Wednesday, May 27, 2020

Think Tank Quickies (#378)

  • During the last economic crisis, most major US think tanks took a 3 year hit.
  • Chinese Embassy in Canada attacks Macdonald-Laurier Institute. 
  • Amid pandemic, think tanks extend public reach. 
  • Think tanks need to take COVID-19 as an opportunity to evolve.
  • AOC: "If you'd like to learn more about how this austerity class of mostly dudes at vague, esteemed-seeming DC think tanks launder harmful policies..."
  • Think tanks including The Breakthrough Institute, New America, Niskanen Center, Sante Fe Institute, and Third Way jointly sponsor "Roadmap to Pandemic Resilience."
  • Hoover Institution fellow fuels "fake" news story about California herd immunity?
  • Pic: Waiting for think tanks who spent years obsessing over Russian propaganda to do a study on Chinese disinformation networks.
  • Chinese Embassy in Sweden enraged after Gunnar Hokmark, Chairman of Stockholm Free World Forum, wrote an article calling for China to apologize about COVID-19.
  • Politika: A think tank for young people; and one for those 18+.