Bastiat’s Weekend in Poland
Last week PAFERE hosted it’s first,in a hopefully annual, conference on the life and legacy of Frederic Bastiat. This young institute, which has won several awards from Atlas for it’s excellent products it seems has done an excellent job again, take a look at this post about the event by Sheldon Richman, who spoke. Last [...]
Updated:Steve Goldsmith to Keynote Upcoming Atlas Conference
Atlas is proud to announce that Professor Stephen Goldsmith will be the keynote speaker for its upcoming half-day conference on October 23rd, 2009 in Indianapolis. A former two-term mayor of Indianapolis, Goldsmith is widely known for his innovative approach to public management, entailing reduction in taxes, regulations, and the city’s bureaucracy that led to [...]
New Mexico Turn Around
The Rio Grande Foundation in New Mexico will be hosting a very special event tomorrow, and Saturday (September 18-19th), the New Mexico Turn Around 2009 Conference. This conference will feature speakers like Jonah Goldberg and John Fund, and will cover a range of topics from education to voter fraud to “The purpose of government as [...]
Updated: Atlas and Sagamore Institute to Co-Sponsor a Conference in Indianapolis, October 23, 2009
Please join us for a half-day conference at the Sheraton Hotel in Indianapolis on October 23, 2009, just before the start of The Philadelphia Society’s regional meeting. Our co-sponsor, The Sagamore Institute for Policy Research , which is based in Indianapolis, is a nonprofit, nonpartisan think tank engaged in “applied research,” that is, it puts [...]
International Thursday This Week
Please join Atlas for its monthly INTERNATIONAL THURSDAY meeting, which will be held on September 17th from 10:00-11:30AM. The speakers this month will be addressing the topic: “Monetary Policy: Threats of State Intervention “ NORWAY- Marius Gustavson, Civita. BULGARIA- Tsvet Tsonevski, Institute for Market Economics. TURKEY/ USA-Anthony Randazzo, Reason Foundation. We will begin promptly 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 [...]
Atlas Reception for Professor Peter Berger Next Week
Please join us next week as Atlas’s Fund for the Study of Spontaneous Orders program awards Professor Peter Berger of Boston University with a Lifetime Achievement Prize for his contributions to the study of spontaneous orders in the social sciences, religion and civil society. F.H. Buckley, of the Law and Economics Center at George Mason [...]
Freedom Dinner Tickets On Sale Now
Join us to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall at the Atlas Freedom Dinner in Washington, D.C. on November 9th at the Renaissance Mayflower Hotel. Two decades ago, the scar that cut the world in half was healed, and those suffering under the slavery of communism joined hands with their [...]
Growing Networks throughout Europe – The European Resource Bank 2009
*Update: The Economic Thinking blog has a great collection of photos from the event. In November 2003, forty free-market colleagues gathered at the Theodor Heuss Academy in Germany, to discuss ways to strengthen the free-market think tank network in Europe. I still remember the energy and camaraderie that we shared as we gathered in the [...]
2nd Annual Think Tank MBA Round-up
Scanning the daily headlines puts lovers of liberty in a sour mood, but I have to tell you:my spirits are very high in the wake of Atlas’s second Think Tank MBA program, which ended this past Friday. The Atlas Think Tank MBA is a two-week program that helps think tank leaders develop their strategic plans [...]
Event Report: Atlas Experience 2009
2009 marked the last year Atlas will hold the Annual Atlas Experience in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Canada. This year’s special program was marked with intimate discussions from some of the freedom movement’s most respected leaders, exciting excursions to Niagara Falls and others. Below please find audio and video of the panel discussions, salons and keynote speeches. Check [...]
Mont Pelerin Society and European Resource Bank, All in one Week!
This week marks two very exciting international free market events. August 16-19th the Mont Pelerin Society will be hosting a meeting in Stockholm Sweden on the topic ” The Market Economy in the Welfare State”. Visit here for further information on this exciting event. This MPS meeting is being hosted by the Ratio Institute. From [...]
The Atlas Experience The “Next Generation of Think Tank Leader
Jamie Story, Grassroot Institute, Hawaii Richard Durana, INESS, Slovakia Gabriel Calzada, Instituto Juan de Mariana
Off to the Atlas Experience
Atlas’s staff is off to The Atlas Experience in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Canada. If you’re coming along we look forward to seeing you soon! If you aren’t able to join us, be sure to check back to this space often, we’ll be posting updates and video from many of the sessions and excursions, in addition (so long [...]
Register Now for the Atlas Experience!
Atlas’s annual Atlas Experience in Niagara on the Lake, Canada is fast approaching. Join us for a weekend of intimate discussions on liberty, exciting excursions to Niagara Falls and the areas wineries and enjoy the company of other freedom lovers from around the world. Special guests at this year’s event include: Larry Reed (Foundation for [...]
Atlas at FreedomFest 2009
With over 90 exhibitors, 1500+ participants, and three FULL days of seminars, panels, and debates all in the sunny venue of Las Vegas, Nevada, FreedomFest attendees had a lot to take in this year. The financial crisis made the discussion about sound money one of the most popular topics amongst the speakers and various exhibitors. [...]
International Thursday- This Week!
Please join Atlas at its office located on 1201 L Street, NW, Washington DC, 20005 for its monthly INTERNATIONAL THURSDAY. The meeting will be held on July 16th from 10:00-11:30AM. Topics for this month’s meeting include: Rule of Law and the Current Situation in Honduras- presented by Roger Noriega, American Enterprise Institute Elections in Iraqi [...]
PAFERE’s Liberty Weekend Dedicated to Frederic Bastiat
This fall, September 19th & 20th, mark your calendars for the first PAFERE Liberty Weekend. This two day international conference, to take place each year will encourage deep study and research into the works of a particular economic thinker. This year’s conference will focus on the work of Frederic Bastiat. In addition this conference will [...]
Atlas International Thursday June 18th
Please join Atlas at its office located on 1201 L Street, NW, Washington DC, 20005 for our monthly INTERNATIONAL THURSDAY. The meeting will be held on June 18th from 10:00-11:30AM. Topics for this month’s meeting include: Implications of European Union Parliamentary Elections- presented by Claus Gramckow, Friedrich Naumann Foundation. The Road to Peace in the [...]
Upcoming Global Networking Events
Often, when we meet with new organizations, one of the first things we suggest to them is that they attend a Resource Bank style meeting, whether it be Liberty Forum, the African Resource Bank or the Economic Freedom Network meetings in Asia. These meetings allow you to meet and network with organizations operating in your [...]
Opportunities & Events Throughout the Freedom Network
From the Free Market Classifieds: Call for Applications: Libertad y Desarrollo seeks applications for it’s annual Free Society Award Contest. Get more information Call for Papers: The Economic Freedom Network Asia, Cambodia Institute of Development Study and The Friedrich Naumann Foundation seek papers for their upcoming 2008 Economic Freedom Network International Conference. Get further information [...]
Liberty and Learning this Summer in Europe
Each summer organizations around the world take advantage of students’ free time by hosting summer camps that educate young people on the ideas of liberty. These camps are a fantastic way to broaden your organization’s network, and to effect the hearts and minds of young people. Many of you have attended similar camps in the [...]
Walter Williams on the Role of Government in a Free Society
The Center for Vision & Values recently held its fifth annual conference, “Faith, Freedom, and Higher Education: A Vision for the Soul of the American University,” (April 16-17, 2009 at Grove City College), addressing the challenges that threaten faith and freedom in higher education. Dr. Walter Williams, economics professor at George Mason University, delivered the [...]
Watch International Thursday Live!
We’re streaming Atlas’s International Thursday event live now: Our speakers Include: Emmanuel Martin – Editor of Unmondelibre.org on Freedom in France Jason Miko-Independent Consultant, Laurus Group on The Sruggle in Macedonia Ghulam Mohammad Mir- former president of Jammu Kasmir Plebiscite From on the Dispute in Kashmir Christopher Lingle- adjunct scholar at the Centre for Independent Studies [...]
