27/02/2006 11:09:21 am
From Brussels With Love. Thursday evening, I spoke about my book for some 50 distinguished people at The Swedish Club in Brussels. Good arrangement and interesting questions. Then meetings Friday and the Capitalist Ball. 370 people who like and work to increase freedom and the free economy, mainly from Europe and the US, that celebrate capitalism. Johan Norberg gave a great speech pointing at why we celebrate; before capitalism, the freedom to create, there was practically nothing. Now, we live longer, we go to the Ball by plane, live in heated houses, more people live better than ever - and it has only started. Now off to London and conference on welfare and health care reform. (The headline here hints not only at me spending the week-end in Brussels with my beautiful wife and daughter, but also on the fact that I noticed some James Bond Fans who have started a web site protesting against the new Bond actor - and I agree with them - yet another action not possible before capitalism...)