Globalisation:International Policy Network: Ideology and aims
Introduction
Mission
IPN's mission is to 'share ideas that free people'. It believes in de-regulation but that 'where regulations are necessary... they should be based on sound science. IPN educates opinion formers around the world about market solutions to public policy problems, especially those of a global nature. IPN aims to empower individuals and promote respect for people and property in order to eliminate poverty, improve human health and protect the environment they promote public awareness of the importance of this vision for all people, both rich and poor. IPN seeks to achieve its vision by promoting the role of market institutions in certain key international policy debates: sustainable development, health, and globalisation and trade. IPN works with academics, think tanks, journalists and policymakers on every continent. '[1]
Free trade is one of the most debated topics in economics of the 19th, 20th, and 21st century. IPN’s trade project emphasizes the benefits of freedom to trade for all people, and the benefits of open investment, and competition between jurisdictions in matters of tax and regulatory policy. Free trade enables people to lead better lives and it benefits the environment as well, according to Julian Morris. IPN along with the Atlas Economic Research Foundation launched the Freedom to Trade Campaign in 2009, it is a coalition of 76 think tanks and civil society organisations in 48 countries, which supports free trade and opposes protectionism in all its guises.
