Atlas wishes to congratulate John Blundell, board member and former president of Atlas, on his Honorary Degree, Doctor of Science  from the University of Buckingham. This degree was issued in appreciateion for John Bllundell’s “outstanding contributions” on February 27th.
Learn more on the Institute for Economic Affairs’ website, where you can also read the presentation speech [...]

Today, the McDonald-Laurier Institute, a brand new think tank in Ottawa, Canada, launched it’s website. This organization was just founded last year by Brian Lee-Crowley,  whom many of our readers know,  and will promote sound public policy on a national level. The aim of the organization is to restore understanding and respect for the founding [...]

This year’s Hayek Essay Contest, hosted by the Mont Pelerin Society is now open. The question to answer, by individuals 35  years or younger is:

Examine whether authoritarian capitalism is a viable alternative to its Western liberal version, to promote long term economic growth and development.

Prize Information
First prize: $2500 cash award + travel grant*
Second prize: $1500 [...]

We’d like to congratulate Eamonn Butler and Madsen Pirie on being awarded the National Free Enterprise Award on February 23rd for rheir great work, fighting for freedom at the Adam Smith Institute in the United Kingdom. ” The National Free Enterprise Award is presented annually by a panel of 14 independent expert judges under [...]

Please take the time to read this interview with Tom Palmer featured in the Washington Examiner last week.
And, In case you haven’t seen this lovely video in honor of Leonard Liggio put together by the Institute for Economic Studies-Europe on their 20th Anniversary,do take a look.

This week 24 university students graduated from Samriddhi Foundation’s 5 -day Arthalaya Entrepreneurship and Economics  course in Nepal.
Intellectually challenged for five days, the graduates participated in intense debates, discussions, case studies, team work and group assignments, interactive lectures with experts of related fields, field research and business module simulation in order to learn the basics [...]

Each year James McGann with the University of Pennsylvania and the Foreign Policy Research Institute put together a study of the global think tank industry. This study looks at think tanks in general, and is not issue, or idealogy specific. Each year, based on the reviews of judges from around the world, a list of  [...]

2010 marks the 10th anniversary of PERC’s Enviropreneur Institute (PEI). Seventeen fellows will be selected to participate in PEI, which will take place in Bozeman, Montana  from June 27–July 9, 2010. PERC’s Enviropreneur Institute is an intense, two-week educational experience in Bozeman, Montana, for environmental entrepreneurs who want to have a better understanding of how [...]

Long time friends of Atlas, the Montreal Economic Institute have recently released a study on executive compensation in the United States and Canada.
” Without denying that errors may have been committed in evaluating appropriate amounts to be paid to executives the authors emphasize that in most cases there is a close  relationship between this compensation [...]

In this time of great turmoil for the nation of Haiti, we thought it would be prudent to offer a few organizations who are doing good work  in the country.

Deep Springs International, a former Atlas TFA Winner, has long been active in Haiti, focused on bringing sustainable clean water to the country. They focus on [...]