Missed Power to the People Airing in Your City? Don't Worry, You Can Now Stream the Program Online!

You might have missed our new program Power to the People, airing on your public television station, but we have you covered! The Program is now available to stream on our FreeToChoose.TV
or on our Roku channel.

Johan Norberg a Free To Choose Fellow

Free To Choose Network is assisted by many professional colleagues and friends, especially our Fellows, listed on our website. FTCN Fellows help us in various ways, some consult with us on content for our films and other projects. Some present on-camera for our national broadcast programs. Others speak at events we host. All are always willing to offer input and answer questions via phone or email regarding our various programs. Johan Norberg is a Swedish author, commentator, and Cato Senior Fellow focusing on globalization, entrepreneurship, and individual liberty. He is the author and editor of several books including Financial Fiasco: How America’s Infatuation with Homeownership and Easy Money Created the Economic Crisis and In Defense of Global Capitalism, and his most recent Power to the People. Norberg's articles and opinion pieces appear regularly in both Swedish and international newspapers, and he is regular commentator and contributor on television and radio around the world, discussing globalization and free trade. Johan has taken our viewers on many journeys in these Free To Choose Network programs: Free or Equal, Economic Freedom in Action: Changing Lives, Europe's Debt: America's Crisis?, Power to the People. India Awakes  will be coming this fall and a new documentary on Adam Smith is in production. For his trailblazing international work, Johan received the Distinguished Sir Antony Fisher Memorial Award from the American Atlas Foundation and the gold medal from the German Hayek Stiftung, along with numerous Swedish prizes and awards. To find out more about Johan Norberg visit his personal website.

"Power to the People with Johan Norberg" E-book Available for Purchase

A journey of exploration of the world's new energy landscape, based on Johan Norberg's public television documentary Power to the People.

Based on Norberg's travels for the television documentary Power to the People, his investigation peels back the layers of this global challenge, often questioning the conventional wisdom on what works and what doesn't. His journey starts in the Moroccan bazaars of Marrakech, which functioned fine for eons without modern conveniences, but where electric lights, computers, cell phones and credit card readers are now everywhere.  Even more telling is Norberg's journey to a remote Berber village in the Sahara Desert. More than half the world still cooks its food over open flames but this is rapidly changing, including here, where women now cook on gas stoves, and some even have refrigerators.

The Power to the People e-book is available for purchase through these book sellers:

■ Amazon        ■ Barnes & Noble        ■ iBooks       ■ Google Play 

Milwaukee Wisconsin Residents, watch "Power to the People with Johan Norberg on Thursday, April 24th and Friday, April 25th on these channels.

 Broadcast times and channels for "Power to the People with Johan Norberg" Thursday, April 24th and Friday, April 25th, 2015.

To sign up to get notifications when this program is airing in your area click here:
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Memphis Tennessee residents, watch "Economic Freedom in Action" on Tuesday, March 17th and Wednesday March 18th on these channels.

Broadcast times and channels for  "Economic Freedom in Action" Tuesday, March 17, 2015 and Wednesday, March 18, 2015.

Power to the People with Johan Norberg- "The Global Energy Crisis."

In January of 2015 Free To Choose Network will release Power to the People with Johan Norberg, which discusses the energy crisis occurring around the world. The thirst for energy in developing countries will only grow as economic freedom spreads. People there see how the west lives and refuse to be left behind. Swedish economist and author Johan Norberg explores the incredible challenge this demand presents to mankind: How are we going to maintain our standard of living? How do we reduce our impact on the planet? And how will we get power to ALL the people?  This revealing program examines global efforts to solve our energy dilemma- and how even the best of intentions sometimes result in unexpected consequences.

 Although daunting, the energy challenge can be met, Norberg believes - especially if governments step back from top-down imposed solutions.  From a solar facility in Morocco, to wind farms in England, a hydraulic fracking site in Pennsylvania, a trucking company in Florida that is converting its fleet to natural gas, potential new sources and solutions abound. Coal, Oil, Natural Gas, Nuclear, Hydro, Biomass, Wind, and Solar are in the mix and all come with their own challenges.

As Norberg finds, the world is overflowing with energy. The sun is shining, the world is turning, the wind is blowing, and water flows downhill. The only bottleneck when it comes to energy is our ability to safely convert, store and pay for it.  Coming January of 2015, to receive notifications about air times in your area click here: http://freetochoosemedia.org/broadcasts/power_people/form.php

Economic Freedom in Action: Changing Lives

This hour-long program features stories of economic freedom in action in Zambia, South Korea, Slovakia and Chile, presented by Swedish author, commentator and Cato Senior Fellow Johan Norberg. Economic Freedom in Action: Changing Lives depicts the lives of four entrepreneurs around the globe and how economic freedom has influenced their lives.

 Daesung Kim is a venture capitalist in Seoul, South Korea, who funds fellow North Korean refugees, giving them their start in business and putting them on a path of self-reliance.

Kim escaped North Korea at age 27, crossing the Changbai Shan River into China, after finding out he was on a watch list for illegally trading goods across the border to help provide for his parents and siblings. His life was in danger. Kim went to South Korea, where he began working for a delivery service   He went on to complete his university degree and built a venture capital company focusing on small businesses run by fellow refugees from the North.

Traveling over to the African Republic of Zambia, we meet Sylvia Banda, an entrepreneur playing a critical role in the development of rural Zambian farming. She has formed partnerships with villagers, working only with hand tools, and having no electricity or plumbing, teaching them improved farming techniques. They, in turn, provide her with a supply of safe, hygienic food to sell.

 Sylvia’s first official business was a small, one-room, restaurant. From there Sylvia Banda expanded her business to include extensive catering, a school for restaurant service works and the processing and nationwide distribution of Zambian foods. After many successful years, Sylvia and her husband redirected their focus toward the distribution of locally grown Zambian foods -leading towards constant innovation and training for the local farmers.  Liberalization of the economy and encouragement from the government for people to own property resulted in economic empowerment for the Zambian people and allowing them to take charge of their lives making the future very, very bright.

To watch this program and view more personal stories of economic freedom visit: http://www.freetochoose.tv/program.php?id=economic_freedom.