The Politics of the Irish Financial Crisis
by Leonard P. Liggio The current economic crisis in Ireland has a political dimension. Since 1987 the Irish government has been formed by the Fianna Fail (Soldiers of Destiny) party as has been the case for most of the years since Irish independence. It is a populist party not too concerned about fiscal limits and [...]
Even A Volcano Cannot Stop An Atlas Seminar
On April 18-22 Atlas’s Russian program InLiberty.ru held a seminar in the beautiful city of Odessa, Ukraine despite major travel restraints due to the volcano in Iceland. Several participants and speakers were unable to attend (including Professor of Russian Literature and Cultural History at Oxford University, Andrei Zorin). But as they say, “the show must [...]
Tea Party USA
In the Boston Tea Party (Dec. 1773) local patriots dressed as Mohawk Indians and dumped the containers of tea into the harbor. The British parliament had passed the Tea Act to establish officials in major American cities to collect the new tax on tea (Americans had been buying tea from Dutch merchants outside of customs). [...]
University of Buckingham Honors Atlas Board Member John Blundell
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 [...]
Kudos to the Adam Smith Institute
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 the [...]
Moscow Tea Parties! – Protesting the Kremlin’s New Trade Law
In protest of a new law that greatly curbs the right to freedom of contract and imposes barriers to trade and entrepreneurship, Russian libertarians, many of them graduates of InLiberty.ru summer schools, are banding together to arrange their own Tea Parties modeled after the anti-tax demonstrations that swept America in 2009. They are calling on [...]
A Vote Against Corruption in Croatia
The Adriatic Institute sent us some uplifting news this morning. The Croatian people have elected a president known as Mr. Clean, who ran on the platform of cleaning up the rampant corruption within Croatia’s government. The topic of corruption has been at the heart of the Adriatic Institute’s efforts from the beginning, and it is [...]
Italians Try to Ban Smoking in Cars, IBL Strikes Back
Smoking bans and taxes are sweeping the United States and Europe,. Most bans stop at business places, but now, Italian lawmakers are considering a ban on smoking while driving, citing distraction similar to mobile phone use as the reason. Istituto Bruno Leoni’s Alberto Mingardi has an article in both the European and U.S. versions of [...]
European Resource Bank 2010- Sept 8-10
Mark your Calendars for the annual European Resource Bank, taking place in September 2010 in London, United Kingdom. This event, which draws think tank professionals from free market think tanks across Europe and the United States, provides discussions, and dialog on think tank management and current issues facing Europe. Look for more information in the coming months…
German Market Champion Count Otto Lambsdorff Dies
Former chairman of the Friedrich Naumann Foundation (FNF), German Economy Minister, and reparations negotiator for victims of Nazi labor camps, Otto Lambsdorff died on December 4 at the age of 82. Lambsdorff served as Minister of Economics under Chancellors Schmidt and Kohl and led the classical liberal Free Democratic Party from 1988-93. According to the [...]
Upcoming Meeting on the Fall of Communism in Croatia
On December 4th, The Educational Initiative for Central and Eastern Europe in collaboration with the Croatian Center for the Renewal of Culture will be hosting an international conference in Zagreb, Croatia on The Fall of Communism: 1989-2009, Lessons Learned with an exciting list of panelists, including Mart Laar, Former Prime Minister of Estonia and John [...]
Livestreaming International Thursday Now!
Join us as we learn from friends of freedom around the world. Jacek Spendel, Globalization Institute, Poland Marion Smith, Common Sense Society, Hungary Shane Frith, Progressive Vision, United Kingdom Streaming live video by Ustream
Event Report:Freedom Dinner & Templeton Freedom Award Conference 2009
Thank you to all who joined us at this year’s Freedom Dinner and Templeton Freedom Award Conference. Below, you will find presentations from many of our speakers-audio and video of the talks will be available over the course of the week as well, be sure to check this page often. Freedom Dinner 2009 photos. ( [...]
Commerce 21: A New Resource for Liberty
I recommend visiting a new project, Commerce 21, which offers European liberals more opportunities and resources to advance freedom. Commerce21 (http://www.commerce21.org) is a new online forum dedicated to those who share the principles of individual liberty, free market and the rule of law. Its aim is to give an online space for dialogue where young [...]
How Tyranny’s Loss Became Liberty’s Gain
Funding the Next Generation of Slovenian Freedom Fighters By Alejandro Chafuen I’m grateful that totalitarians have not been able to perfect their art of coercion and tyranny. They build walls, they strengthen their borders, but some of their victims will always escape to tell the story. Such is the refreshing case of Bojan Ribnikar and [...]
Sweden: Never forget the evils of communism
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.
The Anglican Rite and the Vatican’s New Project
A newly published novel, Wolf Hall by Hilary Martel, concerns Thomas Cromwell who rose from assistant to Cardinal Wolsey, Lord Chancellor of Henry VIII, to the monarch’s chief minister noted for his efficient confiscation of the properties of the English monasteries. Many will recall Cromwell’s portrayal in the film of Sir Thomas More, A Man [...]
Slovakia: Promoting the morality of free markets
The Conservative Institute (Slovakia) is awarded the prize for bringing diverse and qualified thinkers to Slovakia to participate in lectures on economics and ethics since 2005.
Poland: Mythology of Greenhouse effect: How eco-terrorists, big business and politicians manipulate the public
The Globalization Institute in Poland sparked a national debate questioning the science of global warming by publishing “The Mythology of the Greenhouse Effect,” right before the United Nations Conference on Climate Change in Poznań.
Georgia: Changing a Country – from Poverty to Wealth
The New Economic School in the Republic of Georgia is a winner of the Templeton Freedom Awards for their efforts to lift the country from poverty by using political advocacy, consultancy and educational meetings with politicians to shape the debate to focus on pro-growth policies.
Vienna
This post originally appeared on Tom Palmer’s personal Blog on October 14th. I had an early morning seminar and book presentation on Realizing Freedom: Libertarian Theory, History, and Practice, at the offices of the Hayek Institut in Vienna, followed by a visit to the Finance Ministry to hear the address of the Finance Minister, Dr. [...]
Atlas Shrugged in Bulgarian
This week the first portion of Ayn Rand’s book, Atlas Shrugged was published in Bulgarian, the second and third portions will be published by the end of this year.This is the 5th book by Rand that his been translated and published into Bulgarian, others include, The Fountainhead, Capitalism: the Unknown Ideal, For the New Intellectual [...]
A Review of Henri Pirenne’s Mohammed and Charlemagne
When I was studying at Columbia University Law School, I read Henri Pirenne’s classic study, Mohammed and Charlemagne (it was an eye-opener and contributed to my studying history in graduate school). Henri Pirenne (1862-1935) was the famous professor of medieval history at the University of Ghent (1886-1930). His analysis showed that the expansion of Islam [...]
Deepak Lal Seminars in Russia
We’ve got exciting updates from Inliberty.ru the Russian website run by the Atlas Global Initiative. Over the course of the last few weeks seminars with Mont Pelerin Society president Deepak Lal for students at Universities across Russia. Below is a note from Anna Krasinskaya, who has been coordinating these events: The photos you will find [...]
