“When I was a child, the monarch of Liechtenstein told me: our duty is to protect people from power. If…

On 18 December 2025, the Lithuanian Free Market Institute (LFMI) invited Lithuania’s education community to discuss why ethical judgement matters…

In recent years, the President of the European Central Bank, Christine Lagarde, has repeatedly claimed that money is a public…

Next year, participants in Lithuania’s second-pillar funded pension system will face a personal financial referendum: to stay and save, to…

Competitiveness is a strange beast—always measured against outsiders, yet forged internally. In her annual address, European Commission President Ursula von…

Imagine two economists walking into a grocery store whose shelves are completely empty. One says: “The problem is production —…

The history behind the origins of Thanksgiving is instructive for modern times in several respects. It is widely known that…

Despite the European Central Bank (ECB) announcing the move of the digital euro project into its next phase during its…

This summer, the Lithuanian Free Market Institute (LFMI) joined Lithuania’s biggest discussion festival. Over two days, LLRI hosted ten debates…

European policymakers and large exporters are increasingly uneasy about the euro’s rise — particularly against the U.S. dollar. But this…

Economists are frequently regarded as oracles of numbers and mathematics. However, economics is the study of human action measured in…

The European Union finds itself in a paradoxical situation. The population is ageing, the economy is stagnating, and at the…