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THE RIGHT NATIONby John Micklethwait and AdrianWooldridge (Penguin, £14.99)

In his inauguration speech of 1801,ThomasJefferson described his homeland as ‘kindlyseparated by nature and a wide ocean fromthe exterminating havoc of one quarter of theglobe.’ His words would have rung just as trueat almost any time between the Mayflower’swestward passage and the Potsdamconference, as millions departed a continentravaged by wars of religion, empire andideology to begin again in the New World.

The latter half of the 20th century, by contrast,brought about the closest relations between theUnited States and its progenitor at any timeduring its history. In the face of Soviet

communism, Americans looked east to Europeas the geo-strategic bulwark against theexpansion of ‘the evil empire’, whilst Europeanslooked back for the nuclear deterrent that wasultimately to keep them secure.This pan-Atlanticconcord of the Cold War years, however, was intruth an artificial closeness.The seeds of culturaldivergence, long dormant in the American soil,began to sprout in the 1950s and have sinceflourished into a sprawling socio-politicalmovement: American Conservatism.

This is the central thesis of an exceptional newwork by John Micklethwait and AdrianWooldridge, The Right Nation, which exploresthe rise of ‘a peculiarly American form ofconservatism’ and its consequences onAmerican politics and the world at large.

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A BITTER PILLRECENT DECADES have seen anastounding change in the way weview healthcare. Medical innovationhas brought treatments for diseaseslike HIV/Aids which allow sufferers toextend their lives and live in muchgreater comfort.

Statins are helping many avoid theconsequences of heart disease. So-called‘lifestyle drugs’ are changing quality of life formillions. But there is a dark side to the growthin demand for medicines and the increasingease with which the public can purchasemedicines online. Counterfeiting ofpharmaceuticals is now a global trade.

The issue is being debated fiercely on the otherside of the Atlantic as the US, where high drugprices have become a political hot potato,debates whether to allow re-importation ofmedicines from Canada and Europe.

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The globalised economy is bringinghuge economic benefits to its citizens.But globalisation and the freermovement of goods and services also create certain social pitfalls.Capitalism’s very success has calledinto question some of its failings,as a new book of essays published by the Stockholm Network thisSeptember demonstrates.

An Apology for Capitalism? brings togetherleading business experts to examine the trendtowards corporate social responsibility and askwhat it means for the future of business.

A very different kind of business, but oneequally affected by globalisation and the growthin internet use, is examined in our latest bookA Sick Business – counterfeit medicines andorganised crime.The author, Graham Satchwell, aformer policeman and police spokesman oncounterfeiting and piracy, takes a searching lookat the growing trade in fake medicines andshows how it now poses a serious threat to

public safety, not just because fake medicinescan be harmful but because the proceeds ofthis crime are funding organised criminals andeven terrorism.

These issues and more will form part of anongoing public discussion around Europe in the coming months as the Network launchestwo new event series – the Westminster Fringe debates in London co-sponsored byThe Economist, and the Amigo Society, a newBelgian forum for discussing the future of the welfare state and other key public policyquestions, to be held monthly at the HotelAmigo in Brussels.

We hope to see you at one of our regularnetworking events in the near future.

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‘‘The Stockholm Networkmakes a significant contributionto thinking among opinionleaders in many countries andits work continues to enrichunderstanding of the attitudeson key public policy issues ofpeople across Europe’’Andrew Cooper, Director, Populus

Europe and North America provide the bestreturn on investment for those involved in theinternational supply of counterfeit products.

There is, however, no effective method withinthe UK – or to a greater or lesser extentacross Europe – of identifying counterfeitedpharmaceuticals before they are dispensed. It isat least likely that some counterfeit productshave been administered by the NHS and otherhealth service providers, and that injury ordeath has been caused. Despite this threat topublic safety, the current UK ‘adverse drugreaction system’ is not designed for or sufficientto identify cases of counterfeit pharmaceuticals.

Worse still, the current UK enforcement regimeis inadequate. Regulatory agencies are notequipped to tackle international crime andwithin national police and intelligence agenciesthere is a lack of appreciation of the nature ofthe problem and a reluctance to use thelegislation and resources available to deal with it.

This is doubly serious, not just because patientsshould not be putting medicines into theirbodies that may do them harm.There is a

But in Europe too, the issue is beginning tobubble up to the surface because European lawmakes parallel trade in medicines (i.e. buyingdrugs in one country and selling them intoanother country where the government sets theprice higher) legal.The free movement ofpharmaceuticals within Europe, and the currentneed for repackaging to the appropriate language,makes it easier for counterfeit pharmaceuticals tobe sold into the legitimate distribution chain andsupplied to our hospitals and pharmacies.

So what, many readers will be saying.To theuninitiated eye, this problem is invisible. MostEuropeans are unaware just how many problemsthis hidden crime may cause.Yet an investigationinto counterfeit medicines conducted for theStockholm Network has shown that this trade isconducted by unscrupulous people whoseactions have already cost thousands of lives.

We live in a world of increasing global tradewhich now provides direct access tocounterfeit pharmaceuticals via the internetboth for personal use and commercial supply.

further threat to public safety - internationalcounterfeiting of pharmaceuticals usuallyinvolves organised crime and sometimesinvolves terrorist groups and terrorist funding.

Surely, with this in mind, it is time we did moreto protect the consumer against what is agrowing, sick and exploitative business, whichpotentially threatens us all.

A Sick Business – Counterfeit Medicines and Organised Crime by Graham Satchwell is available to order from the StockholmNetwork, price £10.

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Micklethwait and Wooldridge argue thatAmerica is fundamentally different from Europe,and while conservatism, embodied in GeorgeW. Bush, has proved hugely divisive within theUnited States, a far larger cultural gulf existsbetween the US and the rest of the world.

The authors contend that three strands of theAmerican experience have, since the days of the first pilgrims, meant that America was a farmore conservative land than Europe: religion,capitalism and geography. Many millions havesailed west across the Atlantic over recentcenturies, seeking a land in which they couldworship as they chose. In the United States ofAmerica, a land founded as a secular republic,they found it. Religion, in all it forms, has thusretained a powerful place in the heart and mindsof many Americans.This has had the dualconsequence of reinforcing their natural sense of patriotism, and ‘encouraging Americans to seeproblems in terms of individuals’ virtues andvices.’This individualism has also manifested itselfin the unbroken dominance of capitalism as themechanism of exchange. After the classconstraints and penury of Europe, opportunitiesabounded in the United States to engage in the‘pursuit of happiness’. Indeed, ‘in 1831 Alexis deTocqueville, the first person to meditate at anylength on American exceptionalism, remarkedthat fortune offered “an immense booty to theAmericans’’’. Geography, however, was thedecisive factor, as it provided land into which

individuals could escape persecution and seektheir fortunes, in a way that an over-crowdedand divided Europe has long ceased to do.America today remains a land so vast that ifevery family in the country was given an acre ofland, you would still only cover 4 percent of thesurface area. Similarly, the ‘frontier’ is still adominant theme in American culture, because itspeaks to their belief that anyone can realise theAmerican dream by dint of hard work andwillingness to take risks alone.

The European outlook on society simply doesnot possess this optimism, but rather seeks toequalise social outcomes at the expense ofindividual attainment, and it is certainly true thatAmericans are far more willing to tolerate ahigher level of inequality. Attitudes to taxes

reflect a similar divergence. Recent polls showthat 60-70 percent of Britons (arguably one ofthe most conservative societies in Europe)would be willing to pay higher taxes in returnfor better services. In the United States, it is 1percent. Equally, Americans have a far morepunitive attitude to crime than Europeans, andincarcerate five times as many people as Britain,Europe’s highest proportional incarcerator.The fanatical political debates on abortion,gun control and the death penalty areincomprehensible to most Europeans, and thelist is potentially endless.What The Right Nationoffers, however, is not simply a list of dissimilarcharacteristics between the United States andEurope (and indeed, the rest of the world), butan utterly absorbing explanation of why this isso. Micklethwait and Wooldridge intricately tracethe rise of an obscure and marginalised creedthat rose to prominence as a reaction to theliberal-overreach of the 1960s, but also because‘America has conservatism encoded into itsDNA.’They argue compellingly that it was both‘an idea whose time had come’ and, to quoteAlexis de Tocqueville, ‘so inevitable and yet socompletely unforeseen’.

America, then, is different, and is certain toremain so for the foreseeable future.The bestremedy therefore, much to the chagrin of manyEuropeans, must be to seek only to understandit better, and there is absolutely no better placeto start than with this book.

Sacha Kumaria

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PROFILE: HEALTHREFORM.CZ – A FRESH LOOK AT HEALTH SYSTEMS

Health Reform.cz was founded byPavel Hrobon (MD, MS) Tomás Julínek(MD) and Tomás Machácek (MD) inthe spring of 2004.An independentthink tank, it is focused on thedesign, communication andimplementation of a health systemsuitable for 21st century Europe.

WHAT THEY DOHealth Reform.cz cooperates with academicexperts and hands-on practitioners in evaluatingcurrent health systems and on the formulationof new ideas.Their ultimate aim is to prepare ablueprint for the implementation of substantialchanges.They also organise conferences,debates and other forums to spread their ideas among experts, interest groups and the general public.

WHAT THEY BELIEVEHealth systems as we know them today arebased on past realities.The nature of healthcare, patient expectations and their financialsituations have changed radically since thecurrent health systems were designed; be itthe Bismarckian model of statutory insuranceor tax funded national health systems.Thesesystems once enabled general access to health services and the development of health technologies. However, their inherentcharacteristics, especially the isolation ofconsumers from the economic consequencesof care provision, have contributed toinefficiencies, waste, and the reduction ofresponsibility and freedom.They are bothunsustainable and undesirable.

The existing funding arrangements have alsostunted competition and productivity and,as a consequence, the further development of health services.The rapidly changingdemographic situation in Europe is quicklyunmasking these deficiencies.

Health Reform.cz believe that these ills arecurable. Their goal is to open health care tofundamental economic laws and relationsapplied in other industries while preservinggeneral access to health services. Fundamentalsof their work include:

Choice and motivation to responsibleconsumption of health care for citizensRegulated competition of health insurersand their products – health plansCompetition of health services providers onprice and quality

PROSPECTSHealth Reform.cz aims to prepare acomprehensive blueprint for reform of theCzech health system by 2006. However, theirwork is not limited by geography or time.Theyare addressing problems which arefundamental for all current European healthsystems. Of particular interest is comparison of

health reform efforts in the new EU memberstates of Central and Eastern Europe.Thesecountries have to a large extent copied healthsystems of the old members but without thesustainable sources of finance needed tomaintain them.This makes the prospect ofexciting changes in Eastern Europeanhealthcare all the more imminent.

Main areas of interest Impact of health care funding and provisionon economic growthOptimisation of health insurers and healthprovider competitionDefinition of scope of obligatory healthinsurance Potential for medical savings accounts in EuropeProvision of information on quality of care

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PROFILE: JERUSALEM INSTITUTEFOR MARKET STUDIES

Israel is still far behind most advanced industrial economies in terms ofeconomic freedom. Government expenditures constitute 56% of Israel’s GDP,and Israel has one of the highest tax burdens in the world.The size of thepublic sector, the immense power of the national labour unions and thesympathy for socialism among the intellectual elite, make the formation of a popular consensus for free market reforms a difficult, but essential task.

JIMS was founded in May 2003 by Robert M.Sauer, who emigrated to Israel from the UnitedStates after receiving a Ph.D. in economicsfrom New York University in 1995. Since 1995,Sauer has taught economics in the UnitedStates at Brown University and in Israel atBarIlan University,Tel Aviv University and theHebrew University of Jerusalem.

WHAT THEY DOThe Jerusalem Institute for Market Studies(JIMS) is an independent, nonprofit economicpolicy think tank whose mission is to discoverpractical ways to promote free markets andlimited government in Israel and the region,and to inform and educate the public aboutthe benefits of free-market reforms throughthe publication of original research papers and the writing of newspaper editorials.JIMS is not affiliated with any political parties or special interest groups.

WHAT THEY BELIEVEJIMS believes that Israel would greatly benefitfrom more economic freedom, and that thereduction of the public sector throughprivatisation and outsourcing is the only means by which to ensure sustainableeconomic growth. A drastic reduction of the tax burden will enable private enterpriseto flourish and will increase the standard of living for all Israelis, including the morevulnerable sectors of society. All import tariffsand quotas should be unilaterally abolishedand a flat-rate income tax should be adopted.The national defence and welfare budgetsmust also be significantly reduced.To reducethe defence budget, JIMS strongly advocatesthe outsourcing of non-core military activitiesas well as standard core reserve dutyfunctions.To reduce the welfare budget, JIMSsupports the adoption of work-based welfareinitiatives and increased tax-deductibility ofcharitable donations given to local non-profitorganisations that are effective at caring for the needy.

RECENT AND FORTHCOMINGPUBLICATIONS

Labor Market Reform – Abolishing UnnecessaryOccupational Licensing Requirements

A recent JIMS research paper, co-authored byAdriana D. Kugler and Robert M. Sauer, exposesthe detrimental effects of unnecessarily strictre-licensing requirements that immigrantphysicians face upon arrival to Israel. Immigrantphysicians must pass a general medical licensingexam, even after many years of practice in theprofession in their home countries.The generalmedical licensing exam constitutes a barrier toentry into the profession that leads to excessphysician wages, higher public health expendituresand lower quality physicians.The researchpaper, entitled, “Doctors Without Borders? Re-licensing Requirements and NegativeSelection in the Market for Physicians,” willappear in the July 2005 issue of the Journal ofLabor Economics, published by the University of Chicago Press.

Welfare Reform - Can Civil Society Finance a Private Welfare System?

JIMS will soon publish a research reportentitled, “Can Civil Society Finance a PrivateWelfare System?” co-authored by CorinneSauer and Robert M. Sauer.The purpose of thepaper is to assess the feasibility of financing anational welfare programme solely throughvoluntary charitable donations. In a privatelyfinanced national welfare programme, thegovernment’s main role would be to providetax incentives for charitable giving to privatenon-profit organisations that deliver welfare-to-work services. In order to address the questionof whether or not such a program is financiallyfeasible, the authors estimate the sensitivity ofcharitable giving to changes in the tax regime.

The empirical results, using data on Israelihousehold charitable giving, indicate that taxrevenues more than fully crowd out voluntarycontributions.That is, the total amount ofmoney available in society for welfare serviceswould actually be greater in a system that didnot confiscate funds from taxpayers, butrather encouraged more voluntary givingthrough tax deductions.

Privatising National Defence

JIMS is also currently examining the USexperience in outsourcing both non-core and core military activities to the private sector.JIMS believes that the Israel Defence Forces(IDF) and the Israeli economy could greatlybenefit from US experience in this area. Byoutsourcing to the private sector, the State ofIsrael could drastically cut defence expenditures,improve its overall military capability and combateffectiveness, and leave taxpayers with moredisposable income to support local businesses.

contact:www.jims-israel.org/pages/1/index.htm

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NETWORKMEMBERPROFILES

Centre for Liberal Democratic Studies Country: Serbia and Montenegro

Website: www.clds.org.yu

During October and November, theCLDS will run a series of privateconferences examining the most

important issues of job creation in Serbia.Themain purpose of these discussions is to identifyand eliminate obstacles to doing business inSerbia and to boost the demand for labour.Currently, the CLDS plans to hold a publicsummary conference on these findings inDecember 2004.

CLDS will also publish its newproposal for taxation reform in Serbiain October.The proposal deals with

property taxation and agriculture (farmers)taxation as well as substantial reform of thecumbersome and antiquated system ofcontributions and fees as non-tax public revenueto central and local authorities. A substantialstreamlining of the systems has been suggestedthat focuses on a new approach to propertyvaluation, which will enable local communities toincrease their budgetary revenues.

CivitaCountry: Norway

Website: www.civita.no

The Oslo-based think tank Civita willbe hosting a seminar on November9th for the publication of its new

book The Silent Revolution – 15 years since the fall of the Iron Curtain, a study by the notedNorwegian foreign commentator Nils Morten ofthe changes in Europe since the end of SovietCommunism and the spread of democratic andliberal market ideas in Eastern Europe.

Also in November, Civita are hostingtheir Oscarsborg Academy.To beheld in Oscarborg Castle on a

recently-demilitarised island in the Oslo Fjord,the Academy is intending to foster debateabout political and economic liberty amongyoung political leaders and business trainees.

Civita are translating Dr EamonnButler’s book on the AustrianEconomist Friedrich von Hayek:

Hayek, His Contribution to the Political andEconomic Thought of Our Time, which will be the first book on Hayek in Norwegian since the first print run of The Road to Serfdom in the1940s. Dr Butler, of the London-based AdamSmith Institute, will speak at the book’s launchon December 7th.

Institute for Market Economics Country: Bulgaria

Wesbite: www.ime-bg.org

At the end of October, the Institutefor Market Economy (IME) willpresent its alternative “low tax”

government budget for the year 2005.Theeconomists of the Institute propose Bulgariashould adopt a 10% flat rate for all direct taxes– corporate tax, income tax and social securitytax. IME will organise a press conference and willalso host a discussion with the BulgarianMacroeconomic Association on the tax cutproposal.The 10% flat tax proposal wasdesigned by IME and supported by 100economists in an open letter to the Minister ofFinance in March 2004.The Institute has beenissuing a Flat Tax Bulletin since August to educatethe public on the economics benefits of lowtaxes and to build up support for the proposal.

Istituto Bruno LeoniCountry: Italy

Website: www.brunoleoni.it

On December 10, IBL will host ameeting with June Arunga, theKenyan student who presented the

documentary ‘The Devil’s Footpath’ for theBBC. June Arunga will be interviewed by Didi Leoni, one of Italy’s most prominent TVjournalists (and the daughter of Bruno Leoni,after whom IBL is named).

Later in the month, IBL will host aforum on its new Briefing Paper, aconcise proposal for the liberalisation

of information to patients. A very controversialsubject, the IBL addresses the topic not just inthe name of economic efficiency, but in order to preserve the right of free speech.

In December, IBL is also publishingtwo books: Più energia per tutti, editedby Carlo Stagnaro, IBL Director for

Environmental Issues, and by Margo Thorning,Director of the International Council for CapitalFormation, contains analyses and proposals forItaly’s and Europe’s energy policy. I misfattidell’istruzione pubblica, by Denis de Rougemont,is the Italian translation of a powerful pamphletagainst public education authored by the greatSwiss scholar and writer.

Institute for Economic AffairsCountry: England

Website: www.iea.org.uk

In November 2004 the IEA willpublish The ECB and the Euro: TheFirst Five Years by Otmar Issing, a

member of the Governing Council of theECB.The monograph is an assessment of the first five years of the euro and theoperation of the ECB as a central bank.The monograph will also contain acommentary on Professor Issing's view byDavid B. Smith, Chief Economist at Williamsde Broe and Chairman of the IEA ShadowMonetary Policy Committee.

The IEA will also host under 30s and student events in November andJanuary. On November 23rd James

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Bartholomew will speak on his recent book The Welfare State We’re In, and on January 25thProfessor Mark Pennington will discuss ‘PrivateEducation for All’.

Lithuanian Free Market InstituteCountry: Lithuania

Website: www.freema.org

The LFMI will host a seminar entitled‘Strengthening think tanks in Easternand Central Europe: Good Practice

Exchange’ between 11-14th November inVilnius.The seminar is the first of its kindorganised in Eastern and Central Europe, and isdesigned to enable Eastern and CentralEuropean think tanks to exchange examples ofgood practice in the fields of policy advocacy,project management, relations with governmentalinstitutions, fundraising, and public relations.

Ludwig von Mises Institute Country: Belgium

Website: www.vonmisesinstitute-europe.org

The LVMI will host a conference onthe European Constitution onNovember 24 at the Crown Hotel in

Brussels. ‘Europe:Your future, your Constitution’will be jointly hosted with the Friedrich NaumaanStiftung, Brussels, and The Hayek Institute,Vienna,and will feature Mart Laar, former Prime Ministerof Estonia, Frank Field, British Labour MP,AlainMadelin, former French Economics Minister andBrian Carney of the Wall Street Journal Europe.

After the New Year, the LVMI, incooperation with the BrusselsInstitute, will host a dinner debate for

Johan Norberg, author of In Defence of GlobalCapitalism at the Grand Hotel ‘Le Mercure’ inBrussels. Later in February, the LVMI will hold aconference on ‘Corporate Governance: ManagingRisk and Compliance with Good Controls’, whichwill feature M.Tabaksblat, Chairman of the

Commission Corporate Governance in theNetherlands, Prof. E. Guldentops, University ofAntwerp, and E. Sternberg, author of CorporateGovernance:Accountability in the Marketplace.

New Economic School Country: Georgia

Website: www.nes.ru/english

The NES Georgia, in cooperation with the Foundation for EconomicEducation (FEE), will host two public

meetings and two open lectures betweenOctober 22-27 at Tbilisi State University and theGeorgian Ministry of Economic Affairs.Also, inOctober, the NES will host an internationalseminar on the ‘Foundations of Liberty: FreeMarkets, Free Men and Free Minds’. Held at thepopular Bakuriani ski resort in the Samtzkhe-Javaxeti region of central Georgia, the conferencewill feature Dr. Richard M. Ebeling, President ofFEE, Mr Paata Sheshelidze, President of the NES-Georgia, Mr Kakha Benduqidze, the GeorgianMinister for Economics.

The NES – Georgia will also publishthe third book in their ‘Library ofLiberty’ series, entitled French

Liberalism – from Classics to Moderns.Working inco-operation with the Institute for EconomicStudies, the text examines the contribution ofscholars such as Bastiat, Say, Cobden and deJouvenel as well as a number of modern Frenchfree market authors.

NovaResPublicaCountry : Italy

Website : www.novarespublica.org

Since mid-2004 the NRP, incooperation with the Bocconi Schoolof Management (SDA), has been

conducting a research survey examining howbest to support innovation, research anddevelopment processes in Italian enterprise.

The minutes of the first forum of entrepreneurs,academics and members of public institutionswill be published in the September/October2004 edition of Economia & Management.In early 2005, NRP and the SDA will host apublic conference to present the results of theresearch study.

WOULD YOU LIKE TO JOIN THESTOCKHOLM NETWORK?Please contact us on +44 20 7354 8888 or email our Director of Programmes,Sacha Kumaria sacha@stockholm-network.org.

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WHAT IS THE STOCKHOLMNETWORK?The Stockholm Network is a one-stop shopfor organisations seeking to work with Europe’s brightest policymakers and thinkers.Our unique network of over 120 market-oriented think tanks in Europe and furtherafield, gives us the capacity to deliver localmessages and locally-tailored global messagesacross the EU and beyond. Joining theStockholm Network gives you unparalleledaccess to the best European policy thinking,the opportunity to lead debates and changethe climate of ideas in Europe and the chanceto meet the key players in shaping the policydebates of tomorrow.

WHAT POLICY ISSUES DO WE DISCUSS?The Network is interested in ideas whichstimulate economic growth and help people to help themselves.We promote policies whichcreate the social and economic conditions for a free society.These include:

Reforming European welfare states andcreating a more flexible labour marketCreating competition and choice inhealthcare, through reform of Europeanhealth systems and marketsCreating a market in which world-classeducation can flourishTaking a practical, market-oriented look at environmental affairsEmphasising the benefits of globalisation and creating an understanding of free market ideas and institutions

WHAT DO WE DO?The Stockholm Network maintains a website(www.stockholm-network.org) which containsa comprehensive directory of European freemarket think tanks and thinkers.We advertiseforthcoming events (our own and those ofpartner organisations) and facilitate publicationexchange and translation between think tanks.We also post regular news flashes and updateson European think tank activities.

Our events provide an excellent opportunityfor networking with high-profile Europeanpolicy makers and opinion formers.

Previous attendees have included: CharlotteCederschiold,Vice President of the EuropeanParliament; Clive Crook, Deputy Director,The Economist;Vince Cable MP, LiberalDemocrat Shadow Chancellor ; Frits Bolkestein,EU Commissioner for the Internal Market;Conor Cruise O’Brien, author and historian;Hans Hoogervorst, then Dutch Social Security

Minister, now Health Minister ; Jason Turner,architect of Wisconsin and New York’s welfare to work schemes; Philippe Legrain,author of Open World:The Truth aboutGlobalisation; Johan Norberg, author of InDefence of Global Capitalism.

Our events and books have received mediacoverage across Europe, including BBC TV andBBC Radio 4, the Financial Times, the FrankfurterAllgemeine Zeitung, La Repubblica, Le Point, TheEconomist,The Business, the Wall Street JournalEurope, The Sun, the Daily Express, the News ofthe World, Public Finance magazine, The Sprout,The New Statesman magazine, Dagens Nyheterof Sweden, Pravo of the Czech Republic andHospodárské Noviny of the Czech Republic.Topics have ranged from labour market flexibilityand tax harmonisation to health system reform,welfare to work and immigration.

HOW COULD YOU OR YOURORGANISATION BENEFIT FROMSN MEMBERSHIP?

Expand your database by meeting new contacts from across EuropeExpose your own expert voices to a wider audienceReceive weekly Stockholm Network email updates and quarterly newslettersReceive Stockholm Network Books & PublicationsGet invitations to Stockholm NetworkEvents & Activities

ABOUT THE NETWORK

SACHA KUMARIA is the StockholmNetwork’s Director of Programmes.He is responsible for liaising with themember think-tanks, and co-ordinatingresearch projects and events. He alsocompiles the weekly e-newsletter.

Sacha joined the Stockholm Network inJanuary after a successful research internship at Civitas, a civil society think-tank andStockholm Network member in London.He previously worked part-time as a studentcaller during his postgraduate studies, raisingmoney for the University of Warwick AlumniFund. After growing up in Hong Kong, Sachareturned to the UK to continue his studies,and holds a Degree in English and AmericanLiterature and a Masters in Ancient Historyfrom the University of Warwick

DAN LEWIS is the Director of Environmental Affairs at theStockholm Network.

Dan has worked as a journalist but combinesthis with pragmatic research. He is committedto finding workable, cost-effective solutions forthe environment that policymakers can use.He has contributed to numerous publications,including Refocus, Sustain magazine and the Wall Street Journal Europe. His report for theEconomic Research Council, Recharging TheNation, an economics-based assessment ofexisting, renewable technologies and theirprospects for expansion, put the case forGreen Energy in the UK at the right price ifcombined with market-driven policies. He hassince advised policymakers and investors aboutrenewables and the environment.

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HELEN DISNEY is the Director of the Stockholm Network. Herbackground is in public policy and the media. She also undertakesconsultancy work on public policyissues for corporate clients.

Formerly an editorial writer for The Times andan editorial writer and commentator for theDaily Express, Helen continues to writeregularly on a range of public policy topics forsuch publications as the Daily Express andSunday Express, Public Finance, Public ServiceMagazine, and The Sprout, a satirical Brussels-based magazine, as well as regular weeklyentries for the Centre for the New Europe’shealth weblog, CNE Health. She also makesregular appearances on TV and in radiodebates including ‘Heart of the Matter’, ‘Kilroy’,BBC News, BBC Radio Scotland , Radio 4’sTalking Politics and the BBC World Service.

Between 1996 and 2000, Helen worked at theSocial Market Foundation, an independent pro-market think tank in Westminster, where she wasDeputy Director and Editor of The Review, aquarterly journal. She has edited a number ofthink-tank publications including The Sex-ChangeSociety by Melanie Phillips, published by the SocialMarket Foundation, and Europe’s Welfare Burden,and Breaking Down the Barriers published byCivitas:The Institute for the Study of Civil Societyfor the Stockholm Network.

Helen has been the Director of the StockholmNetwork since 1997, and is a founding memberof the organisation. She holds a degree inFrench and Italian from Bristol University andspeaks conversational Spanish.

NICOLE GRAY CONCHAR isDirector of Development at theStockholm Network. Her career in public policy and think tankfundraising spans two continents and more than ten years.

From 1992 to 1998, she was Director ofSponsor Services at the Cato Institute inWashington DC, responsible for raising highdollar contributions from individuals and forexecuting major donor events around the world.In 1998 Nicole moved to New York to becomeDevelopment Director at School ChoiceScholarships and, concurrently, MembershipDirector at the Manhattan Institute.

She took leave of absence from the publicpolicy and think tank world on two occasionsto work on Steve Forbes’ 1996 and 2000presidential campaigns. In 2000, she also becameDirector of Development at the Foundation for Economic Education in Irvington, New Yorkand served as its interim President.

Prior to relocating to the United Kingdom in2003, Nicole was founding Executive Directorof the Donald & Paula Smith Family Foundationin New York.The mission of the Foundation isto defend free speech and a free society.This is achieved through the critical examination ofideas and the sponsoring of public policydebates and related activities in the New YorkCity area.

Nicole has a B.A. in Communications, LegalInstitutions, Economics & Government from the American University in Washington DC.

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The Stockholm Network is Europe’sonly dedicated service organisation for market-oriented think tanks and thinkers. Spanning almost 40 countries and 120 think tanks,our unique organisation has thecapacity to deliver local messages and locally-tailored global messagesacross the EU and beyond.

Through our publications, weekly newsletter,and special events, members are able toexchange ideas and make an impact on a widerange of public policy topics and ideas.

If you know of a new organisation you think would benefit from StockholmNetwork membership, please contact ouroffice at info@stockholm-network.org and let us know.

“Free-marketers preachglobalisation and internationalcontacts, but we rarely practiceas we should. The StockholmNetwork’s activities and invaluablenetworks are changing that,by connecting the forces ofEuropean liberalism.”Johan Norberg, Timbro, Sweden & author, In Defence of Global Capitalism

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Adam Smith Institutewww.adamsmith.orgEnglandAdam Smith Societywww.adamsmith.itItalyAlbanian Center for Economic Researchwww.balkannetwork.org/albania.htmAlbania Anders Chydenius Foundationwww.chydenius.net/eng/index.aspFinlandAssociation for Liberal Thinkingwww.liberal-dt.org.trTurkeyAssociation for Modern Economywww.ame.org.mkMacedoniaAvenir Suissewww.avenir-suisse.chSwitzerlandBalkan Networkwww.balkannetwork.orgBalkansBertil Ohlin Institutewww.ohlininstitutet.orgSwedenBow Groupwww.bowgroup.org EnglandCausa Liberalwww.causaliberal.netPortugalCenter for Liberal-Democratic Studieswww.clds.org.yuYugoslaviaCentre for Democracy and Free Enterprisewww.cdfe.cz/englishCzech RepublicCentre for Economic Developmentwww.cphr.skSlovakiaCentre for European Reformwww.cer.org.ukEnglandCentre for Liberal Strategieswww.cls-sofia.orgBulgariaCentre for Policy Studieswww.cps.org.uk/start.htmEnglandCentre for Political Thoughtwww.omp.org.pl/indexang.htmlPolandCentre for Research into Post-Communist Economieswww.crce.org.ukEnglandCentre for the New Europewww.cne.orgBelgiumCentre for the Study of Democracywww.csd.bgBulgariaCentro Einaudiwww.centroeinaudi.itItalyCentrum im.Adama SmithaPolandwww.adam-smith.plCercles Liberauxwww.cerclesliberaux.comFranceCIDASwww.cidas.itItalyCirculo de Empresarioswww.circulodeempresarios.orgSpainCivic Institutewww.obcinst.czCzech RepublicCivitawww.civita.noNorwayCivitaswww.civitas.org.ukEnglandCortese Foundationwww.fondazionecortese.it/fc_eng.htmItalyCouncil on Public Policywww.council.uni-bayreuth.deGermany

David Hume Institutewww.davidhumeinstitute.comScotland E.G.West Centrewww.ncl.ac.uk/egwestEngland Economic Policy Institutewww.epi-bg.orgBulgariaEdmund Burke Foundationwww.burkestichting.nl/content/en/index.htmlHollandEdmund Burke Institutewww.edmundburke-institute.comIrelandEkomewww.ekome.gr/English/default.aspGreeceEudoxawww.eudoxa.se/usa/index.htmlSwedenEuro 92www.euro92.com/new/europe.php3FranceEuropean Ideas Networkwww.epp-ed.europarl.eu.intBelgiumEuropean Policy Centrewww.theepc.netBelgiumEVAwww.eva.fi/eng/index.phpFinlandF.A. v. Hayek Institutewww.hayek-institut.atAustriaFondation Concordewww.fondationconcorde.com/html/accueil.htmlFranceFondazione Liberalwww.liberalfondazione.itItalyFondazione Luigi Einaudiwww.fondeinaudiroma.itItalyFoundation for Market Economywww.fme.huHungaryFrédéric Bastiat Stichtingwww.bastiatstichting.nlNetherlands Free Democraticwww.freedemocratic.orgNorwayFree Market Centrewww.fmc.org.yuYugoslaviaFriedrich Naumann Stiftungwww.fnst.de/webcom/show_article.php/_c-449/i.htmlGermanyFriedrich von Hayek Gesellschaftwww.hayek.deGermanyFundacion Internacional para la Libertad (FIL)www.fundacionfil.orgSpainGdansk Institute for Market Economicswww.ibngr.edu.plPolandGlobal Business Research Institutewww.gbri.orgEnglandHayek Foundation, Russiawww.hayek.ruRussiaHayek Foundation, Slovakiawww.hayek.sk SlovakiaHayek Societywww.hayek.huHungaryHealth Reform.czwww.healthreform.czCzech RepublicIFRAP (French Institute for Research into Public Administration)www.ifrap.orgFranceIndependent Institute of Socio-Economic and Political Studieswww.iiseps.byRepublic of BelarusINEKOwww.ineko.sk/english Slovakia

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Liberty Netwww.libertynet.grGreeceLithuanian Free Market Institutewww.freema.orgLithuaniaLudwig von Mises Institute Europewww.vonmisesinstitute-europe.orgBelgium Ludwig von Mises Institute, Romaniawww.misesromania.orgRomaniaMarkedscentretwww.markedscentret.dkDenmarkM.E.S.A. 10 www.mesa10.sk/en/Slovakia New Economic School, Georgiawww.economics.geGeorgiaNew Economic School, Russiawww.nes.ru/englishRussiaNew Social Market Economy Foundationwww.chancenfueralle.deGermanyNova Civitaswww.novacivitas.orgBelgiumNova Res Publicawww.novarespublica.orgItalyOpen Republic Institutewww.openrepublic.orgIrelandParadigmeswww.paradigmes.comFrancePoderlimitado.orgwww.poderlimitado.orgSpainPolicy Exchangewww.policyexchange.org.ukEnglandPoliteiawww.politeia.co.ukEnglandProject Empowermentwww.project-empowerment.orgEnglandRatio Institutewww.ratioinstitutet.nuSwedenReformwww.reformbritain.comEnglandRomania Think Tankwww.thinktankromania.roRomaniaRomanian Centre for Economic Policieswww.cerope.roRomaniaSauvegarde Retraiteswww.sauvegarde-retraites.orgFranceSocial Affairs Unitwww.socialaffairsunit.org.ukEnglandStiftung Marktwirtschaftwww.stiftung-marktwirtschaft.deGermanyThe Taxpayers’ Alliance www.taxpayersalliance.comUKTelders Foundationwww.teldersstichting.nlHollandThink Tank for International GovernanceResearchwww.tigra.atAustriaThomas More Institutewww.institut-thomas-more.orgBelgiumTimbrowww.timbro.seSwedenUkranian Centre for Independent PoliticalResearchwww.ucipr.kiev.ua/index.php?newlang=engUkraine

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THE WESTMINSTER FRINGEIs Britain a Nanny State? 30th November, One Great George Street, London SW1

In the first of a new series of ‘Westminster Fringe’ debates organised by theStockholm Network and The Economist, a panel of experts will debate whetherBritain is becoming a Nanny State? Has the state’s role in regulating personalbehaviour become too intrusive? Does the Government really need to tell uswhat to eat or how to parent? Or, as traditional units of civil society includingthe family, the church and voluntary bodies have weakened, should the state play a greater role in dealing with social problems?

The debate takes place on 30th November, 6 for 6.30 - 8.30pm,at One Great George St, London SW1 (closest tubes, St James Park & Westminster).

To request an invitation, please email sacha@stockholm-network.org

SECURITY IN A BORDERLESS WORLDThis November, the Stockholm Network is helping co-ordinate a series of seminars by London-based think tanks.

The increasingly globalised nature of the world has brought many benefits but also created many new threats.This series of four seminars will examinecurrent and potential solutions to the negative side-effects of our borderlessworld.The Centre for Policy Studies will examine the legal ramifications of the increased movement of people and goods, while Policy Exchange willinvestigate the efficacy of the anti-terrorism legislation introduced since 9/11.Reform will explore the arguments for and against the introduction of identitycards, and the Social Affairs Unit will consider the reform and future role of the domestic and international security services.

For more information about this series of seminars, please contactsacha@stockholm-network.org

THE AMIGO SOCIETYAlso coming this Autumn is the launch of the AmigoSociety, a regular series of events held at the HotelAmigo in Brussels.

The series will kick off with opening lectures from healthcare experts aroundthe world, highlighting how other countries' systems operate and where Europecan learn from best practice overseas. Speakers confirmed so far include BrianLee Crowley, Director of the Atlantic Institute for Market Studies (AIMS) inCanada (12th October) and Johan Hjertqvist, Director of Timbro Health inBrussels (16th November – TBC).

To find out more, email Helen Disney at helen@stockholm-network.org