26th-28th June 2009
The Legatum Institute's second annual Prosperity Symposium brought together leading scholars in an effort to understand and advance the best ideas on holistic prosperity in a time of economic turmoil and uncertainty. This year's featured speakers included Paul Kennedy, Paul Collier, Jean Bethke Elshtain, Walter Russell Mead, Robert Putnam, Luigi Zingales, and others.
The participants and panels of the symposium may be found here; many of the papers that were presented will be posted shortly.
First Annual Legatum Prosperity Symposium, Brocket Hall, United Kingdom
20th-22nd June 2008
The Institute convened the first annual Legatum Prosperity Symposium on the June 20th-22nd 2008 at the Brocket Hall Estate in the United Kingdom. A collection of renowned scholars from a range of fields came together to explore the various dimensions of a holistic understanding of prosperity, what it means and how it is realised. By design, the symposium took an inter-disciplinary approach, as economics, political science, sociology, history, and other disciplines can all bring unique methodological insights to prosperity's many facets. Scholars presented original research on wide-ranging subjects including imperial history, religion and social capital, taxation, democratic governance, entrepreneurship, self-determination and life satisfaction, foreign assistance, and national security.
More information on the first Legatum Prosperity Symposium may be found here.