During the Academic Distinctions Ceremony, held at Universidad Francisco Marroquín; Dr. James D. Gwartney addr...

During the Academic Distinctions Ceremony, held at Universidad Francisco Marroquín; Dr. James D. Gwartney addressed the speech in honor of awarded graduate students. Dr. Gwartney advised them to rule their lives according to five basic principles: integrity, dependability, excellence, perseverance and entrepreneurial thinking. Its practice in businesses and life will help them to improve their environment as the quality of their professional services. He also implied to them to keep the compromise with the diffusion of the ethical, legal and economic principles, necessary for the construction of a society of free and responsible persons.

James D. Gwartney is Professor of Economics and Director of the Stavros Center for the Advancement of Free Enterprise an...

James D. Gwartney is Professor of Economics and Director of the Stavros Center for the Advancement of Free Enterprise and Economic Education at Florida State University. Former Chief Economist of the Joint Economic Committee of the U.S. Congress, he has co authored books and publications regarding economic freedom, as Economics: Private and Public Choice, Economic Freedom of the World and What Everyone Should Know About Economics and Prosperity. Professor Gwartney obtained his doctoral degree from the University of Washington and holds an Honorary Doctorate from Universidad Francisco Marroquín. He is also a member of the Mont Pelerin Society. His writings have appeared in various academic journals, as American Economic Review, Cato Journal and European Journal of Political Economy.