With the flick of a pen, government officials spend countless billions of dollars — an “unlimited credit card,” as Jonathan Bydlak, founder and president of Atlas Network partner the Institute for Reduced Spending, puts it. In order to help hold politicians accountable, the organization created its “What’s My Congressman’s Numbe...
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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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The excessive spending of public institutions in Puerto Rico, combined with a crushing regulatory system, have left the territory with a struggling economy and an ongoing government debt crisis. Atlas Network partner Centro para Renovación Económica, Crecimiento y Excelencia (CRECE) is at the forefront of a new reform movement i...
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Frederick Douglass once called the suppression of free speech a “double wrong,” because “it violates the rights of the hearer as well as those of the speaker.” This truth becomes especially apparent when political speech is stifled, making it difficult or impossible for a speaker’s message to reach his or her audience. A new boo...
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Atlas Network and many of its partners are among the most highly ranked free-market think tanks in the world, according to the latest edition of the University of Pennsylvania’s Global Go To Think Tank Index, the most widely cited and influential index of think tanks in the world. The Cato Institute, the Heritage Foundation, the...
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Hong Kong has long served as a worldwide model for the prosperity that can result from economic freedom. Keeping those freedoms intact and working to expand them requires constant vigilance, however, especially when surrounded by a contrary ideological climate. That’s why the work of Atlas Network partner the Lion Rock Institute...
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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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Think Tank Start-up Training 2015 in Nepal’s Kathmandu Valley brought together more than 20 leaders from think tanks representing more than 10 countries across Asia. The in-depth management and leadership training was held in advance of Asia Liberty Forum 2015, and was facilitated by Asia Centre for Enterprise (ACE), in partners...
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