Kurt Weber
For more than 24 years Kurt T. Weber has been an activist for liberty. During his undergraduate and graduate school years he organized student groups, ran an active campaign for the Kalamazoo City Council in Michigan, spent a summer petitioning in several states to get a third party on the ballot and was a regular columnist for college newspapers.
Mr. Weber spent a decade of service with Cascade Policy Institute in Portland, Oregon. He joined the Institute in 1993 as its program director and was eventually promoted to vice president. Among his responsibilities as vice president were budget and strategic planning and staff management.
Mr. Weber has worked with a number of state, national and international classical liberal organizations, including the Institute for Humane Studies, Atlas Economic Research Foundation, the Mackinac Center for Public Policy and the Acton Institute for the Study of Religion & Liberty. In 1992 he traveled throughout Latin America, consulting with think tanks in six countries. Mr. Weber also helped organize an institute in Ecuador and worked with Junior Achievement Argentina in Buenos Aires.
Mr. Weber has over 80 published newspaper commentaries, which have appeared in The Oregonian and numerous other Oregon publications, as well as The Orange County Register (California) and The Houston Post. He also has 150 radio commentaries to his credit.
Mr. Weber was graduated from Western Michigan University with dual degrees and honors in finance and public administration. He holds a masters degree in international relations from the University of Virginia.
Tuesday, February 19, 2008BreakTheMatrix.com, for libertyTaking the message from the internet to mainstream America By Kurt T. WeberFiled As: GeneralInterested in advancing liberty (and markets) through mainstream media? Want to give John Stossel and Dr. Walter Williams some allies on the airwaves? Visit www.breakthematrix.com. See what role you might want to play in the formation of Basic Media. The ... more »»
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Thursday, February 7, 2008Put "Call of the Entrepreneur" on PBSActon Institute documentary accepted by NETA, the largest PBS distributor By Kurt T. WeberFiled As: GeneralHelp educate many about how entrepreneurs benefit society! Identify your local PBS station, contact it by phone or email, ask that "The Call of the Entrepreneur" be shown Sat., ... more »»
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Wednesday, January 30, 2008“Sophie Scholl: The Final Days”An inspirational film about courage, freedom By Kurt T. WeberFiled As: General“Sophie Scholl: The Final Days” was a 2005 Academy Award Nominee for Best Foreign Language Film. As imdb.com notes, the movie is a “dramatization of the final days of Sophie Scholl, one of the most famous members of the German World War ... more »»
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Sunday, December 9, 2007$17,500 in Prizes, Economic Communicators ContestBy Kurt T. WeberFiled As: GeneralAre you, or is someone you know, an effective communicator of economic concepts? If so, enter The Association of Private Enterprise Education’s second annual Economic Communicators ... more »»
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Friday, November 30, 2007The Biggest Tax Cut in Arkansas HistoryState sales tax on groceries sliced in half By Kurt T. WeberFiled As: Budget and TaxArkansas Policy Foundation executive director Greg Kaza reports:
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Thursday, November 15, 2007TN State Sen. Fined $120,000 – Thanks to Think TankPolitician caught stealing campaign donations By Kurt T. WeberFiled As: GeneralThe Tennessee Center for Policy Research found evidence of malfeasance, filed a complaint and on Nov. 14 the Tennessee Registry of Election Finance fined State Sen. Jerry Cooper $120,000. Seems the state senator funneled a good ... more »»
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Thursday, November 1, 2007Laugh for LibertyHave more fun free marketeers and freedom lovers! By Kurt T. WeberFiled As: General“Laugh for Livability” was advertised on the radio this week. Sponsored by the Coalition for a Livable Future, the LfL is another command-and-control-types fundraiser. That said, the event name has stuck with me; it smacks of fun. Advocates of liberty are the Party of Life. Yet, it ... more »»
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Thursday, November 1, 2007Students for a Free EconomyMichigan’s Mackinac Center goes back to school By Kurt T. WeberFiled As: GeneralStudents for a Free Economy is “tasked with taking the ideas that Mackinac Center scholars have promoted…and finding ways to propagate them” on Great Lake State campuses. According to the article ... more »»
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Wednesday, October 31, 2007(Free) Marketing to Sport EnthusiastsBy Kurt T. WeberFiled As: GeneralSports fans make up a sizeable marketing demographic. Without a doubt some fans are interested in liberty and markets. Thus, the Institute for Justice gets three cheers for successfully pitching an eminent domain abuse article to ... more »»
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Wednesday, October 31, 2007Student Scholarships, Seminars and CompetitionsBy Kurt T. WeberFiled As: GeneralCollege students interested in liberty, markets and peace click through to the Institute for Humane Studies. IHS offers scholarships, writing competitions, think tank internships, summer seminars and more. Whatever your interest – from teaching to film production, ... more »»
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