The Economic Freedom Network Asia, in collaboration with the Center for Research and Communication, Foundation for Economic Freedom, Friedrich Naumann Foundation, Philippine Economic Society, and the School of Economics at the University of Asia and the Pacific, is hosting its 10th Economic Freedom Network Conference on September 18-19, 2008 at the University of Asia and the Pacific in Manila, Philippines. (Program)
The theme of the conference is ” Private Property Rights: The Economic Foundation of a Free Society,” and will include topics such as the meaning and nature of property rights in relation to individual liberty, the evolution of property rights in Asia as an economic principle, and indices measuring the extent of property rights in different parts of the world.
Coinciding with the 10th Anniversary of EFN Asia is the 50th Anniversary of the Friedrich Naumann Foundation. A dinner celebration will be held on September 18th in Manila. Atlas has worked with FNF over the years and recognizes its outstanding work in building a network of freedom workers worldwide.
Atlas’s Priscilla Tacujan will be attending this conference as well as visiting with others in the Phillipines, check back here for a report of her trip in late September!