Think Tank Quickies (#259)
- Former Heritage scholar is now drafting President Trump's budget.
- American Enterprise Institute's (AEI) famous cookies even tastier in new building.
- On Think Tanks TV highlights the work of think tanks around the world.
- Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT): "Trickle down economics is a fraudulent theory designed by the rich and their think tanks to protect billionaires and large corporations."
- Should think tanks offer free courses like Harvard and Oxford?
- CAP alum Eryn Sepp, now with Washington Center for Equitable Growth, married Secret Service agent Stewart Busch (John & Mary Podesta attended wedding).
- CFR chief Richard Haass holds swanky reception at Renwick Gallery for launch of new book. Those in attendance include Joe Biden, Brent Scowcroft, Ash Carter, and Wolf Blitzer.
- Former Clinton policy adviser Corey Ciorciari now helming CAP war room's policy and research efforts.
- New America event on March 1, 2017: How people become terrorists.
- LSE: Think tanks can transform into the standard-setters and arbiters of quality of 21st century policy analysis.