We Need to Guard Think Tanks Against Undue Influence- John Blundell
Atlas’s board member, General Director of the Institute for Economic Affairs and long time free market advocate recently published an important article in the Sunday Times, “Think Tank: Fight to Keep Dirty Thoughts at Bay.” Here is an excerpt: By John Blundell I was 16 when I read my first IEA monograph 40 years ago. [...]
What’s Happening at AGI This Week:
Want to write an article for Minbaralhurriyya.org? Follow the guidelines here and your article may be published. Very interesting article from Minbaralhurriyya.org by Kaled Walid Mahmoud, “Brother, where are you from?” InLiberty.ru will be releasing the Russian translation of Dina Kaminskaya’s Notes of an Attorney in stores as soon as next week! OrdemLivre.org’s new podcast [...]
MIA: Teacher Absence in Developing Countries
Education is vital to any country, especially to a developing one whose human capital will determine and shape the direction of its future, whether toward prosperity and well-being, or poverty and perdition. So, it is frustrating to discover within this survey, posted on the website of the School Choice Campaign, a flagship project of the [...]
Freedom To Create
The Global Freedom to Create Prize honors artists who champion the cause of human rights and encourage others to stand up for the freedom to create. Orient Global, a private investment group based in Singapore, established the contest in 2008 with the belief that “creative freedom is powerful…prosperous societies are founded upon creativity…and societies that [...]
The Global Museum on Communism
This week marks the launch of the Global Museum on Communism, a digital exhibition hall that tells the story of the immense hardship and violence individuals faced under communist regimes. There is information based on individuals in the Hall of Infamy, a breakdown of the impact of these regimes on individual countries, a timeline of [...]
Global Protest Against The Violation of Freedom of Expression
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This Thursday, June 25th, there will be a worldwide protest for the freedom of expression. The idea for this manifestation originated in Venezuela. A group of students wanted to protest Hugo Chavez’s attempts to shut down Globovision, a private Venezuelan news station. Word of the protest spread and students in over 30 different cities have [...]
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 [...]
Atlas Global Initiative Highlights
Here’s what’s going on around AGI this week: Tom G. Palmer’s new book, Realizing Freedom, hit the shelves this week! Check it out and purchase it here. Our Kurdish site, Chiraiazadi.org, is now on Facebook and Twitter. Follow and friend us! Cheragheazadi.org just released Capitalism and Freedom, by Milton Friedman, in Farsi. There’s a must [...]
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 [...]
Network News Contributors Wanted- Share your Think Tank’s Work
Atlas is seeking think tank leaders and staff to contribute to a new column in the Atlas Network News Blog. For two weeks, these intellectual entrepreneurs will post on the daily life of running a think tank; from struggles, to successes to national current events. These posts will be published regularly on Atlas’s Network News [...]
Only a Few Days Left to Apply for a Templeton Freedom Award
The deadline for applications is May 31st, so be sure to submit your organization’s soon. The Templeton Freedom Awards offer prizes of $10,000 in the following categories: Solutions to Poverty – recognizing outstanding research and innovative projects addressing how sound economic and legal institutions can solve problems of poverty. Ethics & Values – recognizing outstanding [...]
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 [...]
Freedom to Trade Campaign Maintains Momentum
The Freedom to Trade (F2T) Campaign, launched on April 1st on the eve of the G20 Summit, continues to gather momentum. The campaign, a joint initiative of the Atlas Global Initiative and the International Policy Network, has recently published a PDF showing signatories to its free trade petition. The petition, which is supported by a [...]
Introducing The Freedom Network
Atlas is pleased to introduce, The Freedom Network, our latest product. This site will serve as Atlas’s new and improved Think Tank Directory of Free Market Think Tanks. Here, you can search and find think tanks around the world by location, age, or research topic. In addition, you can interact with these organizations, by making [...]
Prize Opportunities for Writers
This week two exciting prize opportunities were announced: The International Policy Network’s 2009 Bastiat Prize for Journalism is now accepting applications. An additional prize has been added for Online Journalism. Submissions must be made by June 30th. The Adam Smith Institute in London is offering a cash prize of 850 pounds for young people writing [...]
Grant Makers Pledge $90-Million for Overseas Think Tanks – Good News??
What does the Atlas Economic Research Foundation share with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, and Canada’s International Development Research Centre (IDRC)? With the recent announcement that the latter three organizations have committed $90-million over five years to fund independent “think tanks,” all four groups share the belief that [...]
Suppression of Critical Thinking in Arab Countries
In a recent article published in the Beirut Daily Star, Atlas vice president for international programs, Tom Palmer, and Raja Kamal of the University of Chicago, assert that massive public spending on “shameful traditional education systems” in Arab countries has failed to prepare students for modernity and the global economy. Palmer and Kamal use Saudi [...]
Exciting News from Around the Atlas Network
Here is a rundown of news items from friends of Atlas around the world: Individualland in Pakistan will begin a weekly radio series on several stations throughout Pakistan, on the topic of Freedom of Information. If you’d like to listen to the episodes they will be available online at individualland.com This evening Executive Director of [...]
Apply Now for a Templeton Freedom Award
Atlas is now accepting applications for the Templeton Freedom Awards. The Awards are given to outstanding projects carried out by institutes in the following categories : Solutions to Poverty – recognizing outstanding research and innovative projects addressing how sound economic and legal institutions can solve problems of poverty. Ethics & Values – recognizing outstanding research [...]
Event Report: Liberty Forum 2009
Thanks again for joining us for Liberty Forum 2009, below you’ll find audio and video of all of the panels, as well as the speaker’s presentations. Follow up with those you’ve met by joining and discussing on the 2009 Liberty Forum Facebook group. UPDATE: Photos of the Liberty Forum are now available on Flickr, take [...]
Watch Liberty Forum 2009 All Day
Welcome to Atlas Liberty Forum. We’ll be livestreaming the panel discussions across our websites throughout the day, so check back often. Today’s Schedule: 8:30AM Pacific Managing a Think Tank in Hard Times Moderator: Sally Pipes, Pacific Research Center Michel Kelly-Gagnon, Institut Economique de Montreal, Canada Kris Mauren, Acton Institute, USA Robin Sitoula, [...]
Liberty Forum Starts Today!
Well you’ve read about it, and read about it, and the day is finally here! Atlas’s Liberty Forum 2009 begins this afternoon, and will feature a keynote speech by former president of Mexico, Vicente Fox this evening at 7pm Pacific time. Join us here to watch us announce the winners of the Fisher Memorial Awards, [...]
Check out the Latest Freedom to Trade Videos
The Free to Trade Campaign is in full swing, you can check out the latest news on their website FreedomtoTrade.org. The coalition has put together several videos, offering analysis by well known economists discussing the damage protectionist polices can have on an economy. Check out the most recent videos here: The Official Launch of the [...]
Atlas International Thursday- April 16th
Please join us next week, April 16th, for our monthly International Thursday meeting from 10-11:30am. This month’s speakers will be: USA- Fred Smith- President and Founder of the Competitive Enterprise Institute- “NGO bias in the International Economy.” CHINA- Feng Xingyuan- Cathay Institute for Public Affairs (CIPA) – current programs and initiatives SERBIA- Aleksandar Novakovic- Katalaksija [...]
