Think Tank Quickies (#364)
- Mike Pence delivers major China speech at Wilson Center's inaugural Frederic M. Malek Public Service Leadership Lecture; SecState Mike Pompeo slams China at Hudson speech.
- Atlantic Council's Global 2035 report featured in top spot on Axios AM; says era of American dominance is "definitely over."
- MapLight: Facebook, Google, and Amazon pour money into think tanks.
- Economic Innovation Group: A Washington think tank that studies regional inequality and pushes for policies that combat it.
- Video: Lee Fang asks Heartland Institute president about past smoking claims.
- Working at a think tank to relax: "Jonathan Wong worked 80-hour weeks in management consulting...it was hard to take a break so he moved to a job at the RAND Corp. and took a 30 percent pay cut."
- New Consensus: A think tank with ties to progressive lawmakers.
- Newish think tank: Washington Institute for Business, Government and Society. Its founder/CEO is James Moore Jr., a former assistant secretary of Commerce. It has partnerships with BDO, Oxford Analytica, Wall Street Journal's CEO Council, and WP Live, among others.
- Perks at R Street Institute: unlimited PTO, can work from wherever they need, $1,200/yr. for wellness, $3,000/yr. for student loan repayments, $400 towards a new phone, and $40/mo. toward cell phone service.
- Colorado's think tanks put ideas into action.
