A friend sent along a documentary today entitled “The Third Wheel: A Documentary on Economic Freedom for the Urban Poor” that highlights the fight for free market transportation in India.
However, it’s a theme that will resonate with many around the world.
Here’s some information from the film’s organizers:
“The Third Wheel: A Documentary on Economic Freedom for [...]

While attending an event on the flat tax in Beijing yesterday, I was handed a copy of the Property Rights Alliance’s 2010 International Property Rights Index, which looks at the Legal and Political Environment, Physical Property Rights, and Intellectual Property Rights. The report is created with the help of 62 organizations from around the world, [...]

Just a reminder that students interested in attending The Fund for American Studies summer program in Hong Kong have only a few days left to submit their applications. For those who have forgotten:
Experience Hong Kong this summer in a unique educational environment [...]

Kim Jung-ho, the President of the Centre for Free Enterprises in Seoul, South Korea, has written a message to friends and supporters outlining CFE’s plans for 2010. Among the most exciting of these is CFE’s launch of its broadcasting wing, “Freenet News“.  The project is CFE’s attempt to bring TV viewers in South Korea [...]

One of the world’s best and most successful documentary competitions is the Jeevika Asia Livelihood Documentary Festival, sponsored by the Centre for Civil Society in New Delhi, India. Under the leadership of Dr. Parth Shah, the competition “aims at capturing the livelihood challenges faced by the rural and urban poor and bringing it to the [...]

I was personally handed a copy of Li Ziyang’s new book, The Power of the Market. (Sadly, the book is only available in Chinese. For now.) Li is a very sharp and very insightful writer for the Ipencil Economic Research Institute, based in Beijing. Although he studied politics at Peking University, he is a self-taught [...]

The title is tongue in cheek, but as we’ve seen in the movement of goods and capital around the globe, so too can we see the benefits of labor migration when we look closely. Dr Amitendu Palit of the Institute for South Asian Studies at the National University of Singapore, has a sharp column on [...]

Samriddhi, The Prosperity Foundation (Nepal) has begun a petition drive for a “Livable Nepal.” The campaign, which includes a website, petition, and advocacy materials, aims to increase a dialogue within Nepal on the institutions that support peaceful coexistence. Even though this is ostensibly a petition drive, the website is really much more than this, as [...]

The indefatigable Dr. Parth Shah and his team at the Centre for Civil Society have put together what looks like two fantastic Hindi and English-language seminars entitled I, Society & Public Policy. While the Hindi-language seminar wrapped up a few days ago, students can still apply for the English-language version, which runs from January 20th [...]

A friend alerted me to a wonderful and much deserved new festschrift for Prof. Mao Yushi, one of China’s most courageous economists, and the founder of the Unirule Institute of Economics. The book, entitled An 80 Year Retrospective features 40 pages of autobiography, and then scores of essays by friends and libertarians on the influence [...]