In August, 20 of the top think tank CEOs in the U.S. gathered in Tyson’s Corner, Virginia (with strict social distancing practices in place) to redefine the liberty agenda for 2021 and beyond. With COVID-19 and social unrest on their minds, the group, a subset of Atlas Network’s Global Council of CEOs, worked intensively to iden...
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Earlier this month, the Afghanistan Economic and Legal Studies Organization (AELSO) launched a new project to promote democracy, liberty, and tolerance, while opposing radicalism in order to bring peace and prosperity to the country. The initiative, called the “Tolerance and Prosperity Caravan,” is a nationwide project with goa...
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In Mongolia, where many people have mostly only been exposed to crony capitalism, the community can become very pessimistic when it comes to free-market solutions to succeeding in the business world — especially for entrepreneurs. The Silk Road Foundation (SRF), an Atlas Network partner based in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, is working...
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It may not seem like an obvious choice for a libertarian conference in Brazil to choose the 100th anniversary of the Russian Revolution as a theme, but the organizers of II Conferência Atlantos, sponsored in April by Instituto Atlantos in Porto Alegre, believe that the decades of oppression and mass death that resulted in the So...
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The United States has entered a particularly divisive period in terms of political rhetoric, with widespread cases of belittling and sneering at ideological opponents, as well as groups who shout down or even attack those who have differing viewpoints. A recent article in the Atlantic, titled “A Leftist and a Conservative Join F...
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Free-market thinkers and leaders have worlds of experience to share, and Atlas Network partner the Montreal Economic Institute (MEI), in collaboration with The World Show, brings the ideas of liberty to life through in-depth interviews. MEI has just launched the third season of its Free Markets Series interviews, including wide-...
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Many of the world’s poorest areas are plagued by the socialist mindset that it’s necessary to redistribute wealth in order to cure poverty — in the process leaving less for everybody. In Guatemala, though, a former socialist named Antonio Calí began a new journey five years ago when he heard a radio broadcast from Atlas Network...
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The inaugural Africa Liberty Forum kicked off with more than 120 attendees in Accra, Ghana, on June 8–9, co-hosted by IMANI Center for Policy and Education. The event brought together friends of the freedom movement across Africa to discuss challenges facing the region and to learn from one another how to most effectively advanc...
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In the 1980s, Nobel laureate economist Milton Friedman helped to popularize the ideas of liberty and free-market economics through his unprecedented Free to Choose series on public television. That tradition of scholarship and public media exposure is being carried on today by The World Show in collaboration with Atlas Network p...
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A new administration has just entered office in Guatemala after an historic public uprising against the corruption of the previous administration. Recent elections in Venezuela and Argentina also signal a desire to turn the page on the 21st century socialism that was peddled for so long by former Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez...
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As Mrs. Maria Mothupi held the official deed to her land for the first time, her face spread into a wide smile. Until she was 99 years old, she had never experienced living in her own home or in a home legally owned by her family, because she was only two years old when the 1913 Land Act banned land ownership by black people in...
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You never know where your next big idea will originate — a dynamic speaker, a moving video, an interactive workshop, a chance conversation. Inspiration can arise from almost anywhere, and a primary reason that Atlas Network organizes Liberty Forum & Freedom Dinner (LFFD) every year is to facilitate an environment in which there...
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Markets and civil society are buried under a mountain of regulation, and politicians have no incentive to slow the deluge. So many activities, both beneficial and benign, have become subject to legal penalty that anybody could be punished for violating some statute or another. How can people extricate themselves from this web of...
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Day two of Liberty Forum & Freedom Dinner 2015 featured panels of experts from around the world, book signings from faces of freedom, and culminated with the gala Freedom Dinner.
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Grand Rapids, Mich.–based Acton Institute was awarded Atlas Network’s prestigious Templeton Freedom Award for its documentary film Poverty, Inc.
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Working toward a free society can often seem like an uphill battle, but that struggle is shared by Atlas Network partners across the globe. They all have valuable ideas and proven strategies for success to learn and to share with each other. Think Tank MBA (TTMBA), Atlas Network’s flagship training program within Atlas Leadershi...
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For nearly three decades, the Berlin Wall stood as one of the world’s most forbidding symbols of oppression. After years of losing a steady stream of defectors to the West, in 1961 the communist-controlled government of East Germany constructed a heavily guarded barrier that divided an entire city — all in order to prevent their...
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Atlas Network is pleased to present the six finalists for the 2015 Templeton Freedom Award, the winner of which will receive $100,000 and be honored at Atlas Network’s annual Liberty Forum and Freedom Dinner in New York City on Nov. 11–12, 2015.
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The West has positioned itself as the driving force of international development, giving rise to a vast, multi-billion dollar poverty industry. Yet the results have been mixed — catastrophic, in some cases — and leaders in the developing world are growing increasingly vocal in calling for change. Atlas Network partner Acton Inst...
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In June, Pope Francis addressed ecological issues through an encyclical — a letter to leaders throughout the Roman Catholic Church that comments on doctrinal issues. Atlas Network partner the Acton Institute addressed the document with contributions from several authors, including the institute’s president, Rev. Robert Sirico, w...
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Policy victories are won when campaigns claim the moral high ground and put the enemies of freedom on the defensive. During a Liberty Forum session called “Seizing the Moral High Ground,” hear how a progressive tax was defeated in deep blue Illinois; how the poverty alleviation debate has been reframed; how free market defenders...
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The free society lost a great champion on Tuesday, October 14, 2014 when Leonard P. Liggio passed away. I first met Leonard P. Liggio in 1980 at a Mont Pelerin Society (MPS) meeting held at the Hoover Institution. He was standing on the left side of the packed auditorium next to Murray Rothbard, another intellectual giant, much...
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Leonard P. Liggio, Atlas Network’s long-time executive vice president, passed away on October 14, 2014. It’s been very touching to see the outpouring of affection following his death. We knew how beloved Leonard was within the freedom movement, but it remains nothing short of awe-inspiring to see so many tributes to his influenc...
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Acton Institute of Grand Rapids, Michigan was named one of eight finalists for this year’s prestigious Templeton Freedom Award for its annual Acton University conference on human dignity and free enterprise. Established in 2005, Acton University is a four-day conference that consists of lectures and hands-on training for pastors...
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The top change agents strengthening the worldwide freedom movement are named finalists for Atlas Network’s 2014 Templeton Freedom Award. Awarded since 2004, the Templeton Freedom Award is named for the late investor and philanthropist Sir John Templeton. The award annually honors his legacy by identifying and recognizing the mos...
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The headline above is a mantra of the Acton Institute, an Atlas Network partner based in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Acton co-sponsors a symposium in the new issue of Econ Journal Watch on the question, "Does Economics Need an Infusion of Religious or Quasi-Religious Formulations?" Robin Klay provides a survey of "Where Do Economist...
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At Atlas Network, our mission is to strengthen the worldwide freedom movement by identifying, training and supporting individuals with the potential to found and develop effective independent organizations that promote our vision in every country. Few have taken on this mission as passionately as Atlas Network president, Dr. Ale...
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