Join us Live at SPN’s Annual Meeting
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 [...]
Microwork for the next billion
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.
Announcing Winners of the 2009 Templeton Freedom Awards
For Immediate Release October 19, 2009 Contact: Atlas Economic Research Foundation, 202-449-8449 Thinks Tanks from 12 Countries Honored for Contributions to Public Debates on Free Enterprise and Individual Liberty WASHINGTON, DC — Today the Atlas Economic Research Foundation announced the winners of the 2009 Templeton Freedom Awards for Excellence in Promoting Liberty, the largest international [...]
Not Evil, Just Wrong
Phelim McAleer is the producer of Not Evil, Just Wrong, a new documentary about global warming alarmism (which follows up in his Mine Your Business, which took a skeptical view of the environmental lobby’s motives in preventing mining operations). Last week, McAleer created a stir at a conference of the Society of Environmental Journalists, by [...]
Think Tank Diary: Week 3-What is Ephemerisle?
This series features guest blog posts from think tank leaders around the world. This month, we’ll learn about the work and experiences of the Seasteading Institute, written by Patri Friedman. This week we learn about their experimental event, Ephemerisle, and learn a bit about living on the water. Check out past Think Tank Diary entries [...]
Former FSSO Lifetime Achievement Award Winner Receives Nobel Prize in Economics
By Bill Dennis Atlas congratulates Elinor Ostrom of Indiana University and its Workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis on winning the 2009 Nobel Prize in economics. Through our Fund for the Study of Spontaneous Orders, Atlas in November 2003 (pg.2) presented Professor Ostrom, together with her husband Vincent Ostrom, its first Lifetime Achievement Award*. [...]
Atlas International Thursday Next Week!
Please join Atlas for its monthly INTERNATIONAL THURSDAY meeting, which will be held on October 15th from 10:00-11:30AM. The program this month will include: “A Campaign for Liberty” Eduardo Massieu- CEDICE (Venezuela). “The Free Market Movement in Austria” Bernard Adamec- Europa Institut (Austria). “International Property Rights Index” Victoria Strokova- Herrnando de Soto Fellow, Property Rights Alliance [...]
Tom Palmer on Reason.tv
The Atlas Global Initiative’s Tom Palmer was recently interviewed by Reason.Tv on his new book Realizing Freedom and the history of the Libertarian movement, take a look. You can learn more about Tom, and follow his travels by reading his blog, or following him on twitter.
Freedom to Trade Strikes Again
On September the 23rd Atlas’s Global Initiative and an international delegation of students traveled to Pittsburgh for the G20 meetings in order to encourage leaders to resist protectionist temptations. Austin Petersen led the team of 20 free marketeers to Carnegie Mellon University to hand out flyers, shoot a video, and talk to the press in [...]
Think Tank Diary: The Seasteading Institute
This series will feature guest blog posts from think tank leaders around the world. This month, we’ll learn about the work and experiences of the Seasteading Institute, written by Patri Friedman. Check out past Think Tank Diary entries here. The Seasteading Institute‘s mission is to “Further the establishment and growth of permanent, autonomous ocean communities, [...]
Opportunities with The Institute for Humane Studies
Many friends at Atlas have gotten their start with liberty at an Institute for Humane Studies seminar, or through participating in one of their summer internship programs. We thought it would be nice to share some of the many opportunities IHS has for students, and lovers of liberty to learn about the ideas of free [...]
The Virtues of Charity – Nepal “Tears Down the Walls!”
By now, most Atlas followers are well aware of our “Tearing Down The Wall” campaign which seeks to tear down the remaining walls of oppression faced by people the world over. (For more on the campaign, check out TearingDownTheWall.org) Our financial goal is to raise $20,000 in the 20 days between Sept 1 and Sept [...]
New Climate Change Film Premiers on October 18th
Many of you will remember the film Mine your Own Business, which highlighted the woes of a small town in Romania, and the negative impact Greenpeace had on their way of life. The creators of that film, Ann McElhinney and Phelim McAleer, are working hard on their latest venture, the climate change based film, Not [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
A Novel Recommendation from John Blundell
John Blundell, a board member here at Atlas and director of the Institute for Economic Affairs offers an excellent book review of Noble Vision, by Gen LaGreca. A book I imagine he picked up at the Atlas Experience book exchange. Each year at this event Atlas encourages guests to bring a book on any topic, [...]
Interested in 105 Free Market Texts?
At Atlas we’ve learned over the years that some of the most valuable contributions one can make to an organization is that of free market books and literature . The International Policy Network understands this as well, and they have put together a CD called Ideas for a Free Society. This CD included texts from [...]
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 [...]
A Tribute to Rose Friedman from Think Tank MBA Participants
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 [...]
A Beautiful Tree
University of New Castle Professor and Director of the E.G. West Centre, James Tooley is a tireless champion of private education for children in the developing world. In researching his new book, A Beautiful Tree: A Personal Journey Into How The World’s Poorest People are Educating Themselves, Tooley found pockets of communities all over the [...]
What’s Happening At AGI This Week:
Here are some of the highlights across the Atlas Global Initiative websites this week: “The Triangle of the Islamic Religious Polarization in the Gulf” is a can’t miss article on Minbaralhurriyya.org by Nabil Albukayre. Chiraiazadi.org just posted a great article, “Real Democracy and Development”, by Peshwaz Faizulla. OrdemLivre.org‘s Diogo Costa just returned from a trip [...]
Happy Birthday, Alexis de Tocqueville
While many are preparing to celebrate Milton Friedman’s birthday on Friday, those who cherish freedom would be remiss to overlook the birth of another great champion of liberty, French political scientist Alexis de Tocqueville – born on this day in 1805. Tocqueville’s ruminations on American civil society and the French Revolution continue to guide classical [...]
Milton Friedman Day Celebrations
Each year on July 31st, to commemorate and honor the life and work of Milton Friedman, organizations around the world celebrate Milton Friedman Day. This year over 50 events are taking place in countries around the world, and nearly every state of the United States. You can see a fill list of events here. What [...]
Atlas’s Sound Money Project on Facebook
In our desire to reach as many folks who can contribute to sound money literacy as possible, Atlas has recently created a Facebook group to open a forum where students and professors alike can discuss issues related to sound money. The site offers excellent articles written by monetary scholars and policy experts. As a reminder [...]
