​The IFT attended The Books of Freedom convention, hosted by New Direction. The Convention is an annual global gathering of free market academics and think tanks to discuss the pressing issues of the day.

The IFT hosted two panels: “Free Trade, Why Are We Losing?” with Daniel Hannan moderating a discussion on the problems facing free trade today with Axel Kaiser and Juan Carlos Hidalgo; and “Education in Freedom” with Daniel Hannan moderating a debate on promoting free market ideas in education with Gonzalo Melian, Brian Sturgess, Juan Castañeda, and Kevin Flanagan.

More information on this event can be found here.