Fraser Institute
The Fraserย Institute Background The Fraser Institute is a libertarian think tank based in Vancouver, British Columbia. They describe themselves as a โindependent Canadian public policy research and educational organization with active research ties with similar independent organizations in more than 80 countries around the world.โ […]
Hudson Institute
The Hudson Institute Background The Hudson Institute (HI) was founded in 1961 by strategist Herman Kahn and his colleagues at the Rand Corporation. Founded at the height of the Cold War, the Institute started with a focus on defense, nuclear power, and strategy. Since 9/11, the institute has changed focus to the terrorism and has […]
Discovery Institute
Discovery Institute (D.I.) Background The Discovery Institute (D.I.) was founded in 1990 by Bruce Chapman, a former Reagan administration official, and by George Gilder as a branch of the Hudson Institute. The Institute was named after the H.M.S. Discovery, which explored Puget Sound in 1792. In its early days, the Institute was heavily funded by […]
Cooler Heads Coalition
Cooler Heads Coalition (CHC) Background The Cooler Heads Coalition (CHC), located online at GlobalWarming.org,ย describes itselfย as anย โinformal and ad-hoc group focused on dispelling the myths of global warming.โย The Cooler Heads Coalition (CHC) was formed on May 6, 1997, under […]
Cascade Policy Institute
Cascade Policy Institute (CPI) Background The Cascade Policy Institute (CPI)ย was founded in 1991 as a โnonprofit, nonpartisan public policy research and educational organizationโ based in Oregon. Its mission to โdevelop and promote public policy alternatives that foster individual liberty, personal responsibility and economic opportunity.โ According to the […]
Beacon Hill Institute
Beacon Hill Institute (BHI) Background The Beacon Hill Institute for Public Policy Research (BHI) started as the research arm of the Department of Economics at Suffolk University in Boston originally founded in 1991 by the Republican politician Ray Shamie.1โBiography of Ray Shamie,โย NewsLink, Vol. 3, No. 4, Summer 1999. Published by the Beacon Hill Institute. Archived […]
Atlas Network
Atlas Network (Atlas Economic Researchย Foundation) Background Atlas Network is a Washington, DC-based non-profit organization that describes itself as workingย to support a growingย network of more than 500 “free market” organizationsย in nearly 100 countries promotingย free marketย ideas. Many of the member think tanks of Atlas Network have supported climate science denial and have campaigned against legislation to limit […]
Accuracy in Media
Accuracy in Media (AIM) Background Accuracy in Media (AIM) is a conservative โmedia watchdogโ with the stated aim of promoting โaccuracy, fairness and balance in news reporting.โย ย Accuracy in Media was founded in 1969 by โa group of concerned citizensโ including economist Reed Irvine. […]
Cato Institute
Catoย Institute Background The Cato Institute is a libertarian think tank based in Washington, D.C. founded in January 1977 by Charles Koch, chairman of the โboard and chief executive officer of Koch Industries, Inc., along withย Edward H. Crane and Murray Rothbard. […]
Committee for a Constructive Tomorrow (CFACT)
Committee for a Constructive Tomorrow (CFACT) Background The Washington-DC-based Committee for a Constructive Tomorrow (CFACT) is a tax-exempt 501(c)(3) organization founded in 1985 by David Rothbard and Craig Rucker to pursue a free-market approach to environmental issues. CFACT describes their missionย as โrelentlessly infusing the environmental debate with a balanced perspective on environmental stewardship.โ1โAbout,โย CFACT. Archived May […]