Benefits of Competition
FEATURED GRANT
For-Profit Schools Serving the Educational Needs of the Poor: A Global Research and Dissemination Project
Professor James Tooley, Director
E.G. West Centre
This
project aims to increase scholarly understanding and raise popular awareness on
how the educational needs and aspirations of the poor in developing countries
are served by free enterprise. The focus is on the widespread but little
understood phenomenon of private schools for the poor.
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Sample Grants
| Grant Title |
Award Date |
Grant Amount |
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- U.S. Economic Freedom Index: 2004 Report
Sally
C. Pipes, President and CEO
Dr. Lawrence J. McQuillian, Director, Business and Economic
Studies
Professor Robert E. McCormick
Clemson University (Clemson SC) - This
project conducted a study of state laws and regulations that inhibit economic
liberty. The research yielded an index, titled U.S. Economic Freedom
Index, which ranks each of America's 50 states according to its level of
economic freedom.
|
June 2003 |
$175,000 |
- Globalization Education Project
Ms. Marty Zupan, President
Institute for Humane Studies
George Mason University (Arlington VA)
- The Institute for Humane Studies [IHS], based at George Mason University, created an interactive educational website that examines college students' manifest concern about globalization and free enterprise principles, especially in relation to the alleviation of poverty. IHS also initiated essay contests and seminars as methods to address these questions. The website includes empirical research, comparative analysis, and narratives of the impact that free markets represent for impoverished people.
|
January 2003 |
$280,000 |
- The Power of Choice: A Documentary on Milton Friedman and his Contributions to the Benefits of Free Competition and the Enhancement of Individual Freedom.
Robert J. Chitester, President
Palmer R. Chitester Fund, Inc. (Erie PA)
- This challenge grant supported a filmed biography of Milton Friedman that will highlight the role he played in advancing a defense of liberty during the intellectual debates of the mid-20th Century. The documentary is scheduled to be aired on PBS.
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December 2004 |
$215,000 |
