Conferences and Conventions

Instituto de Estudos Empresariais, XVII Liberty Forum - Forum da Liberdade, in Porto Alegre, from 5 Apr to 6 Apr 2004

Measures of Freedom

Freedom House Ratings, Freedom in the World 2009
2009: Political Rights: 2, Civil Liberties: 3, Status: Free
Level of Economic Freedom, Economic Freedom of the World: 2003 Annual Report
2001: 5.8 (out of 10)
Level of Economic Freedom, Economic Freedom of the World: 2004 Annual Report
2002: 6.2 (out of 10)
Level of Economic Freedom, Economic Freedom of the World
2006: 6.16 (out of 10)

Articles

A Libertarian Visits South America, by Jacob G. Hornberger, Freedom Daily, Mar 1999
Related Topics: Argentina, Fundación Atlas para una Sociedad Libre, Instituto de Estudos Empresariais
Better Them Than Us, by Scott McPherson, 19 Jan 2004
Related Topics: Right to Keep and Bear Arms, John R. Lott, Jr., United Kingdom
Book Review: The Global Education Industry: Lessons from Private Education in Developing Countries by James Tooley, by Antony Flew, The Freeman: Ideas on Liberty, Sep 2000
Related Topics: Educational Freedom, India
"In Brazil, for instance, there are seven or eight large chains of private schools, several of which also run universities and sometimes educational television stations. Not only is the private sector large in Brazil, but it is also strikingly innovative. The most dramatic example of this is provided by the COC chain."
Farm Subsidies Must Go, by Sheldon Richman, 30 Apr 2004
Related Topics: Free Trade
Improve the CIA? Better to abolish it, by Chalmers Johnson, San Francisco Chronicle, 22 Feb 2004
Related Topics: Foreign Entanglements, Afghanistan, Cambodia, Chile, Cuba, El Salvador, Greece, Guatemala, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Laos, Nicaragua, United States, Vietnam
Lists countries where the CIA conducted subversive operations and recommends abolishing the agency.