Ideas are those that can improve or, on the contrary, destroy the world we live in, especially from a social, political and economic point of view. This is why, mainly in the current economic context, characterised by so many contradictions and errors, the economist’s duty of conscience is to look at things in depth and in perspective, to defend good ideas and fight against incorrect ones, which can be seductive in the short term, especially as a result of political desiderata, but in the long term generate dissatisfaction, poverty and conflict.

The Romanian President, Mr. Klaus Iohannis, delivered on 29 July a message on the occasion of the Annual Scientific Conference of Romanian Economists in the Academic Environment Abroad – ERMAS 2015, addressed by the Presidential Advisor, Mr. Cosmin Marinescu.