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...of communism in Central and Eastern Europe.
Decision makers eager to do business with Eastern European countries are educated and entertained as he explains how he became the architect for what would be seen as a model for transforming a state-run economy to capitalism.
After studying in Prague, Italy and at Cornell University (USA) he started his career as a researcher at the Institute of Economics at the Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences in 1970. Later, in 1987 he became Head of the Department of Macroeconomic Policy in the newly formed Institute of Forecasting at the Academy of Sciences.
In March 1996, Václav Klaus was elected as Vice-Chairman of the European Democratic Union. From December 1989 to July 1992, he served as the first non-communist finance minister after more than forty years of communist rule.
In October 1991, he became the Deputy Prime Minister of Czechoslovakia and in June 1992 was appointed Prime Minister for the Czech Republic.
He is a member of the Mont Perlin Society and a recipient of the Schumpeter Prize for Economy. Among other awards and doctorates he has received the prize of the International Freedom Foundation and the prize of the Max Schmidheiny Foundation.
His views on inflation, monetary and fiscal policies, comparative economic systems and economic transformation have been published in many scientific journals around the world.
His experience and insight in international affairs make him a sought-after speaker.
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- Visions and Strategies for an Enlarged European Union
- Leadership and Change
- Monetary and Fiscal Policies, Inflation
- Developments in Central and Eastern Europe
- Transformation of Economies
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