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PATRIA Y VIDA: A CHANCE FOR FREEDOM IN CUBA | FRANK ZIMMERMAN

Jul 27, 2021

AtlasNexus host Vale Sloane sits down with Frank Zimmerman of Federalismo y Libertad’s Latin American Center to discuss why Cubans are protesting now and why life has been difficult there for so long. Frank dispels the myth that Cubans suffer because of a U.S. “blockade,” explains the nationalization of shoeshine stands, and poi...

ATLAS AT 40: A RETROSPECTIVE | BRAD LIPS INTERVIEW LINDA WHETSTONE, ROBERT BOYD, AND BILL SUMNER

Jul 13, 2021

Atlas Network CEO Brad Lips guest hosts this special episode of AtlasNexus with three storied guests to commemorate the organization's fortieth anniversary. Linda Whetstone is the daughter of Atlas Network Founder Sir Antony Fisher, a member of the Atlas Network board of directors (formerly board chair), and president of the Mon...

LIBERALIZATION IN UKRAINE: AN MP’S VIEW | MARYAN ZABLOTSKYY

Jun 15, 2021

Maryan Zablotskyy is a member of the Ukrainian parliament. He previously worked as the director of an Atlas Network partner, the Ukrainian Economic Freedoms Foundation.

CHANGING MINDS IN SINGAPORE | BRYAN CHEANG

Jun 1, 2021

Bryan Cheang is the founder and director of the Adam Smith center in Singapore, which aims to promote economic and political literacy. He is the author of "Liberalism Unveiled," a recent bestseller in Singapore.

THE STATE OF FREEDOM IN AUSTRALIA | DANIEL WILD

May 18, 2021

In this episode of AtlasNexus, host Vale Sloane is joined by his good friend, Daniel Wild. As the Director of Research at Australia's Institute of Public Affairs, Wild frequently appears in the Australian media, and he specializes in red tape, regulation, economic policy, the philosophy of free enterprise, and criminal justice....

PURSUING THE WEST VIRGINIA MIRACLE | GARRETT BALLENGEE

May 4, 2021

Garrett Ballengee was the first employee of the Cardinal Institute for West Virginia Policy, a state-based think tank working to reverse decades of poor outcomes with the state's education system, to liberalize labor markets so workers can thrive, and much more. Hear how a small but tough team has punched above their weight to d...

REVOLUTIONIZING YOUR GRASSROOTS ORGANIZING | HARRY FONE

Apr 20, 2021

The TaxPayers' Alliance (TPA) developed a new tool to engage in the political process. Harry Fone, Grassroots Campaign Manager at the TaxPayers' Alliance, who helped create the tool, joins host Vale Sloane on this episode of AtlasNexus.

RESTORING THE RIGHTS OF 6 MILLION UKRAINIANS | DMYTRO LYVCH

Apr 6, 2021

Dmytro Lyvch is project manager & head of analytics at EasyBusiness, a leading public policy advisory organization that works to build a better business-enabling climate in Ukraine. The free-market think tank grew out of work being done by advisors to the Economy Minister to use deregulation as a tool to stamp out corruption in...

CHARTING THE PATH TO ECONOMIC RECOVERY | KENDALL COTTON

Mar 23, 2021

The Frontier Institute was founded in 2020 and is already reshaping the economic landscape in Montana. Through their Montana Recovery Agenda, FI is working with the newly elected governor to ensure overregulation doesn’t stifle a strong economic recovery.

CAN THE FOUNDATIONS OF A FREE SOCIETY WITHSTAND COVID-19? | DR. EAMONN BUTLER

Mar 8, 2021

In his book, Foundations of a Free Society, Dr. Eamonn Butler, director of the Adam Smith Institute in London, lays out the economic and moral case for small government, rule of law, strong private property rights, and free trade. How might these bedrock principles be realized as the world emerges from an international pandemic?...

CLASSICAL LIBERALISM AND DEMOCRACIES | NILS KARLSON

Feb 23, 2021

Nils Karlson, founding president and CEO of the Ratio Institute in Sweden discusses the need for classical liberal reform in most developed democracies and welfare states while tying in his new book Statecraft and Liberal Reform in Advanced Democracies.

REDUCING POVERTY IN AMERICA | MATT WARNER AND EVAN FEINBERG

Feb 9, 2021

Atlas Network's president Matt Warner sits down with Stand Together’s executive director, Evan Feinberg, to discuss the failures of the status quo, top-down remedies to poverty in the United States, and highlights the disconnect between philanthropy and poverty.

HOW TO ESCAPE GLOBAL CYNICISM | DR. MARIAN TUPY

Feb 3, 2021

From increased life expectancy to better food trends, data proves that human flourishing is increasing worldwide. Listen to Dr. Marian Tupy, editor of Human Progress .org , a senior fellow at the Cato Institute's Center for Global Liberty and Prosperity, co-author of The Simon Project, and co-author of Ten Global Trends Every Sm...

INAUGURATION DAY IN THE U.S.: THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN RULE OF LAW AND RULE BY LAW | TOM PALMER

Jan 20, 2021

Dr. Palmer examines the recent insurrection at the United States Capitol, among discussions on the meaning of the rule of law.

BRINGING PROSPERITY BACK TO GREECE—WITH ALEXANDER SKOURAS

Jan 12, 2021

National lockdowns and protectionist policies in Greece have stripped millions of their civil liberties and forced many back into poverty. Alex Skouras, President of KEFiM in Greece, tells of KEFiM's "Greece 2021—Agenda for Freedom and Prosperity", the most ambitious initiative of KEFiM to date which is focused around helping th...

THE ROLE AND FUTURE OF WOMEN IN THE LIBERTY MOVEMENT—PART 2

Jan 5, 2021

Casey Pifer, Director of Institute Relations at Atlas Network, hosts part two of Atlas Network's two-part series on the role and future of women in the liberty movement. Casey is joined by three very inspirational women in the worldwide liberty movement including: Aneetha Warusavitarana: Research Manager for the Advocata Institu...

THE ROLE AND FUTURE OF WOMEN IN THE LIBERTY MOVEMENT—PART 1 WITH MS. AMITY SHLAES

Jan 4, 2021

Part one of Atlas Network's two-part series on the Role and Future of Women in the Liberty movement—Ms. Amity Shlaes, Chair of the Board at the Calvin Coolidge Foundation and author of four New York Times Best Sellers, tells how the principles of individual liberty and free-market economics empowered her to succeed.

CAN WE ESCAPE THE “DARK DAYS OF FREEDOM?”—MARK LITTLEWOOD

Dec 29, 2020

Mark Littlewood, Director General of the Institute for Economic Affairs discusses the role of national governments during COVID-19. Are we living in the "dark days of freedom", as Littlewood commented during his breakout session in #LFFD20? Tune in to hear how protectionist policies as a response to COVID-19 are stripping away i...

THE IMPORTANCE OF OPEN SOCIETIES AND FREE TRADE—JOHAN NORBERG AND ANTONELLA MARTY

Dec 22, 2020

Swedish scholar Johan Norberg joins the host of Atlas Network’s Hablemos Libertad, Antonella Marty, on this episode of AtlasNexus for an inspiring conversation about his new book, Open: The Story of Human Progress. Please enjoy this very special conversation that highlights the great progress that economic freedom and capitalism...

LIBERATING THE HONDURAN ENERGY MARKET WITH GUILLERMO PEÑA PANTING

Dec 18, 2020

Guillermo Peña Panting, executive director of Fundación Eléutera in Honduras, discusses Fundación Eléutera's groundbreaking work in the Honduran energy market. Tune in to hear more about Fundación Eléutera, and their journey to make Honduras a more free state.

COMBATTING POPULISM AND INEQUALITY IN NAMIBIA—WITH ROWLAND BROWN

Dec 8, 2020

Rowland Brown, chairperson of the Economic Association of Namibia, discusses the dramatic economic slowdown and polarization in Namibia post 2015. Tune in to hear what the Economic Association of Namibia is doing on the ground to combat dangerous populist policies and inequality in Namibia.

THE POWER OF STORYTELLING IN THE WAKE OF COVID-19—DANIEL ERSPAMER

Dec 1, 2020

Daniel Erspamer, chief executive officer at the Pelican Institute for Public Policy, sheds light on his organization's ongoing storytelling efforts through their "Faces of the Shutdown" project.

EXPOSING STATE GOVERNMENTS’ HIDDEN DEBTS—SHEILA WEINBERG

Nov 23, 2020

For years, elected state officals hid their states' pension and retiree healthcare debt from taxpayers for political gain. Sheila Weinberg, founder and CEO of Truth in Accounting, exposes bad accounting practices used by state politicians to hide massive amounts of debt in an effort to get re-elected. Truth in Accounting works t...

BUILDING A THINK TANK FROM THE GROUND UP - JOHN MOZENA

Nov 16, 2020

"If not me then who?" John Mozena, president of the Center for Economic Accountability (CEA), shares his entrepreneurial journey of starting his own think tank. Mozena discusses the honest truths behind building a think tank from the ground up. By utilizing Atlas Network's Leadership Academy and surrounding himself with a commun...

THE AMAZING LIFE OF RON MANNERS—STORIES FROM THE LONELY LIBERTARIAN

Nov 11, 2020

Ron Manners has lived quite a life. He’s gone from running one of the most successful businesses in Australia to becoming an accomplished author and leader of the Mannkal Foundation, which provides young Australians with the opportunity to learn about classical liberal principles from leading experts across the world, to being n...

REVIVING PROSPERITY THROUGH SOUND GOVERNANCE IN ALBERTA | TFA FINALIST—FRASER INST., NIELS VELDHUIS

Nov 10, 2020

Niels Veldhuis, president of the Fraser Institute discusses the Alberta Prosperity Initiative; a Fraser Institute project that is nominated for the 2020 Templeton Freedom Award. Veldhuis discusses the Fraser Institute’s strategic approach when addressing policy change. By shifting the research focus from the politician to the av...

DISMANTLING DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN IN KERALA INDIA | TFA FINALIST—CPPR, DR. DHANURAJ

Nov 3, 2020

Dr. Dhanuraj, the chairman of the Center for Public Policy Research in India (CPPR) discusses the institutionalized discrimination against women that is a direct product of the Kerala Shops & Establishments Act in Kerala, India. CCPR worked tirelessly with the communist-led government of Kerala to implement significant policy re...

ELIMINATING LUXURY PENSIONS | TFA FINALIST—IDEAS LABS, LUIS LORIA

Oct 28, 2020

More than one million Costa Ricans live in poverty, so how do its leaders justify the “luxury pensions” of a few thousand people who receive, on average, nearly forty-five hundred U.S. dollars a month? Luis Loria, president of Ideas Labs in Costa Rica tells of their success in educating the general public on how luxury pensions...

LEVERAGING MARKETS AND PROPERTY RIGHTS TO IMPROVE CONSERVATION | TFA FINALIST—PERC, BRIAN YABLONSKI

Oct 20, 2020

Property and Environment Research Center (PERC), “The home of free market environmentalism”, is nominated for the 2020 Templeton Freedom Award. PERC, a trailblazer of innovative policy solutions to the Endangered Species Act, focused on advocating for positive, market based, incentives that reward U.S. Citizens for participating...

THE DANGERS OF PROTECTIONIST POLICIES IN INDONESIA | TFA FINALIST—CIPS, RAINER HEUFERS

Oct 13, 2020

Severe import restrictions have drastically increased the price of staple food in Indonesia. As a result, a quarter of all children under five are malnourished. Rainer Heufers, the co-founder and executive director for the Center for Indonesian Policy Studies (CIPS), discusses the negative, unintended consequences that abed prot...

THE EQUITY INITIATIVE FOR AMERICAN HEALTHCARE|TFA FINALIST—MERCATUS CENTER, THOMAS STRATMANN

Oct 7, 2020

State governments are aggressively reducing the ability of healthcare providers to freely provide their services in the marketplace in 36 states in the United States of America. Thomas Stratmann from the Mercatus Center at George Mason University spearheaded the Equity Initiative for American Healthcare, which exposed government...

THE FREEDOM MOVEMENT: ITS PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE PLUS A SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT— BRAD LIPS

Oct 6, 2020

What is the freedom movement? Brad Lips, Atlas Network's CEO discusses his new book, modern day heroes of liberty, and his personal journey from Wall Street to the non-profit world. Brad also explains how Atlas Network's Templeton Freedom Award continues a legacy of advancing freedom and highlights this year's six finalists. Our...

THE STORIES OF FREEDOM, ART AND POETRY | BOB CHITESTER, DOCUMENTARIAN

Sep 30, 2020

The Stories of Freedom, the Inspiration of Milton and Rose Friedman, & the Art and Poetry of Bob Chitester, Documentarian

PREPARING FOR A PRO-LIBERTY ARGENTINA—CANDELARIA DE ELIZALDE

Sep 29, 2020

The mission of Libertad y Progreso (LyP) is to contribute to a deep change in Argentina, and according to Candelaria de Elizalde, LyP general coordinator, that deep change is needed now more than ever. Candelaria explains what things are like on the ground in light of the pandemic, bad government policies, and a rise in populism...

THE HISTORY OF ISLAM AND LIBERALISM, THE POWER OF REFUGEES, AND THE LEGACY OF THE ARAB SPRING

Sep 22, 2020

It’s been ten years since the Arab Spring and Nouh El Harmouzi, director of the Arab Center in Morocco, and Dr. Tom Palmer played a major role promoting liberty in Egypt at the beginning of the movement. Hear Nouh tell his story and describe the current state of the Middle East in light of the continuing refugee crisis. Plus, a...

COMBATTING CRONY CAPITALISM IN MICHIGAN—JOE LEHMAN AND MIKE LAFAIVE

Sep 15, 2020

What does crony capitalism look like? In Michigan, it looks like seventy years of the state government taking money from small businesses to give big corporations special incentives to create jobs. Joe Lehman, president of Mackinac; and Mike Lafaive, senior director of the Morey Fiscal Policy Initiative, explain the ways they sh...

SHINING A LIGHT ON LEBANON’S KEY MOMENT—PATRICK MARDINI

Sep 7, 2020

Patrick Mardini, president and founder of the Lebanese Institute for Market Studies (LIMS), provides a free market perspective on the fallout of the recent explosions in Beirut. Patrick also describes the precipice that Lebanon currently finds itself; with the choice to either embrace an open economy for trade and utilities, or...

WHAT DOES ECONOMIC FREEDOM MEAN?—FRED MCMAHON

Sep 1, 2020

Believe it or not, the Communist Party of Vietnam just cosponsored an economic freedom audit in their country. Fred McMahon, Michael Walker Chair of Economic Freedom Research at the Fraser Institute, explains what economic freedom is, why it matters, and what it looks like on every continent (except Antarctica).

LIBERALIZATION IN SRI LANKA—DHANANATH FERNANDO

Aug 25, 2020

As Sri Lanka nears a complete re-opening post-pandemic and orients itself to a newly elected government, the Advocata Institute continues to advocate the power of a free and open society in the Asian country. Dhananath Fernando, COO and founding member of Advocata, gives us an update on recent events and explains how the think t...

REPAIRING BROKEN SYSTEMS IN PENNSYLVANIA—CHARLES MITCHELL

Aug 18, 2020

Lack of educational opportunities, a bloated government pension structure, and a school-to-prison pipeline: these are massive issues with no easy solutions. But somehow, the Commonwealth Foundation continues to make progress as they promote successful reform. Charles Mitchell, President and CEO of Commonwealth, shares the ways t...

FIGHTING GOVERNMENT MISINFORMATION IN SERBIA WITH INDEPENDENT MEDIA—PETAR ČEKEREVAC

Aug 11, 2020

When most of the media is owned by the state, how do you get the truth out? How do you promote freedom in a country where many parts of the government are actively suppressing free expression? Petar Čekerevac, executive manager of Libertarian Club Libek in Serbia, gives special insight into the recent protests in his country and...

HOW TO TELL BETTER STORIES ABOUT FREEDOM AND HUMAN DIGNITY—CHARLIE FRITSCHNER AND AJ SKIERA

Aug 4, 2020

In a long-form episode, Charlie Fritschner, executive producer at Thatch Films, and Atlas Network's AJ Skiera look back on the Poverty & Freedom film project and how, by telling individual stories, it has so effectively communicated the human impact that free-market reforms provide. Charlie and AJ have created more than a dozen...

THE FREE SPEECH BATTLE HAS LEFT COLLEGE. THE EVOLUTION OF CANCEL CULTURE—GREG LUKIANOFF

Jul 28, 2020

For years the discussion about free speech, safe spaces, and open debate centered around universities and college campuses. But now the fight for open exchange has left the classroom and entered the workplace. Greg Lukianoff, president of the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE), explains how "cancel culture" is...

THE PAN-AFRICAN STRUGGLE FOR FREEDOM IN THE 21ST CENTURY—IBRAHIM ANOBA

Jul 21, 2020

What are the barriers that prevent many African countries from economic growth? Ibrahim Anoba, managing editor of AfricanLiberty.org explains how the online publication is providing resources for Africans to promote liberty in their countries, tells his story of encountering the values of classical liberalism, and explores the s...

HOW TO MESSAGE LIBERTY AND THE FREE MARKET TO GEN Z—RICHARD LORENC OF FEE

Jul 14, 2020

How do you promote ideas like the free market, the importance of property rights, and the power of individual liberty to Generation Z? Richard Lorenc, executive vice president for the Foundation for Economic Education (FEE), explains how FEE successfully presents the case for freedom to young people of all political orientations...

HOW DID TOM PALMER FALL IN LOVE WITH LIBERTY?

Jul 7, 2020

Dr. Tom Palmer, George M. Yeager Chair for Advancing Liberty; Executive Vice President for International Programs at Atlas Network, offers a glimpse into his incredible life story—how he discovered classical liberal principles, how he has spent his career advocating economic liberty around the world, and why he believes these id...

RESTORING FREEDOM IN URBAN AMERICA—GREG BROOKS

Jun 30, 2020

Greg Brooks, founder and president of the Better Cities Project, explains how his organization is helping cities enact pro-liberty policies that facilitate new opportunities for Americans in the urban jungle to thrive.

DISQUALIFY QUALIFIED IMMUNITY—CLARK NEILY OF THE CATO INSTITUTE

Jun 30, 2020

Clark Neily, vice president for criminal justice at the Cato Institute, explains how Qualified Immunity reduces accountability for law enforcement and discusses potential reforms that would lead to true equality under the law.

ADVANCING ECONOMIC LIBERTY IN INDIA—BHAKTI PATIL

Jun 29, 2020

Bhakti Patil, associate director of development for Centre for a Civil Society (CCS) in India describes the ways over-regulation can lead to corruption and how this impacts one of the largest economic forces in New Delhi, street vendors. Melissa and Bhakti also discuss the stories in Atlas Network's Poverty & Freedom series that...

REACHING THE NEXT GENERATION WITH A LIBERTY-ORIENTED EDUCATION—CONNOR BOYACK

Jun 28, 2020

Connor Boyack, president of Libertas Institute in Utah, tells the origin story of his liberty-minded childrens' book series: the Tuttle Twins. Connor and Melissa also discuss the importance of parental rights in education and the resources Libertas Institute has created to help teach free-market economics.

SHINING A LIGHT FOR CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM IN TENNESSEE.—THE BEACON CENTER

Jun 22, 2020

It's an Australian take-over as Atlas Network's Vale Sloane guest hosts this weeks episode. Justin Owen (President & CEO) and Taylor Dawson (Director of Outreach and Digital Media) explain the Beacon Center's work to reform the criminal justice system in Tennessee. The second episode of Upward Globility (hosted by Vale and avail...

THE POWER OF PROPERTY RIGHTS IN ZIMBABWE—REJOICE NGWENYA

Jun 16, 2020

Rejoice Ngwenya, founder of the Coalition for Market and Liberal Solutions (COMALISO), explains the role property rights plays in economic development and increasing liberty in Zimbabwe.

TAKING THE MESSAGE OF LIBERTY TO LAW SCHOOL. DANIEL RICHARDS OF FEDSOC

Jun 9, 2020

Daniel Richards, Vice President & Director of Digital at the Federalist Society, discusses the mission of the Federalist Society to sponsor fair, serious, and open debate about the need to enhance individual freedom in law schools throughout the United States, the potential legal consequences of government responses to COVID-19,...

THE STATE OF FREEDOM IN SPAIN AND WOMEN IN LEADERSHIP IN THE LIBERTY MOVEMENT WITH

Jun 2, 2020

Roxana Nicula, one of the founders of Fundación para el Avance de la Libertad (Fundalib), discusses the state of the state of political freedom in Spain, Funalib's index of economic freedom in Spain's cities, and the need for more women in the liberty movement.

REFORMING OHIO’S BROKEN CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND OCCUPATIONAL LICENSING SYSTEMS—ROBERT

May 25, 2020

Robert Alt, President of the Buckeye Institute in Ohio, tells the stories of everyday people who have been impacted by the think tank's work to reform occupational licensing and criminal justice system in the state.

THE LIBERTY MOVEMENT IN LATIN AMERICA, SPECIAL GUEST ROBERTO SALINAS LEON

May 19, 2020

Melissa and Roberto, Director of Atlas Network's Center for Latin America, discuss threats to liberty in Mexico, Argentina, Venezuela, and the entire region as government overreach in response to the current pandemic leads to more protectionist, intrusive, and oppressive policies.

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