Mario Vargas Llosa: a Nobel for the Pen of Liberty
by Alejandro Antonio Chafuen Many articles have been written about why Mario Vargas Llosa received his well deserved Nobel Prize in Literature. What follows will perhaps explain why he got it so late. Hopefully, it will also provide some hints about why this award can contribute so much to create a new positive language and [...]
World Economic Forum’s Young Global Leader Award
Franklin Cudjoe, 2010 Young Global Leader Award, World Economic Forum The IMANI Center for Policy & Education was founded in the capital city of Accra, Ghana six years ago. Franklin Cudjoe, a young libertarian student was inspired by the ideas of freedom and liberty, and sought to put those ideas into action in his home [...]
Poverty, Inequality and Growth in Namibia
The Institute for Public Policy Research, located in the capital city Windhoek in Namibia recently released a policy paper which provides an overview of poverty, inequality and growth in post-Independence Namibia. The main findings of the paper entitled “Poverty, Inequality and Growth Linkages: National and Sectoral Evidence from Post-Independence Namibia” are: • Inequality remained at [...]
FRC Action to Host National Townhall Webcast on Health Care Reform
Today, Thursday, September 10 at 8:30 p.m. ET, FRC Action, the legislative lobbying arm of Family Research Council, will host a special one hour “National Townhall on Health Care Reform” Webcast. FRC Action President Tony Perkins will be joined by Congressional leaders and policy experts to discuss the moral, ethical, and financial dangers of President [...]
Human Action Testimonials from FEE
The Foundation for Economic Education‘s publication The Freeman, has just published an issued dedicated to Mises’ Human Action. To supplement this publication, FEE asked several established economists to offer testimonials on this foundational work. View videos from professors such as Bruce Caldwell,Larry Reed, Steve Horwitz and others. If you feel inspired by their words, share your [...]
Remembering Ruth Peters
The free-market movement lost one of its most charismatic, cheerful, and ever-supportive friends this month — Ruth Peters. For over 90 years, Ruth served as a friend and mentor to so many people, both in the free-market movement and beyond. If you were one of the many lucky ones, you know what I am talking [...]
Happy Holidays from Atlas
Atlas would like to wish all it’s friends around the world a very Happy Holiday.
When Ecuador Elected a Free Market President
Atlas’s Romulo Lopez offers memories of former Ecuadorian President Leon Febres-Cordero, who passed away December 15th.
The Economic Power of a Punch – The Pacquiao Effect
The Center for Research and Communication offer their insight into an exciting day for the Philippines.
Rejoice Ngwenya: Promoting Liberty Amidst Chaos
In 2007, Rejoice Ngwenya established COMALISO, a think tank that promotes free market ideas in Zimbabwe.
Edmund Burke and the French Revolution
Atlas’s Leonard Liggio provides very interesting commentary on the revolution in France and British statesman and philosopher, Edmund Burke.
Atlas Podcast: Network News with Regional Managers
This week Atlas’s Regional Managers, Colleen Dyble (North America & Africa), Allegra Hewell (Latin America), Ziba Ayeen (Middle East) and Cindy Cerquitella (Europe) share free market news from around the world. This week’s episode discusses the recent events in the Philippines, South Korea, Japan and Texas, The upcoming European and African Resource Bank meetings, an [...]
McTeer on the Financial Crisis
Atlas and NCPA hosted a meeting in which Bob McTeer defended the Paulson plan
A Unique Story of a Freedom Champion
Learn about Dr. Byeong-Ho Gong, an Intellectual Entreprenuer from Seoul, Korea.
Planting Seeds at the Grassroots Level
Meet Sara Ait Lmoudden, a young intellectual entrepreneur in Morocco.
Guest Blogger: Tom Dyble on His Visit to Prague
Tom Dyble recently visited Prague and visited several of Atlas’s friends, here are his thoughts about the trip…
Turmoil in Bolivia
Violence in Bolivia has led to a diplomatic battle between the U.S., Bolivia and Venezuela.
Risk in A Free Society: September 24-26th
Join us at the Atlas/NCPA conference, Risk in a Free Society in Dallas, TX September 24th-26th.
Exciting Young Talent in Argentina
View a video of Fundacion Libertad’s Fernando Staffieri as he tells his freedom story
Atlas’s Middle East Program Ibn Khaldun Essay Contest
Atlas is pleased to announce it’s third annual Ibn-Khaldun Essay Contest.
AtlasNetwork.TV
Atlas is proud to announce the launch of it’s new free-market video website, Atlasnetwork.tv!
Japanese for Tax Reform is Making a Difference!
During its first few years of operation, JTR worked alone in the fight against big government.
War in Georgia
Last week Russian tanks entered the South Ossetian region of the Republic of Georgia. The New Economic School has kept us informed about what is taking place.
Stalinism Was Just as Bad as Nazism
Mart Laar wrote a thoughtful article in the Wall Street Journal on August 7th about the similarities between Soviet and Nazi totalitarianism.
