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 [...]

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 [...]

Franklin Cudjoe, 2010 Young Global Leader Award
Life seems to grant rare opportunities to show a person how much they really mean to us. Sure, on a daily basis we say “thank-you” and tell people we appreciate them, but very rarely is there a time and place to tell the world about a person who has [...]

Atlas will hold a Teach Freedom Initiative (TFI) half-day conference on the topic of sound money on April 9th, 2010, at the Sheraton Society Hill Hotel in Philadelphia, before the Annual Philadelphia Society Meeting.The theme of the conference is “The Attack on Sound Money and Entrepreneurship: Threatening Liberty in America.”
This [...]

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, [...]

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 [...]

AkademiMerdeka.org is a joint web project of the Malaysia Think Tank and the Atlas Global Initiative and promotes free-markets, peace and liberty in Bahasa Melayu (spoken in Malaysia, southern Thailand, Singapore, and Brunei) and Bahasa Indonesia (spoken in Indonesia and East Timor).  On February 5-7 AkademiMerdeka.org held its Freedom Academy in Kuala Lumpur on the [...]

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 [...]