CFE’s Vision for 2010
Kim Jung-ho, the President of the Centre for Free Enterprises in Seoul, South Korea, has written a message to friends and supporters outlining CFE’s plans for 2010. Among the most exciting of these is CFE’s launch of its broadcasting wing, “Freenet News“. The project is CFE’s attempt to bring TV viewers in South Korea stories [...]
Congratulations to Ipencil Institute’s Li
I was personally handed a copy of Li Ziyang’s new book, The Power of the Market. (Sadly, the book is only available in Chinese. For now.) Li is a very sharp and very insightful writer for the Ipencil Economic Research Institute, based in Beijing. Although he studied politics at Peking University, he is a self-taught [...]
Grow Your Economy, Save Your Environment
Bret Stephens of the Wall Street Journal has a snappy column on why the environmental problems plaguing China are not a result of its transition to a market economy, but stem from its lingering State-led development strategy. “The real source of China’s pollution problem is a state-led industrial policy geared toward production, and state-owned enterprises [...]
Think Tank Diary: Our Strategy for Success
This new series will feature guest blog posts from think tank leaders around the world. This month, we’ll learn about the work and experiences of Instytut Globalizacji in Poland, written by the institute’s founder, Tomasz Teluk. This week we learn about the several projects that helped The Globalization Institute establish itself in Poland and other [...]
Largest African Trade Zone to be Launched on Saturday
Working toward abolishing intra-African trade barriers to facilitate the free flow of knowledge and goods has been a tireless quest for the think tanks in Atlas’s network, who are committed to advancing free markets in Africa. We are excited to learn that this Saturday, fourteen Southern African countries will formally launch the Free Trade Area [...]
