. We appreciate that the NATO Workshop - with participation of so many important personalities from so many countries - is taking place in Prague and is taking place just before the historic Madrid Summit.

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The Transformation of the Czech Society: Retrospect and Prospect

English Pages, 17. 6. 1997

It is a great honor and a great pleasure for me to be here at the Institute of Economic Affairs and to be invited to deliver a lecture connected with the name of Friedrich von Hayek, a man from whom I have learnt so much.

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Transformation of a Former Communist Country: Seven Years After

English Pages, 30. 5. 1997

There had been - ex-ante, seven, eight years ago - many simplified propositions about the dismantling of communism and the formation of a free society and a market economy.

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Comments on Capital Markets and Their Size, Structure and Regulation

English Pages, 6. 5. 1997

There is no doubt that capital markets are different from ordinary markets and that they need more government intervention or regulation than ordinary markets. The only point is how to intervene, how to regulate them without constraining them unnecessarily and without expecting too much from the regulator who is a human being as the rest of us with his well-defined utility function which he tries to maximize and who operates in a world of intensive rent-seeking and in a world of the well-known fallacies of regulation.

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Remarks of Prime Minister Václav Klaus on the occassion of awarding Milton Friedman an Honorary Doctorate Degree at the Prague School of Economics

English Pages, 17. 4. 1997

It is for me a great pleasure and, at the same time, a great honor to participate in this ceremony and to have the opportunity to say a few words about Milton Friedman and his role in economic science and in economic policy in the second half of the 20th century.

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