Atlas Announces Winner of the 2010 Freda Utley Prize for Advancing Liberty
Atlas is pleased to announce that it has selected the Free Market Foundation of South Africa as the recipient of the 2010 Freda Utley Prize for Advancing Liberty. From the Press Release: FMF was established at a time when South Africa’s Prime Minister John Vorster was steadily increasing intervention in the economy in preparation for [...]
Risk to Watch in Africa: Violence in Kenyan Elections
Last week Ed Cropley, African Investment Correspondent for REUTERS listed five risks to watch for in Africa. Not surprisingly, threat of violence and corruption in Kenyan elections made the list. Last year’s post-election violence has not yet been brought to justice, and there is strong evidence that tribal and ethnic groups are arming themselves for [...]
Poverty, Inequality and Growth in Namibia
The Institute for Public Policy Research, located in the capital city Windhoek in Namibia recently released a policy paper which provides an overview of poverty, inequality and growth in post-Independence Namibia. The main findings of the paper entitled “Poverty, Inequality and Growth Linkages: National and Sectoral Evidence from Post-Independence Namibia” are: • Inequality remained at [...]
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 [...]
How to be an Ambassador for Liberty
My name is Joseph Humire and I joined Atlas about a month ago as part of the Koch Associates Program (KAP) in Washington D.C. KAP is a year-long program which teaches a management philosophy – Market-Based Management® – to promising young leaders of the non-profit community. The goal is to increase the effectiveness of market [...]
Breaking Ground; The University of Donja Gorica
The University of Donja Gorica is truly a testament to how far a vision and will can take you. Veselin Vukotic, along with other partners in Montenegro, have established a private University which focuses on teaching students about the “benefits of the free-market, private-property economy.” This University enrolled it’s first class of students just last [...]
