Cato Institute, Washington, DC
Against the Dead Hand: The Uncertain Struggle for Global Capitalism by Brink Lindsey
John Wiley & Sons, Hoboken, NJ, 2001
Against the Dead Hand: The Uncertain Struggle for Global Capitalism, by Brink Lindsey, illuminates the ongoing debate over globalization by placing the phenomenon in a broader historical context. Surveying 150 years of history, Lindsey traces the rise and fall and rise again of globalization against the backdrop of tumultuous ideological shifts between market competition and central planning.
It reveals the remarkable extent to which the ‘dead hand’ of the old collectivist dream still shapes today’s world economy. Even if the collectivist faith has expired, the dead hand of its accumulated institutions remains a powerful influence on world affairs, said Cato president Ed Crane. Against the Dead Hand gives readers invaluable guidance to help further the quest for liberty and peace.
Atlantic Institute for Market Studies, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Definitely NOT the Romanow Report Health Care Project
Special Recognition Award for Innovative Projects
The Atlantic Institute for Market Studies (AIMS) (Canada) received the ‘Innovative Project Award’ for its nomination Definitely NOT the Romanow Report Health Care Project. Recognizing the immense economic and political implications of health care policy (the current national health care system is the single largest program expenditure of the Canadian government), AIMS orchestrates a comprehensive strategy to enter the nation’s health care debate and describes an alternative vision for the future.
The AIMS program piggy-backed on a highly-anticipated government report, which was named for senior retired politician Roy Romanow, who headed the federal inquiry into health care. AIMS pre-empted the media coverage of the Romanow report by releasing its own research three days before the government report’s release. AIMS used the many leaks from the Romanow Commission to set up its report as a rebuttal of the complacent federal report. With this award, AIMS is recognized for its innovative project design, communications strategy, policy impact and inter-institute collaboration. AIMS’s strategic matching of its own internal research program with movements in the larger policy world produced an outstanding model for the international think tank community.
Instituto Libertad y Desarrollo, Santiago, Chile
Ideas para una Educación de Calidad edited by María de los Angeles Santander
Instituto Libertad y Desarrollo, Santiago, Chile, 2002
Special Award for Original Publication in Spanish
The award ‘For Original Publication in Spanish’, created by Atlas president Alejandro Chafuen, was presented to Libertad y Desarrollo (Chile) for its book, Ideas para una Educación de Calidad ( Ideas for a Quality Education), edited by María de los Angeles Santander. This superb book analyzes the current state of public education in Chile, comparing it with other countries and recommending solutions. Leading experts, former and current ministers present analyses and proposals that can serve as a blueprint.
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