206Z Spring 2025 The Road to Freedom: Estonia’s Rise to One of the Freest Nations on Earth

This talk will explore the long history and consequences of Soviet occupation and eventual escape from that oppressive arrangement by the Estonian people. From the Singing Revolution which helped topple a regime to the first fully functional e-Government, we will explore how Estonia has fared so well during the post-communist era. Here is a mini documentary that was produced alongside the book release https://youtu.be/B3a87z3rt_I

Peter Boettke is a distinguished university professor of Economics at George Mason University. He is a specialist in comparative economic systems and he has published books and articles dealing with the history of the Soviet Union, Poland, Estonia, and the Czech Republic. He has been a visiting scholar at the Academy of Science in Moscow, a Fulbright Fellow in Czech Republic, and visiting professor at Max Plank Institute, Central European University, Charles University, Prague University of Economics, and CEVRO Institute.