Teach A Man to Compete: Paraguay’s Self-Sufficient Agriculture School
Fundación Paraguaya, winner of Atlas’s Templeton Freedom Award for Social Entrepreneurship in 2009, has been racking up awards for its development of the San Francisco Agriculture School – a financially self-sufficient educational experience for transforming poor youth into successful entrepreneurs. The School runs 17 small-scale, on-campus, farming enterprises that train students not only how to [...]
Election Season in China (Sort of)
Today sees the start of the annual plenary session of the Communists Party’s 17th Central Committee. This year’s meeting is of particular interest, as it may (or may not) be during this week that we find out for sure who the next leader of the CCP will be. If, as many expect, Xi Jinping is [...]
In Memory of Rose Friedman
Rose Friedman passed away this morning, August 18, 2009. I met many times with Milton Friedman, her husband and co-author of many books, I do not recall ever seeing Milton alone. Rose was always at his side. I can imagine how lonely she must have been during these months without Milton. The book which describes Rose’s [...]
