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WHO's in Charge?
IPN Opinion article
The strategic documents coming out of the WHO lay bare the power the big NGOs now have in shaping its agenda - and it is an agenda that promotes the failed redistributory economics of the past.
On an Emission Impossible
IPN Opinion article
Refers to 'Adapt or Die: the science, politics and economics of climate change'
Big, bad world
IPN Opinion article
\"Local management of resources has become commonplace in mainstream economics, but localisation and self-sufficiency are not always efficient or even practical, says Julian Morris, director of free-market think-tank the International Policy Network. \'Most of the people in the world who currently don\'t have electricity would benefit from having it. The important thing is to get them electricity in the most efficient and costeffective matter, and avoid pollution. For that, we\'re not talking about local solutions, but solutions that come from the economies of scale,\' he says. \"
Next step in realising Nigeria\'s immense potential
IPN Opinion article
After the votes are counted and the winners announced, they must take the next steps to help Nigeria achieve its immense potential. This means reducing corruption, promoting property rights and the rule of law, and encouraging enterprise and entrepreneurship. Only this way can Nigerians lift themselves from poverty and violence.
UK public sceptical of Kyoto Protocol
IPN Opinion article
A poll of UK citizens has uncovered a degree of scepticism towards the Kyoto Protocol, despite the nation's recently announced success in working towards the targets of the treaty.
A New Angle of Property Rights
IPN Opinion article
When liberal economists speak of ëthe market', they usually refer to national and international markets, with widely dispersed property rights. But this world was only brought into existence through state-sponsored violenceóthe enclosure laws in 19th century England which destroyed the village commons; the settlement of new lands, in North America and Australia, which overturned the traditional rights of native peoples; the gradual encroachment of national markets on local governance and community-based institutions right around the world.
