Tomorrow, December 1st, the Cato Institute will be hosting a book forum for Tom Palmer, where he will be discussing his recent book, Realizing Freedom: Libertarian Theory, History and Practice. Tyler Cowen of the Mercatus Center will also offer comments.
For further information, and to watch the event live tomorrow visit here.

Great news for the Cato Institute’s David Boaz: his wonderful book, Libertarianism: A Primer was reviewed in a prominent Chinese-language newspaper in Shanghai by our friend at the Cathay Institute of Public Affairs, Liu Junning. This Chinese-edition of the book was translated by Guomin Liyi’s own Alan Chen, and has been a labor of love [...]

There is a fantastic opportunity available for all our Latin American readers who are between the ages of 18-30. El Cato ( the Cato Institute’ s Spanish program) is hosting their second annual Cato University in Guatemala.  Held in collaboration with the Universidad Fransisco Marroquin, the week long seminar will bring 60 young Latin American’s [...]

For all think tanks, the media plays an important role in disseminating ideas to the public and political leaders alike. And thus, It is vitally important to have independent media sources in any given country to assure  that there is an outlet for dissenting voices. This is a particular problem in China, where, for obvious [...]

Yesterday, the Cato Institute Policy Forum and the Pope Center for Higher Education hosted a luncheon discussion, “Taking Control of Spiraling College Costs,” to look for explanations into why college costs are skyrocketing (conference podcast yet to be archived). One explanation is the “unintended consequences” of federal tuition aid, enabling college officials to engage [...]

There are two promising free market events in Asia during the next two weeks, both of which I’ll have the pleasure of attending.
The first is the annual meeting of the Economic Freedom Network Asia, a project of the Friedrich-Naumann-Stiftung für die Freiheit. This year’s meeting will be held in Siem Reap, home of the fabled [...]

Here is an opportunity for students, scholars, and policymakers trying to make sense of the U.S.’ money woes to articulate in a short essay their ideas and policy prescriptions as to what caused our financial crisis and how best to avert the occurrence of such an event in the future.
Key questions stare at us: should [...]

A new article, “Learn Arabic Even in Washington” by Muhamad al Dahme discusses the desire to learn the Arabic language in the US was publishedin Minbaralhurriyya.  Chiraiazadi.org finished their  translation of  Not a Zero-sum Game, it should be ready for print in the next couple of months.
It’s been a busy week for OrdemLivre.org,  [...]

Atlas’s Allegra Hewell, along with several other members of the Atlas staff, are currently in Caracas, Venezuela for CEDICE’s 25th Anniversary. Allegra will be posting images (maybe even video) and updates about what’s taking place at the conference to Atlas’s Tumblr site. You can view a program of the conference and festivities here.
Starting at 9am, [...]

The 2nd Annual Free Market Roadshow will take place May 11th-20th and will make stops in Macedonia, Zagreb, Podgorica, Vienna, Bratislava, Vaduz, Paris and London.
Each city will host a day-long program, highlighting the importance of Free Markets, and featuring speakers such as,  John Fund of the Wall Street Journal, Dan Mitchell of the Cato Institute, [...]