Barbara Kolm

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Founding Director of the Austrian Economics Center — President of the Hayek Institut and Professor of Austrian Economics

Barbara Kolm is the founder of the Free Market Road Show, Director of the Austrian Economics Center, President of the Hayek Institut and Professor of Austrian Economics at the University of Donja Gorica in Montenegro. Until her election to the National Council in October 2024, she served on several supervisory boards in the Insurance and Finance Industry e.g. Vice President of the Austrian Central Bank, Supervisory Board of Wiener Städtische Wechselseitiger Versicherungsverein – Vermögensverwaltung - Vienna Insurance Group. She directs the worldwide first UN United 4 Smart Sustainable Cities National Hub in Austria and was appointed Vice-Chair of the UN ITU Focus Group on Environmental Efficiency for Artificial Intelligence and other Emerging Technologies (AI4EE). She is the recipient of various accolades and widely declared a pathfinder in liberty-based ideals on the European front

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October 6, 2026

Kerby Anderson

Affirmative Action

Victor Davis Hanson argues that the “end of affirmative action was inevitable.” He provided ten reasons why it died. Here are five of them.

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October 5, 2026

Kerby Anderson

Best Solutions for Earth

In his video, John Stossel asked people on the street, “If you could spend $30 billion trying to solve the world’s problems, how would you spend it?” As you might imagine, the most common answer was t...

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October 2, 2026

Penna Dexter

Kids Before 30

Society needs more kids. The U.S. birthrate has dropped to a record low. The feminists’ script — a big career and then, maybe childbirth — needs tweaking. Joy Pullman, managing editor for The Fede...

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