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The term “welfare reform” still conjures up images of Newt Gingrich and Bill Clinton in 1996, big Southern politicians with big personalities, big ideas, and big hair. Together, they managed…
The libertarian movement lost one of it’s greatest and most influential leaders yesterday, Mr. John Blundell. It is no exageration to say that the freedom movement–conservative, libertarian and classical liberal–would…
George Leef uses his latest Forbes column to promote a new book on the importance of liberty. In early America, people spoke about liberty a great deal. Patrick Henry famously…
George Leef’s latest Forbes column documents the president’s disregard for a fundamental tenet of our constitutional republic. A crucial reason why the U.S. used to enjoy robust economic growth was…
Alex Chafuen of the Atlas Economic Research Foundation has an important piece on Forbes regarding the rule of law. He saw it deteriorate in his native Argentina, with terrible results,…
In this Forbes piece, Alex Chafuen of the Atlas Economic Research Foundation writes about the Federal Reserve, which to a large extent operates in secrecy. Last year, the House passed…
Alejandro Chafuen, president of the Atlas Economic Research Foundation, offers his thoughts about that question in this Forbes piece. If you go the the site, you’ll find many other piece…
State lawmakers believe North Carolina school kids should spend five more days in the classroom each year. Does that idea make sense? Terry Stoops offers his assessment during the next…
If you enjoyed watching the Atlas Network’s Tom Palmer contrast cronyism and free-market capitalism during a presentation this week to the John Locke Foundation’s Shaftesbury Society, you might appreciate The…
Most complaints about capitalism actually target “cronyism,” an economic system distinct from free-market capitalism. In contrast to cronyism, free-market capitalism promotes morality and leads to numerous social benefits. Tom Palmer…
Supporters of big government like to attack free enterprise and free markets as unfair and unjust. It’s their way of pushing for more government intervention into personal decisions and choices…
Judy Shelton, senior fellow at the Atlas Economic Research Foundation argues strongly in favor of returning to the gold standard in this article. Gold imposes monetary and fiscal discipline. That’s…