Politics
Economic Freedom 2007
Robert Lawson, co-author of the Fraser Institute's 2007 Economic Freedom of the World Report, speaks about how the index is a tool for measuring performance and for demanding specific policies for growth.
Economic Progress, Stability are key to Pakistan's future
IPN Opinion article
Pakistan's political debate is focussed on the personalities but all our leaders have already let us down before. The only way to save Pakistan is to allow sound economic policies to create growth: the Economic Freedom of the World index shows how.
Private Solutions to the Eradication of Poverty: the Role of Title Insurance
Kirthimala Gunasekera will discuss both the theory of title insurance and her experiences developing and implementing such a system in her native Sri Lanka.
Symposium on intellectual property, innovation and health
A morning discussion in Copenhagen about the role of property rights and markets in health care and medical innovation.
Mugabe is not Zimbabwe
IPN Opinion article
Either we Africans are blind, selfish and greedy or something worse is holding us back. As a Zimbabwean, I have seen my country turned from breadbasket to basket case and I can tell you that our educated and hard-working people are not fools, but victims.
Although we are an extreme case, these oppressive economic and political policies are not exclusive to Zimbabwe.
A United States of Africa: AU chasing a mirage...
IPN Opinion article
ACCRA - The African Union summit here has issued a road-map to a federation of African States (Accra Declaration) without mentioning a single idea on political or economic freedom for African citizens.
Hidden costs of Canadian health care system
IPN Opinion article
Michael Moore's latest film portrays Canada's healthcare system as a utopian combination of equity and efficiency. The reality is quite the opposite says Brett Skinner of Canada's Fraser Institute.
The elephant in the dining room
IPN Opinion article
With much of the pre-G8 talk devoted to Africa and climate change, this year's agenda should really be about Russia's undeserved place in a gathering of industrialised democracies.
