Laptop computers are used to document key themes at
every table and the results are instantly shared with participants,
media and policy-makers and others in leadership positions.

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----The book The Not
So Wild, Wild West, coauthored by Hoover Institution senior fellow
Terry L.

Business Editors /Political Writers

WASHINGTON----AmericaSpeaks, Inc.

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globalvoices.

domestic policy

Anderson is the John and Jean DeNault Senior Fellow at
Hoover. This is the second year in a row that PERC has won the
award .

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It is entirely accessible and often quite delightful.

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It reveals that the famed violence of the "Wild
West" is an exaggeration.

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Anderson, has won the Sir Antony Fisher International
Memorial Award from the Atlas Economic Research Foundation."
The Fisher Award is given annually by the Fairfax , Virginia-based
Atlas Economic Research Foundation in honor of its founder, Sir Antony
Fisher . At this event, Lukensmeyer and
her team of trained facilitators provided support to these leaders
during a Global Town Hall in which they discussed and prioritized
world issues that most need their attention.
Global Voices brings together hundreds and even thousands of
people during its 21st Century Town Meetings(R).

liberty generating

, is a nonprofit,
nonpartisan organization that seeks to transform democracy by engaging
citizens more directly in the public decisions that impact their
lives.

Since its founding in 1995, AmericaSpeaks has conducted its
21st Century Town Meetings(R) across the U.

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Lukensmeyer, founder
and president of AmericaSpeaks and general manager of Global Voices.

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About AmericaSpeaks

AmericaSpeaks, based in Washington, D.

hoover committed

Their book -- the product of years of research -- explores the
role of property rights and self-government in the development of the
western United States.

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" He calls the
book a "treasure trove of wonderful stories" and a book that
"challenges conventional wisdom and challenges us all with its
rigorous application of freely transferable property rights.
Information about the book is available at
http://www .C.

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The Atlas Foundation is known for
its efforts in supporting intellectual entrepreneurs worldwide through
the establishment of public policy institutes.
Terry L. He also is executive director of the Property and Environment
Research Center, a think tank focusing on market solutions to
environmental problems located in Bozeman, Montana. Both are former economics professors at
Montana State University .

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These leaders agreed that
poverty, equitable globalization, climate change, education, Middle
East and global governance merit the most attention.

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"Our model of deliberative democracy ensures that organizations and
governments gain valuable input from citizens on such issues as
budgeting, land use planning and policy development--input that leads
to more transparency, accountability and better decision-making. and internationally on
such issues as policy development, budgeting, planning, and
multinational collaboration.

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Last year, Atlas honored PERC for Eco-Nomics: What Everyone
Should Know about Economics and the Environment, by Richard L.

hoover develops

The award was made in late April in Miami , Florida, where the
foundation held its annual meeting.
Lukensmeyer said Global Voices will grow in scope over time as it
forms partnerships with organizations around the world that share a
commitment to citizen engagement and building stronger democracies. For more information, please visit:
www .

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org/book. At these meetings,
participants working in small groups with trained facilitators discuss
issues at length, exchange ideas and use wireless keypads to register
their opinions.
For more information on Global Voices please visit
www.AmericaSpeaks.

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Stroup,
a senior fellow of PERC and a professor of economics at Montana State
University.

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The Not So Wild Wild West Coauthored by Hoover Fellow Terry Anderson Wins Atlas Foundation Award

Coauthor Peter J. People living on the frontier -- whether
Indians, cowboys, miners, or settlers -- found that it was generally
in their self -interest to cooperate peacefully with one another.
The Not So Wild, Wild West, published in 2004 by Stanford
University Press, has been receiving favorable reviews. The award comes with a $5,000 honorarium for the recipient
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In January 2005, the Global Voices methodology was used at the
World Economic Forum in Davos, where more than 5,000 global leaders
gathered to discuss the global agenda.

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Frank D., a
nonprofit that pioneered electronic town meetings to engage citizens
in public decision-making, today announced that it will make its
services available internationally under the Global Voices brand.S.

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Business Editors/Education Editors

STANFORD, Calif. John Blundell,
in a forthcoming review in the British journal Economic Affairs, says:
"Read it and you will see the world around you very differently and
you will read history through a new set of eye glasses.

Global Voices Offers High-Tech Approach to Strengthening Democracies Worldwide; Organization Led Global Town Hall at World Economic Forum in Davos

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stanford governments

Hill is a PERC senior fellow.
"The strength of democracies everywhere depends on the level of
participation of its citizenry," said Carolyn J.

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Lewis, writing in the online Economic History Services
website , said the book "should have special appeal to undergraduates.sup.