Tuesday, April 15, 2014

Think Tank Quickies (#118)

  • Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT) makes first appearance ever at CSIS.
  • Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) again says Wall Street should disclose its think tank contributions.
  • The best free-market think tank conferences.
  • Think tankers attend World Bank/IMF spring meeting in Washington, DC.
  • Inomics Blog on top think tanks and social research institutes in the US.
  • Brookings map: State of the global economy.
  • Heritage Foundation now the Business Insider/HuffPo/Gawker/Buzzfeed of think tanks?
  • Video via Thomas B. Fordham Institute (education policy think tank): "I'm just a lowly think tank executive."
  • Acton Institute's Freedom Flash Drives.
  • Brookings happiness/age chart.