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Name
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Focus
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About
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| Alexis
de Tocqueville Institution |
Civil liberty, economic freedom
and opportunity |
Various studies. Folows principle
of Alexis de Tocqueville.
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| American
Enterprise Institute |
Capitalism and national defense |
The American Enterprise Institute
for Public Policy Research is dedicated to preserving and
strengthening the foundations of freedom— government, private
enterprise, vital cultural and political institutions, and
a strong foreign policy and national defense— scholarly research,
open debate, and publications.
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| Ayn
Rand Institute |
Objectivism |
ARI
seeks to promote these principles, spearheading a “cultural
renaissance” to reverse the anti-reason, anti-freedom, anti-capitalist
trends in today’s culture. The major battleground in the fight
for reason and capitalism is the educational institutions—high
schools, and above all, the universities.
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| Brookings
Institution |
Government and education, foreign
policy, and economic policy |
Functions as an independent
analyst and critic, committed to publishing its findings for
the information of the public. In its conferences and activities,
it serves as a bridge between scholarship and public policy,
bringing new knowledge to the attention of decisionmakers
and affording scholars a better insight into public policy
issues.
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| Cato
Institute |
Limited government |
24 Years of Promoting Public
Policy Based on Individual Liberty, Limited Government, Free
Markets and Peace.
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| Center
for Equal Opportunity |
Colorblind equality |
Promotion of colorblind equal
opportunity and racial harmony; the Center for Equal Opportunity
is uniquely positioned to counter the divisive impact of race
conscious public policies. CEO focuses on three areas in particular,
racial preferences, immigration and assimilation, and multicultural
education. Linda Chavez, President.
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| Center
on Budget and Policy Priorities |
Policy impact on low-income people |
Nonpartisan research organization
and policy institute that conducts research and analysis on
a range of government policies and programs, with an emphasis
on those affecting low- and moderate-income people.
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| Clare
Boothe Luce Policy Institute |
Conservative mentoring to young
women |
The
Luce Policy Institute is proud of its staff of professionals
who continue to espouse conservative ideals, expose the hypocrisy
of radical feminists and liberals, mentor young women, and fight
to make parents preeminent in the education of their children.
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| Discovery
Institute |
Technology and diverse studies |
George
Gilder, founder of the Gilder Technology Report, is a senior
fellow at the Discovery Institute. In addition, current projects
explore the fields of technology, science and culture, reform
of the law, national defense, the environment and the economy,
the future of democratic institutions, transportation, religion
and public life, government entitlement spending, and foreign
affairs.
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| Heritage
Foundation |
Limited government |
Mission is to formulate and
promote conservative public policies based on the principles
of free enterprise, limited government, individual freedom,
traditional American values, and a strong national defense.
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| Independence
Institute |
Various |
Through the Institute's Special
Activity Centers, areas of critical importance are addressed
with a dedicated focus. The centers allow the public and media
access to a concentrated source of expertise on education,
the environment, transportation, personal freedom, government
reform, local government, and criminal justice.
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| Institute
for Policy Innovation |
Taxation, government spending,
government regulation |
IPI's
focus is on approaches to governing that harness the strengths
of individual liberty, limited government, and free markets.
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| International
Policy Institute for Counter-Terrorism |
Terrorism |
Dedicated
to developing innovative public policy solutions to international
terrorism. The Institute aims to affect policy at the highest
levels, in joint cooperation with the world community.
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| Ludwig
von Mises Institute |
Austrian School of
Economics |
It
is the mission of the Mises Institute to restore a high place
for theory in the social sciences, encourage a revival of critical
historical research, and draw attention to neglected traditions
in Western philosophy. In this cause, the Mises Institute works
to advance the Austrian School of economics and social science
generally in the Misesian tradition, and, in application, defends
the market economy, private property, sound money, and peaceful
international relations, while opposing government intervention
as economically and socially destructive.
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| Pacific
Research Institute for Public Policy |
Education, Internet, health and
welfare, free market environmentalism, economics |
The Pacific Research Institute
for Public Policy promotes the principles of individual freedom
and personal responsibility. The Institute believes these
principles are best encouraged through policies that emphasize
a free economy, private initiative, and limited government.
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| Progress
& Freedom Foundation |
Digital impact on public policy |
The Foundation believes that
the digital revolution portends fundamental cultural, economic,
political and social changes.
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| Rand |
Military, science and technology,
education, population, civil and criminal justice, social welfare |
The
original think tank. Diverse studies.
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