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What Your Professors Won't Tell
You
Enthusiasm for limited government principles is clearly growing all
over the U.S., as evidenced by the continued success of Tea Party
activists. But if you have college-age children that have just
returned to campus, it's a pretty safe bet they're surrounded by
professors that are more inclined to disparage the free market than
to celebrate it. What can you do to make sure they hear both
sides?
Fear not. As part of the Bastiat Legacy Project, Atlas has
collaborated with Students for Liberty (SFL) to
publish a book to fill that vacuum titled Economics of Freedom: What Your
Professors Won't Tell You. The book features selected
writings of Fr�d�ric Bastiat, a foreword by F.A. Hayek and a
closing chapter, "Twenty Myths about Markets" by Atlas Vice
President for International Programs, Tom Palmer.
SFL has sent 30,000 copies of the book to its campus chapters in an
effort to inundate college lecture halls and term papers with the
ideas of economic liberty. For more information
on the book and the essay contest the Project has launched, visit
here.
To receive your copy of Economics
of Freedom: What Your Professors Won't Tell You the book is provided
free to those who donate $100 or more to Atlas's Bastiat Legacy
Project. To purchase a copy for $10 contact Erin Grant at Erin.Grant@AtlasNetwork.org. Give the gift of
great ideas this Christmas (or keep it for yourself!)
We
have additional stories about Atlas happenings below, including
notes on our upcoming "Freedom on the Road" activities in Brazil,
and two programs we're organizing in conjunction with State Policy
Network's annual meeting. Also, read about how Atlas trustee John
Blundell has given Margaret Thatcher a "comic book superhero"
makeover. Piqued your interest? Good! But first, some quick
headlines from your allies in the Atlas
network.
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Network News from Around the
World
Africa
North America
Gleason Foundation lights a fire
with National School Choice Week, which will take place
January 23-29 - mark your calendars and fan the flames
The Truth About
Obamacare, a new book by Sally Pipes of the Pacific Research Institute
(California) reached #38 on Amazon.com Bestsellers List. Read what Thomas
Sowell wrote about the book
"Is the College 'Business Model'
Broken?", an article by the Pope Center for Higher
Education. Also, a new report by the Goldwater Institute examines
"Administrative Bloat at American
Universities"
Stop the madness,
Washington is spending the country into economic decline, says Pete
du Pont, chairman of the National Center for Policy Analysis, in the
Wall Street Journal
Los Angeles Times investigation
supports Mackinac Center study, the article "Who's teaching
L.A.'s kids?" echoes the Mackinac Center for Public Policy
(Michigan) study that found teacher quality crucial for
students success
1st Annual Free Thinking Film
Festival, will be held in Ottawa November 12-14 by the
Free Thinking Film Society
(Canada)
"Spreading Hayek, Spurning
Keynes," a Wall Street
Journal profile on Professor Peter Boettke of George Mason
University
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Upcoming Events
Two
Exciting New Atlas Events at the September SPN
Meeting!
Reclaiming Your American Heritage
On Sunday, September 12th, Atlas is co-sponsoring with SPN, an
afternoon seminar with Atlas Vice President of International
Programs, Tom Palmer, titled Reclaiming Your American Heritage:
The Intellectual Tools You Need to Tame Big Government. To find out more
and register, click here.
The State Energy and Climate Policy
Summit
Also, on Wednesday, September 15th stick around after the SPN
meeting for the State Energy and Climate Policy Summit: a
series of round table discussions with national and state think
tank experts on the development of winning strategies to push back
against the tide of bad energy and climate policies at the state
level. Visit here to find
out more and register...
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Female
Force, Margaret Thatcher
Atlas Board member and former Director General of the UK's Institute for Economic Affairs
John Blundell has written a 36-page comic book entitled Female Force - Margaret Thatcher
which is being distributed by U.S.-based Bluewater Comics and will
be available through Amazon.com. Including the cover
and credits the comic spans 24 pages with 12 pages of
adverts.
In comic book form John charts the life, rise, policies and impact
of the Iron Lady. He commented to Atlas: "I was stunned at how
strongly ideological I was allowed to be. This has to be the most
ideas oriented comic book ever written." Atlas affiliated groups
interested in translating Female
Force - Margaret Thatcher should contact Darren Davis at BlueWaterComics@aol.com
Tom Palmer vs. Lou Dobbs
Atlas Vice President for International Programs, Tom Palmer
was featured on Freedom
Watch, the Fox Business show hosted by Judge Andrew
Napolitano, debating radio host Lou Dobbs on the issue of free
trade. Watch the video
here...
Student Fights for Liberty in
Mozambique with Mighty Pen
Henriques Viola, runner-up in the Atlas/OrdemLivre.org
Bastiat Essay Contest, has penned an article thoroughly
evaluating the import restrictions placed on chickens by the
Mozambican state and the price increases that accompany the new
rules.
Writing for Atlas's Portuguese platform, Violas explains,
"This step was
taken under pressure from domestic producers unable to compete with
foreign producers, especially Brazil, Argentina and South Africa
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the
truth is that today it is more expensive to consume chicken than
before. Prior to the measure chicken cost about 70 meticais (just
over US$2.80), today chicken costs around 110 meticais
(US$4.40)"
Freedom on the Road,
Brazilian-style
In other OrdemLivre.org-related news, the
dates for the "Freedom on the Road" bus tour in Brazil are
finalized. The journey will begin in Porto Alegre on September 13.
See here for more
dates!
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Contact Information
phone: 202-449-8449
fax: 202-280-1259
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