Think Tank Quickies (#292)
- DARPA recruiting from academia (and think tanks?) in bid for fresh thinking.
- Kevin Warsh of Hoover was on short-list to take over Janet Yellen's position at the Fed.
- Is the Chinese government recruiting US think tankers to spy on the US?
- Bradley Smith in Washington Examiner: The Left (Center for Political Accountability and UPenn) again tries to prohibit corporate giving to think tanks.
- Meet Cato's Andrei Illarionov, former chief economic adviser to Russian President Vladimir Putin before resigning in protest. [Cato calls Putin's government an aggressive authoritarian regime destroying rule of law, violating human rights, and attacking neighbor countries.]
- Remi Quirion: 10 tips for making think tank voices heard by politicians.
- PIIE head Adam Posen on what think tanks can do in a post-truth era.
- Facing poverty, academics (and think tankers?) turn to sex work and sleeping in cars.
- Politico celebrates birthday of R Street Institute President Eli Lehrer.
- CNAS and 21st Century Fox launch national security film and television series.
