The Alamos Alliance is a

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consisting of a group of conservative economists linked to the

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, which holds a three-day annual meeting, usually by mid-February, in a town named

Álamos Álamos () is a town in Álamos Municipality in the Mexican state of Sonora, in northwestern Mexico. Historically an important center of silver mining, the town's economy is now dominated by the tourist sector. Designated a ''pueblo mágico ...

, in the

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Sonora Sonora (), officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Sonora ( en, Free and Sovereign State of Sonora), is one of the 31 states which, along with Mexico City, comprise the Administrative divisions of Mexico, Federal Entities of Mexico. The state is d ...

, in northwestern Mexico.

History

This organization, founded by

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in 1993, is mostly known for its

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points of view and its impulse to business-friendly conditions and environments favorable to investments and development of the free-enterprise system. Its first meeting was held in February 1994 at the Hotel de los Tesoros, in Álamos ("Poplars"). For the first time, the XXVIII Alamos Alliance conference was held online, on 30 April 2021. Participants and guests joined from all over the world through a virtual platform, due to the

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. Among the participants were:

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, then-

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;

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, professor in economics at the

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; Robin Topel;

Kevin M. Murphy Kevin Miles Murphy (born 1958) is the George J. Stigler Distinguished Service Professor of Economics at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and a Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution. In 1997 Murphy was awarded the prestigi ...

, professor in economics at the

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and a Senior Fellow at the

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; former

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; economist

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; Manuel Suárez Mier;

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, former Mexican

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; Mexican economist Manuel Sánchez; economist Tom Saving, and Chilean economist

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. The XXIX Meeting, with the title ''Stability, Growth, and Radical Uncertainty: Assessing Options and Opportunities'', was held in

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, on 10–13 March 2022. The main topics were: Session I. The Return of “Stagflation” and the Perils of Fiscal Mismanagement, Session II. The “Supply Chain Mess,” Near-Shoring and the Future of Open Trade, Session III. Lost Opportunities and Radical Uncertainty in Latin America: Why?, Keynote Session. Capitalism, Prosperity, and Social Mobility. For the XXX Meeting, held in Álamos, Sonora, on 17–19 February 2023, two of the lecturers announced were

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of the

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, who spoke on inflation and interest rates, and above-mentioned Kevin M. Murphy, who spoke on social mobility and inequality.

References

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