10.000 € SMC Open Essay Contest

Justice and taxation

‘Redistribution by progressive taxation has come to be almost universally accepted as just. Yet it would be disingenuous to avoid discussing this issue.’
F.A. Hayek, The Constitution of Liberty, London: Routledge 2009, p. 266.

Is there any form of just taxation? If so, what is it like, how can it be justified? Participants of the SMC Open Essay Contest are invited to examine the vexed relationship between justice and taxation and submit the result of their reflections no later than December 15, 2010 to: essay2010@swissmch.ch

The SMC Open Essay Contest is open to any student enrolled in a university. Entrants should write a 5,000 word (maximum) essay. The winners will be announced on January 31, 2011 and invited to present their winning essays at the SMC Open Essay Contest Presentation in March 2011. Qualifying essays must be submitted in English only. Electronic versions should be sent to: essay2010@swissmc.ch.

Prize Information: € 10,000 cash awards

First prize: € 5,000 cash award + travel grant up to € 1,500*
Second prize: € 2,500 cash award + travel grant up to € 1,500*
Third prize: € 1,500 cash award + travel grant up to € 1,500*
1st runner up: € 500 cash award + travel grant up to € 1,500*
2nd runner up: € 500 cash award + travel grant up to € 1,500*
* Travel grant includes travel expenses, meals and accommodation.

The Jury:

Victoria Curzon-Price was Professor of Economics at the University of Geneva, and at the European Institute of the University of Geneva (1982-2008). She was appointed Director of the European Institute from 1994 to 1998, elected member of the Governing Council of the University of Geneva (2003-2007), and elected Deputy to the Parliament of the Canton of Geneva (2008-2009).

Kurt R. Leube, Professor of Economics at California State University, Hayward (1985-2002), is Research Fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University since 1983. He is also a guest professor at several leading European and South American universities and serves as academic director of the European Center of Austrian Economics Foundation, based in the Principality of Liechtenstein.

Alvin Rabushka is the David and Joan Traitel Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution. He is an expert on taxation. His books and articles on the flat tax, with Hoover fellow Robert Hall, have provided the foundation for numerous tax reform bills. His book “Taxation in Colonial America” was just released by Princeton University Press.

Hardy Bouillon, Extracurricular Professor of Philosophy at the University of Trier and Research Director at SMC University, served as Stand-in-Professor of Practical Philosophy at the University of Duisburg-Essen from 2007-2009. His guest professorships have taken him to Prague, Salzburg, Vienna and Zagreb.

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