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 [...]

Universidad Francisco Marroquin has  video of a truly amazing panel discussion, featuring some of the great modern heroes of the freedom movement, Jeff Sandefer (Acton MBA for Entrepreneurship) Alex Chafuen (Atlas Economic Research Foundation), Roger Ream (The Fund for American Studies) and Father Robert Sirico (Acton Institute).  Each takes the time to outline their vision [...]

The Institute for Information on the Crimes of Communism of Sweden is awarded the Initiative in Public Relations Templeton Freedom Award for its approach in communicating the essential facts about communism and the consequences of communist ideology and rule.

Several of us from Atlas are currently at the State Policy  Network’s Annual Meeting in Asheville, NC, a gathering of free market think tanks from across the United States. The mix of policy and hands on discussions can be useful for anyone running a think tank. Luckily, SPN is live streaming much of the event [...]

Fundación Paraguaya (Paraguay) is the winner of the Social Entrepreneurship Templeton Freedom Award for its San Francisco Agricultural School, a financially self-sufficient school for transforming poor youth into successful entrepreneurs.

Samasource, a non-profit based in San Francisco is recognized by the Templeton Freedom Awards for its work training small businesses in poor parts of Africa, and linking them to profitable opportunities working for U.S. clients.

The Center for Ethics and Entrepreneurship at Rockford College in Illinois is awarded the University-based Templeton Freedom Award for launching six courses focusing on the ethical infrastructure of entrepreneurship and the preconditions of the free society in ethics.

The Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation at Universidad del Desarrollo in Chile is recognized by the Templeton Freedom Awards for conducting and disseminating high quality research on entrepreneurship and improving curricula and teaching methods.

The Illinois Policy Institute has made great strides this past year in embracing the internet and the opportunities it offers for reaching wider audiences. Their Tweet Illinois project has brought greater transparency to legislators within the state, and this recent video, which discusses the impact charter schools have on students is beautifully done, and very [...]

Over the course of the last two weeks members of think tanks from around the world have attended Atlas’s annual Think Tank MBA a training course on think tank planning and management. Upon hearing news of the passing of Rose Friedman yesterday the participants worked together to put together this video, in her honor. The [...]