Atlas Economic Research Foundation 2009 http://www.atlasusa.org/main/page.php?page_id=387 en-us Fri, 27 Jun 2008 17:17:00 -0600 144 145 http://www.atlasusa.org/main/page.php?page_id=387 http://www.atlasusa.org/V2/images/mock_01.gif http://www.atlasusa.org/V2/main/new.php?new_id=1895 http://www.atlasusa.org/V2/main/new.php?new_id=1895 Fri, 27 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0600 In the coming weeks you will notice a few changes to this Atlas website; several features like Network News, At Atlas, and Freedom Champions and Featured Institutes have moved to Atlas's new more interactive Atlas Network website. This website will act as a runnning source of information about all that is taking place in the Atlas network of free market think tanks. [...]]]> http://www.atlasusa.org/V2/main/new.php?new_id=1894 http://www.atlasusa.org/V2/main/new.php?new_id=1894 Fri, 27 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0600 In the coming weeks you will notice a few changes to this Atlas website; several features like Network News, At Atlas, and Freedom Champions and Featured Institutes have moved to Atlas's new more interactive Atlas Network website. This website will act as a runnning source of information about all that is taking place in the Atlas network of free market think tanks. [...]]]> At Atlas http://www.atlasusa.org/V2/main/new.php?new_id=1893 http://www.atlasusa.org/V2/main/new.php?new_id=1893 Wed, 25 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0600 Acton Institute’s Christian Social Thought Series, Slitting the Sycamore: Christ and Culture in the New Evangelization, seeks to clarify an often confusing area: how to live a genuine Christian life amid the social, economic, and political realities of our time.   In this monograph, Eduardo J. Echeverria illuminates the recent history of understanding the proper relationship between the Church and Christ, the world, and culture in light of Pope John Paul II’s “new evangelization.” Echeverria’s purpose, which presupposes that Christians are to be engaged in the world at some level, is to enlighten the thinking of Christians about how to best deal with certain issues of public importance. [...]]]> At Atlas / Education and Values / Think Tank Industry News http://www.atlasusa.org/V2/main/new.php?new_id=1891 http://www.atlasusa.org/V2/main/new.php?new_id=1891 Tue, 24 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0600 Fun with Government.  . ]]> At Atlas / Education and Values / Think Tank Industry News / The Free Economy http://www.atlasusa.org/V2/main/new.php?new_id=1890 http://www.atlasusa.org/V2/main/new.php?new_id=1890 Tue, 24 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0600 Center for Independent Studies' 10th Annual Acton Lecture Must Religion be a Threat to Liberty? Father Robert Sirico, President of the Acton Institute (United States)  will present this year's Acton Lecture. Is liberty compatible with religion in general, and Christianity in particular? The arguments to the contrary have been advanced since the Enlightenment, and many today believe that an attachment to religious dogma represents a threat to others and preconditions culture to accept a measure of despotic control in place of freedom. [...]]]> At Atlas / Education and Values / Think Tank Industry News / The Free Economy / Education and Values / Think Tank Industry News http://www.atlasusa.org/V2/main/new.php?new_id=1889 http://www.atlasusa.org/V2/main/new.php?new_id=1889 Tue, 24 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0600 Atlas Economic Research Foudantion, Center for Free Enterprise, and Friedrich Naumann Foundation   For more information about this event, please see the tentative program. [...]]]> At Atlas / Education and Values / Think Tank Industry News / The Free Economy / Education and Values / Think Tank Industry News / The Free Economy / Rule of Law and Property Rights / Think Tank Industry News / At Atlas http://www.atlasusa.org/V2/main/new.php?new_id=1887 http://www.atlasusa.org/V2/main/new.php?new_id=1887 Fri, 20 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0600     This week listen in to Atlas's monthly International Thursday Event. This week, our panelists are:  Founder of the Committee for the Economic Development of Zimbabwe Bruce MacQueen- Advisor to the Ministry of Public Enterprises  in Tonga Cecilia Vázquez Ger-executive director, Acton Institute-Argentina Kate Zhou- Professor of Asian politics, women and development, and political economy at the University of Hawaii The Atlas Podcast series appears each Friday with a new theme each week of the month: Week 1: Network News with Regional Officers Week 2: An Interview with Intellectual Entrepreneur Week 3: Atlas International Thursdays Week 4: Monthly Management tip   You can subscribe to this and future Atlas podcasts by clicking on the iTunes icon. [...]
IT-619-08.mp3]]> At Atlas / Education and Values / Think Tank Industry News / The Free Economy / Education and Values / Think Tank Industry News / The Free Economy / Rule of Law and Property Rights / Think Tank Industry News / At Atlas / At Atlas http://www.atlasusa.org/V2/main/new.php?new_id=1886 http://www.atlasusa.org/V2/main/new.php?new_id=1886 Thu, 19 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0600 Law Review Project, South Africa), reveals how developing nations must make radical changes in order to ensure a prosperous future. “Through statistical analysis of the world’s most and least successful countries we found that, out of hundreds of options, there is a short list of policies associated with winners and losers respectively. [...]]]> At Atlas / Education and Values / Think Tank Industry News / The Free Economy / Education and Values / Think Tank Industry News / The Free Economy / Rule of Law and Property Rights / Think Tank Industry News / At Atlas / At Atlas / The Free Economy http://www.atlasusa.org/V2/main/new.php?new_id=1885 http://www.atlasusa.org/V2/main/new.php?new_id=1885 Wed, 18 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0600 Acton Institute Argentina                Will speak on current programs and initiatives. 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[...]]]> At Atlas / Education and Values / Think Tank Industry News / The Free Economy / Education and Values / Think Tank Industry News / The Free Economy / Rule of Law and Property Rights / Think Tank Industry News / At Atlas / At Atlas / The Free Economy / At Atlas / Rule of Law and Property Rights http://www.atlasusa.org/V2/main/new.php?new_id=1882 http://www.atlasusa.org/V2/main/new.php?new_id=1882 Tue, 17 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0600 here In the early 1980s, Ronald Reagan embraced the ideas of a small group of economists dubbed "supply-siders." They argued that lower taxes and slimmer government would stimulate growth, enterprise, harder work and higher levels of saving and investment. These views were widely ridiculed at the time, dismissed as "voodoo economics." Reagan did succeed in lowering some taxes. [...]]]> At Atlas / Education and Values / Think Tank Industry News / The Free Economy / Education and Values / Think Tank Industry News / The Free Economy / Rule of Law and Property Rights / Think Tank Industry News / At Atlas / At Atlas / The Free Economy / At Atlas / Rule of Law and Property Rights / Health and Welfare / Rule of Law and Property Rights http://www.atlasusa.org/V2/main/new.php?new_id=1881 http://www.atlasusa.org/V2/main/new.php?new_id=1881 Tue, 17 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0600 American Film Renaissance, the workshop will gather thirty select participants at the UCLA campus for a master class in the art and business of filmmaking. Held at one of the world's top film schools and conducted by a team of successful Hollywood screenwriters, producers, and other industry professionals, this workshop will benefit independent filmmakers, documentarians, and anyone who wants to make movies in Hollywood. Inspired by classic tales of individualism, heroism, liberty and the enduring human spirit, The Filmmaker's Workshop will explore ways to make gripping movies without sacrificing good concepts or falling into the traps of preachiness and boredom. [...]]]> At Atlas / Education and Values / Think Tank Industry News / The Free Economy / Education and Values / Think Tank Industry News / The Free Economy / Rule of Law and Property Rights / Think Tank Industry News / At Atlas / At Atlas / The Free Economy / At Atlas / Rule of Law and Property Rights / Health and Welfare / Rule of Law and Property Rights / Education and Values / The Free Economy http://www.atlasusa.org/V2/main/new.php?new_id=1877 http://www.atlasusa.org/V2/main/new.php?new_id=1877 Tue, 17 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0600 ECIPE’s new policy-research project exploring the links between trade and health care, two historically disconnected issues. The conference will have a mix of perspectives from developed as well as developing countries, but the main vantage point will be European health-care systems. [...]]]> At Atlas / Education and Values / Think Tank Industry News / The Free Economy / Education and Values / Think Tank Industry News / The Free Economy / Rule of Law and Property Rights / Think Tank Industry News / At Atlas / At Atlas / The Free Economy / At Atlas / Rule of Law and Property Rights / Health and Welfare / Rule of Law and Property Rights / Education and Values / The Free Economy / Health and Welfare http://www.atlasusa.org/V2/main/new.php?new_id=1876 http://www.atlasusa.org/V2/main/new.php?new_id=1876 Thu, 12 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.imanighana.com/) (Ghana)’s summer seminar for Students and Young Professionals Liberty Academy has not been easy. The faculty for this summer’s session world-class and the topics of their presentations are not only innovative, but pass for major international conferences. Faculty include: June Arunga (Open Quest Media, U.S.), Tom Palmer (Cato Institute, U.S.), Kofi Bentil Ashesi University and the University of Ghana Business School, Ghana) and more!  If you are interested in being part of the faculty for this summer’s program, please contact Franklin Cudjoe at franklin@imanighana.com . [...]]]> At Atlas / Education and Values / Think Tank Industry News / The Free Economy / Education and Values / Think Tank Industry News / The Free Economy / Rule of Law and Property Rights / Think Tank Industry News / At Atlas / At Atlas / The Free Economy / At Atlas / Rule of Law and Property Rights / Health and Welfare / Rule of Law and Property Rights / Education and Values / The Free Economy / Health and Welfare / Education and Values / Think Tank Industry News http://www.atlasusa.org/V2/main/new.php?new_id=1875 http://www.atlasusa.org/V2/main/new.php?new_id=1875 Tue, 10 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0600 PAFERE (Poland) had the great fortune of acheiving a cover page article in the widely read magazine, Gosc Niedzielny.   These articles are now available in English.    Leave the Family Alone, Pawel Tobola-Pertkiewicz. This article addresses state intervention into the family, and it's attemtps at replacing that important social unit. 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[...]]]> At Atlas / Education and Values / Think Tank Industry News / The Free Economy / Education and Values / Think Tank Industry News / The Free Economy / Rule of Law and Property Rights / Think Tank Industry News / At Atlas / At Atlas / The Free Economy / At Atlas / Rule of Law and Property Rights / Health and Welfare / Rule of Law and Property Rights / Education and Values / The Free Economy / Health and Welfare / Education and Values / Think Tank Industry News / Education and Values / The Free Economy / The Free Economy http://www.atlasusa.org/V2/main/new.php?new_id=1873 http://www.atlasusa.org/V2/main/new.php?new_id=1873 Fri, 6 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0600 [...]]]> At Atlas / Education and Values / Think Tank Industry News / The Free Economy / Education and Values / Think Tank Industry News / The Free Economy / Rule of Law and Property Rights / Think Tank Industry News / At Atlas / At Atlas / The Free Economy / At Atlas / Rule of Law and Property Rights / Health and Welfare / Rule of Law and Property Rights / Education and Values / The Free Economy / Health and Welfare / Education and Values / Think Tank Industry News / Education and Values / The Free Economy / The Free Economy / Rule of Law and Property Rights http://www.atlasusa.org/V2/main/new.php?new_id=1872 http://www.atlasusa.org/V2/main/new.php?new_id=1872 Fri, 6 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0600
]]> At Atlas / Education and Values / Think Tank Industry News / The Free Economy / Education and Values / Think Tank Industry News / The Free Economy / Rule of Law and Property Rights / Think Tank Industry News / At Atlas / At Atlas / The Free Economy / At Atlas / Rule of Law and Property Rights / Health and Welfare / Rule of Law and Property Rights / Education and Values / The Free Economy / Health and Welfare / Education and Values / Think Tank Industry News / Education and Values / The Free Economy / The Free Economy / Rule of Law and Property Rights / Environment and Sound Science / The Free Economy / Health and Welfare / Rule of Law and Property Rights http://www.atlasusa.org/V2/main/new.php?new_id=1871 http://www.atlasusa.org/V2/main/new.php?new_id=1871 Fri, 6 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0600 Thursday June 12, 2008 Wreath Laying and the "Truman- Reagan Medal of Freedom Award Ceremony Buffet Luncheon and Preview of the Global Museum on Communism RSVP by Monday June 9th by contacting Ed Priola at 202-589-1991 or epriola-at-aol.com   View the Invitation . ]]> At Atlas / Education and Values / Think Tank Industry News / The Free Economy / Education and Values / Think Tank Industry News / The Free Economy / Rule of Law and Property Rights / Think Tank Industry News / At Atlas / At Atlas / The Free Economy / At Atlas / Rule of Law and Property Rights / Health and Welfare / Rule of Law and Property Rights / Education and Values / The Free Economy / Health and Welfare / Education and Values / Think Tank Industry News / Education and Values / The Free Economy / The Free Economy / Rule of Law and Property Rights / Environment and Sound Science / The Free Economy / Health and Welfare / Rule of Law and Property Rights / The Free Economy http://www.atlasusa.org/V2/main/new.php?new_id=1870 http://www.atlasusa.org/V2/main/new.php?new_id=1870 Fri, 6 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0600     This week Cindy Cerquitella talks with Allegra Hewell (Latin America), Yiqiao Xu (Asia) and Colleen Dyble (Africa & North America) about network news from around the world  The Atlas Podcast series appears each Friday with a new theme each week of the month: Week 1: Network News with Regional Officers Week 2: An Interview with Intellectual Entrepreneur Week 3: Atlas International Thursdays Week 4: Monthly Management tip   You can subscribe to this and future Atlas podcasts by clicking on the iTunes icon. [...]
June Network News.mp3]]> At Atlas / Education and Values / Think Tank Industry News / The Free Economy / Education and Values / Think Tank Industry News / The Free Economy / Rule of Law and Property Rights / Think Tank Industry News / At Atlas / At Atlas / The Free Economy / At Atlas / Rule of Law and Property Rights / Health and Welfare / Rule of Law and Property Rights / Education and Values / The Free Economy / Health and Welfare / Education and Values / Think Tank Industry News / Education and Values / The Free Economy / The Free Economy / Rule of Law and Property Rights / Environment and Sound Science / The Free Economy / Health and Welfare / Rule of Law and Property Rights / The Free Economy / The Free Economy / Think Tank Industry News / At Atlas http://www.atlasusa.org/V2/main/new.php?new_id=1869 http://www.atlasusa.org/V2/main/new.php?new_id=1869 Tue, 3 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0600     This week Cindy Cerquitella interviews Marcin Nowacki ( Projekt Lodz), Pawel Tobola ( PAFERE Foundation) and Leszek Jazdzewski  ( Forum Liberalne); three Polish think tank leaders. [...]
polandsurvey.mp3]]> At Atlas / Education and Values / Think Tank Industry News / The Free Economy / Education and Values / Think Tank Industry News / The Free Economy / Rule of Law and Property Rights / Think Tank Industry News / At Atlas / At Atlas / The Free Economy / At Atlas / Rule of Law and Property Rights / Health and Welfare / Rule of Law and Property Rights / Education and Values / The Free Economy / Health and Welfare / Education and Values / Think Tank Industry News / Education and Values / The Free Economy / The Free Economy / Rule of Law and Property Rights / Environment and Sound Science / The Free Economy / Health and Welfare / Rule of Law and Property Rights / The Free Economy / The Free Economy / Think Tank Industry News / At Atlas / The Free Economy / At Atlas http://www.atlasusa.org/V2/main/new.php?new_id=1867 http://www.atlasusa.org/V2/main/new.php?new_id=1867 Mon, 2 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0600 LYF India Launch (from LYF Web site) On 5 April 2008, Liberal Youth Forum of India was launched in Mumbai amidst a distinguished audience. Mr. Sharad Joshi, Honourable Member of the Rajya Sabha graced the occasion as the Chief Guest. Dr. Rene Klaff, the Regional Director FNSt South Asia and Dr. Parth J Shah, President of Center for Civil Society. Both these organisations have been instrumental in this join up of youth. [...]]]> At Atlas / Education and Values / Think Tank Industry News / The Free Economy / Education and Values / Think Tank Industry News / The Free Economy / Rule of Law and Property Rights / Think Tank Industry News / At Atlas / At Atlas / The Free Economy / At Atlas / Rule of Law and Property Rights / Health and Welfare / Rule of Law and Property Rights / Education and Values / The Free Economy / Health and Welfare / Education and Values / Think Tank Industry News / Education and Values / The Free Economy / The Free Economy / Rule of Law and Property Rights / Environment and Sound Science / The Free Economy / Health and Welfare / Rule of Law and Property Rights / The Free Economy / The Free Economy / Think Tank Industry News / At Atlas / The Free Economy / At Atlas / Think Tank Industry News http://www.atlasusa.org/V2/main/new.php?new_id=1866 http://www.atlasusa.org/V2/main/new.php?new_id=1866 Mon, 2 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0600 Americans for Tax Reform Foundation (ATRF), International Policy Network (IPN), Lion Rock Institute (Hong Kong), and Property Rights Alliance (PRA), cordially invite you to join with fellow market-oriented policy advocates in Hong Kong for the 2008 Pacific Rim Policy Exchange Conference.  The goal of this networking conference is to provide a unique, centralized, high-quality forum for the open exchange of free-market ideas between policy advocates on both sides of the Pacific Ocean. . [...]]]> At Atlas / Education and Values / Think Tank Industry News / The Free Economy / Education and Values / Think Tank Industry News / The Free Economy / Rule of Law and Property Rights / Think Tank Industry News / At Atlas / At Atlas / The Free Economy / At Atlas / Rule of Law and Property Rights / Health and Welfare / Rule of Law and Property Rights / Education and Values / The Free Economy / Health and Welfare / Education and Values / Think Tank Industry News / Education and Values / The Free Economy / The Free Economy / Rule of Law and Property Rights / Environment and Sound Science / The Free Economy / Health and Welfare / Rule of Law and Property Rights / The Free Economy / The Free Economy / Think Tank Industry News / At Atlas / The Free Economy / At Atlas / Think Tank Industry News / The Free Economy http://www.atlasusa.org/V2/main/new.php?new_id=1865 http://www.atlasusa.org/V2/main/new.php?new_id=1865 Mon, 2 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0600 online application form The prize fund is $15,000, awarded for articles published in print or online that wittily and eloquently explain, promote and defend the principles of the free society: limited government, protection of private property, the rule of law brokered by an independent judiciary, free markets, free speech and sound science. [...]]]> At Atlas / Education and Values / Think Tank Industry News / The Free Economy / Education and Values / Think Tank Industry News / The Free Economy / Rule of Law and Property Rights / Think Tank Industry News / At Atlas / At Atlas / The Free Economy / At Atlas / Rule of Law and Property Rights / Health and Welfare / Rule of Law and Property Rights / Education and Values / The Free Economy / Health and Welfare / Education and Values / Think Tank Industry News / Education and Values / The Free Economy / The Free Economy / Rule of Law and Property Rights / Environment and Sound Science / The Free Economy / Health and Welfare / Rule of Law and Property Rights / The Free Economy / The Free Economy / Think Tank Industry News / At Atlas / The Free Economy / At Atlas / Think Tank Industry News / The Free Economy / Think Tank Industry News http://www.atlasusa.org/V2/main/new.php?new_id=1864 http://www.atlasusa.org/V2/main/new.php?new_id=1864 Fri, 30 May 2008 00:00:00 -0600 Civitas, in association with The London Boxing Academy, held an inaugural boxing gala to celebrate the first two years of the London Boxing Academy Community Project. This takes students who have been excluded from their schools because of behavioural problems, and who in some cases have criminal records. The aim is t o re-integrate these troubled young people into mainstream education, and mainstream society, by means of a course that combines sports and fitness training with academic work. 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