Lithuanian Free Market Institute
Institute for Free Market (Engl. Free Market Institute , lit. Lietuvos laisvosios rinkos institutas ) is the first and only private institute for economic research in Lithuania . It was founded in 1990 by Elena Leontjeva . The main areas of research are privatization , self-regulation of the Lithuanian market, de-bureaucratisation of the public sector (state, municipalities), macroeconomic analyzes and various projects.
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In addition, the courses and lectures at Vilnius University are offered to promote critical thinking and economic understanding.
The institute is characterized by transparency: almost all research results, publications, comments on macroeconomic developments, trends are published on the Internet (in Lithuanian and English). Institute made the important contribution in the transition from a planned economy to a market economy in Lithuania.
Further projects are privatization of the health system (state health insurance), education, energy industry and the like. a.
Former Employees
- Giedrius Kadziauskas (* 1978), lawyer and politician, Deputy Minister of Economy of Lithuania
- Gintautas Kniukšta (* 1960), politician and journalist, member of the Seimas
- Audronė Morkūnienė (* 1959), politician, Vice Minister for Social Protection and Labor
- Remigijus Šimašius (* 1974), lawyer, politician, minister of justice, legal scholar