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DESCRIPTION:<a href="https://gdi.ch/event/online-lunchtalk-rethinking-freed
 om-196">Online Lunchtalk: Rethinking Freedom</a>\nOnline Lunchtalk: Rethin
 king Freedom What does it really mean to be free? Is it enough that no one
  actually prevents us from acting as we choose\, or does freedom also requ
 ire being secure against the unchecked power of others? In "The Republic o
 f Innovation: A New Political Economy of Freedom" — named among the best
  economics reads for summer 2026 by both the Financial Times and Handelsbl
 att — economist Andrea Lorenzo Capussela argues that this distinction ha
 s far-reaching consequences. When economic power becomes sufficiently conc
 entrated and entrenched\, it can translate into disproportionate political
  influence. This not only erodes democratic institutions\, he contends\, b
 ut also holds back innovation: by making it harder for new ideas\, busines
 ses and technologies to emerge and gain ground\, it ultimately stifles eco
 nomic dynamism and growth. How much concentration of economic power can a 
 free society sustain? And can a broader conception of freedom provide the 
 foundation for political and economic reform? Join our live discussion wit
 h Andrea Capussela on these questions\, and on what his answers could mean
  for the political and economic challenges now facing Western democracies.
  The session will be held in English.A conversation with Andrea Lorenzo Ca
 pussela Visiting Fellow London School of Economics and Political Science A
 ndrea Lorenzo Capussela is currently a Visiting Fellow at the London Schoo
 l of Economics (LSE)\, and previously served as the head of the economics 
 unit of the International Civilian Office in Kosovo. He is author of State
 -Building in Kosovo (Bloomsbury\, 2015) and The Political Economy of Italy
 's Decline (Oxford University Press\, 2018)\, and has contributed opinion 
 pieces to The Guardian\, Le Grand Continent\, and the Financial Times. Jos
 chka J. Proksik Senior Researcher GDI Gottlieb Duttweiler Institute Websit
 e Dr. Joschka J. Proksik is a Senior [...]
DTSTAMP:20260921T194824Z
SUMMARY:Online Lunchtalk: Rethinking Freedom
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<a href="https://gdi.ch/event/online-lunchtalk
 -rethinking-freedom-196">Online Lunchtalk: Rethinking Freedom</a>\nOnline 
 Lunchtalk: Rethinking Freedom What does it really mean to be free? Is it e
 nough that no one actually prevents us from acting as we choose\, or does 
 freedom also require being secure against the unchecked power of others? I
 n "The Republic of Innovation: A New Political Economy of Freedom" — nam
 ed among the best economics reads for summer 2026 by both the Financial Ti
 mes and Handelsblatt — economist Andrea Lorenzo Capussela argues that th
 is distinction has far-reaching consequences. When economic power becomes 
 sufficiently concentrated and entrenched\, it can translate into dispropor
 tionate political influence. This not only erodes democratic institutions\
 , he contends\, but also holds back innovation: by making it harder for ne
 w ideas\, businesses and technologies to emerge and gain ground\, it ultim
 ately stifles economic dynamism and growth. How much concentration of econ
 omic power can a free society sustain? And can a broader conception of fre
 edom provide the foundation for political and economic reform? Join our li
 ve discussion with Andrea Capussela on these questions\, and on what his a
 nswers could mean for the political and economic challenges now facing Wes
 tern democracies. The session will be held in English.A conversation with 
 Andrea Lorenzo Capussela Visiting Fellow London School of Economics and Po
 litical Science Andrea Lorenzo Capussela is currently a Visiting Fellow at
  the London School of Economics (LSE)\, and previously served as the head 
 of the economics unit of the International Civilian Office in Kosovo. He i
 s author of State-Building in Kosovo (Bloomsbury\, 2015) and The Political
  Economy of Italy's Decline (Oxford University Press\, 2018)\, and has con
 tributed opinion pieces to The Guardian\, Le Grand Continent\, and the Fin
 ancial Times. Joschka J. Proksik Senior Researcher GDI Gottlieb Duttweiler
  Institute Website Dr. Joschka J. Proksik is a Senior [...]
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