America’s national discussion on the issues of civil rights, policing, race, and the welfare state has great potential to advance “liberty and justice for all.” But our march toward this noble goal will stall unless we acquire—and act on—a deeper shared understanding of the relevant achievements that scholars have made in the fi...
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Liberty in Peril: Democracy and Power in American History, the newest book by Florida State University professor Randall G. Holcombe, has just been released by Independent Institute. Holcombe, a research fellow at the Oakland, California-based think tank, examines the recent trend towards big government solutions to modern-day p...
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A frequent fear in the liberty movement is that millennials and Generation Z don’t understand the value of free markets and limited government. Addressing this dilemma requires reaching the next generations in the spaces they frequent with a compelling and relevant message. The Independent Institute is continuing to do this with...
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The Independent Institute has been active for over 30 years and presents a forward-looking, optimistic, and solutions-oriented vision in its work. In its many publications it seeks to reach communities of impact with real solutions to the problems of limited economic freedom and overbearing government. Its latest effort is the b...
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Nobody brings the ideas of freedom and sound economics to life quite like the Foundation for Economic Education (FEE), through its decades of publications and in-person seminars, and today through its engaging website content. Now FEE is holding its first annual conference, FEEcon, featuring more than 70 sessions and 10 distinct...
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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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People rely on public roads for crucial transportation needs, but the perverse incentive structure of public transportation funding and maintenance often leaves highway systems hemorrhaging money. The Independent Institute, an Atlas Network partner in California, has issued its latest California Golden Fleece Award to the Califo...
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Airbnb is a popular and growing part of the new sharing economy, allowing people to earn extra money by renting out their homes for temporary use by others. This business model provides new competition to hotels, though, so governments face industry pressure to fine and regulate the home-sharing industry out of existence. Despit...
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When the ideas of liberty are presented in a short, engaging, and entertaining package, the world takes notice. Last year, Atlas Network partner the Independent Institute produced a bold five-part series of videos titled “Love Gov: From First Date to Mandate,” which “personifies the increasing folly, cost, and intrusiveness of g...
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Think tanks conducting innovative research into economics, public policy, and social science have proliferated in recent years, and the Think Tanks and Civil Society Program at the University of Pennsylvania has held an annual North America Summit for the past three years to discuss the challenges that think tanks face. Co-hoste...
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Protectionists, opponents of globalization, and other people who argue against free trade often claim that trade makes the rich even richer at the expense of lower classes. The opposite is actually true, explains John C. Goodman, president of the Goodman Institute for Public Policy Research and senior fellow with Atlas Network p...
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The growth and abuses of government provide an unending field of study, and the economist and historian Robert Higgs has brought his inexorable insight to the subject for decades. His many books, journal articles, and blog entries have pioneered new frameworks for analyzing the causes and consequences of public-sector malfeasanc...
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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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Knowing how target audiences consume and interpret information is key to the success of the liberty movement. Thanks to Atlas Network’s Lights, Camera, Liberty! program, partners all over the world are working together to tell powerful stories through video and film. At LFFD 2015, Atlas Network hand-picked a selection of five sh...
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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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The world is filled with stories that illustrate how innovation, entrepreneurship, productivity, exchange, and the voluntary aid of civil society combine to foster widespread human freedom and flourishing. It’s not always evident, though, how best to harness their narrative power and further spread the ideas of liberty. Lights,...
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Opening the eyes of ordinary citizens to the government’s increasingly prying presence in their lives, especially young people, requires a fresh approach. Using innovative techniques to explain the extensive drawbacks of intrusive government power has a better chance of raising awareness in a way that draws in those who might no...
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