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Prevent Protectionism,Sign our Free Trade Petition

Friday,March 20, 2009

TradeAs part of our global efforts aimed at ensuring that protectionist policies do no hold sway over movement of goods and people in any part of the world,  we are collecting signatories to the petition here and present them to leaders of the Group of Twenty Industrialised and Developing countries when they meet on April 2, 2009 in London.  Your consent and signature is very important to free our world.   Please sign up by simply going here .

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The petiton is also avalable in Swahili. Read it here

New Publication: Selected Essays on Political Economy by Frederic Bastiat with an introduction by Franklin Cudjoe

Friday, March 20, 2009 

Book CoverDownload a free copy  here.

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Trade in Sub-Saharan Africa. Where next?

Tuesday, March 17, 2009

By Munir Nanji and Timothy Muchiri

Timothy Muchiri (L) Munir Nanji(R)The nations of Sub-Saharan Africa would become more prosperous if they increased their trade with each other. The question is, how should they go about this?

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Water Wars and Water Woes

Monday, March 16, 2009 

By David Bonnardeaux

Water Crisis Activists at the World Water Forum in Istanbul claim water is a human right and must never be privatised. Water privatization is often portrayed as morally wrong but if we look beyond ideology and sentimentality this doesn’t add up.

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Protectionism: Alluring but Deadly

Friday, March 13, 2009 

By Daniel Ikenson 

protectionimsWhen governments raise trade barriers, they deter foreign investment and reduce the appeal of their countries as locations for research, production, or assembly operations in the supply chain.

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