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Full video of the Independent Institute’s 30th Anniversary Gala for the Future of Liberty. We celebrated our past successes and honored with the Alexis de Tocqueville Award world-renowned, tech-entrepreneur Timothy C. Draper; Nobel Laureate economist Vernon L. Smith; and North Korean refugee, defector, and human-rights activist Yeonmi Park.
The mission of the Independent Institute is to boldly advance peaceful, prosperous, and free societies, grounded in a commitment to human worth and dignity.
Research Fellow Robert Whaples, editor of Pope Francis and the Caring Society discusses how capitalism and private property can achieve some of the Pope's goals of charity and protecting the environment. The Pope says every action we take is a moral action which includes acts of consumption and acts of production. Creating rather than redistributing wealth can lift others out of poverty is one of the main points in the book, according to Whaples.
President Trump has announced the US embassy will move to Jerusalem. Eland discusses the implications of the announcement and what the repercussions might be. The move isn't a complete surprise, as Eland discusses past presidents who have tried to move the US embassy to Jerusalem.
Research Fellow Robert Whaples, editor of Pope Francis and the Caring Society discusses how capitalism and private property can achieve some of the Pope's goals of charity and protecting the environment. The Pope says every action we take is a moral action which includes acts of consumption and acts of production. Creating rather than redistributing wealth can lift others out of poverty is one of the main points in the book, according to Whaples.
China’s economic surge over the past thirty years is a story of mass migration—the largest migration in human history—as more than 260 million people left the countryside in search of urban jobs. Author Bradley M. Gardner shares what inspired him to write China's Great Migration.
Research Fellow Robert Whaples, editor of Pope Francis and the Caring Society appears on the nationally syndicated Jim Bohannon radio show. Whaples discusses how Pope Francis' call for a dialogue on the environment, charity, and poverty has been answered by economists and property rights advocates in the book. They discuss whether capitalism can is the best solution for many of these issues the Pope sees in the world today.
Co-editor and managing director of The Independent Review, Robert M. Whaples presentation at the Napa Institute Conference held in Napa, CA on July 29, 2017.
