At a recent meeting in Singapore, I had the pleasure of discussing ways to promote increased trade between India and China. Two of the participants of that meeting, Alec van Gelder of the International Policy Network and Dr. Amitendu Palit of the Institute of South Asian Studies of the National University of Singapore, have taken some of the [...]

A few newsworthy updates from our partners in Europe

The Wall Street Journal published an op-ed from ECIPE’s Razeen Sally and Frederik Erixon, “Keynes at Home  Smith Abroad, Domestic Stimulus spills over to Protectionism.” (subscription needed)
The Murray Rothbard Institute is hosting its second annual Summer University program in Belgium, professors slated to speak include, Prof. Bertrand [...]

On June 10, Franklin Cudjoe, editor for AfricanLiberty.org and executive director of IMANI Center for Public Policy & Education (Ghana), spoke to the BBC about the use of cell phones in Africa and new developments in cellular technology that will protect consumers in the developing world from counterfeit drugs. Franklin told the daily BBC radio [...]

A new report from the International Policy Network and sponsored by IMANI Center for Policy & Education details the shocking problem of counterfeit drugs in less developed countries. Fake tuberculosis and malaria drugs alone are estimated to kill 700, 000 people every year. According to the report, nearly half the drugs sold in Ghana, Nigeria, [...]

Our friend Alberto Mingardi of the Istituto Bruno Leoni (a 2008 Fisher Venture Grant winner) has a piece in yesterday’s Wall Street Journal Europe, “Our Brave New Competitive World,” which is well worth reading.   It comes in reaction to a record €1.06 billion fine against Intel for violating European Community Treaty antitrust rules, and with [...]

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 network [...]

Via Dr. Parth J. Shah of the Centre for Civil Society, it seems that blogger-cum-fiction writer Amit Varma has been named one of India’s 50 Most Powerful People in 2009 by BusinessWeek. I like these types power ratings, as they acknowledge that power doesn’t always flow from the gun.
Varma’s blog, India Uncut, is on my [...]

The International Policy Network has announced 6 finalists for it’s annual Bastiat Prize for Journalism. The prize, “Celebrates writers whose work clearly and wittily promotes the institutions of the free society.”
Here are the 6 finalists:

Swaminathan S. Anklesaria Aiyar, Economic Times of India
Tyler Cowen, George Mason University- New York Times
A. Barton Hinkle, Richmond Times-Dispatch ( United [...]

This year marks the 50th Anniversary of the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Liberty (FNF) and the 10th Anniversary of Economic Freedom Network (EFN)! A dinner celebration for these important anniversaries will take place on September 18, 2008 at EDSA Shangri-La Hotel in the Philippines as part of the EFN Asia annual conference program this year [...]