the conclusions of the cato institute are very suspect. how does cruz fall so far down the list when his advice is to carpetbomb syria which would enflame even further the fires of the middle east?The Cato Institute is an American libertarian think tank headquartered in Washington, D.C. It was founded as the Charles Koch Foundation in 1974 by Ed Crane, Murray Rothbard, and Charles Koch,[6] chairman of the board and chief executive officer of the conglomerate Koch Industries.[nb 1] In July 1976, the name was changed to the Cato Institute.[6][7] Cato was established to have a focus on public advocacy, media exposure and societal influence.[8] According to the 2014 Global Go To Think Tank Index Report (Think Tanks and Civil Societies Program, University of Pennsylvania), Cato is number 16 in the "Top Think Tanks Worldwide" and number 8 in the "Top Think Tanks in the United States".[9] Cato also topped the 2014 list of the budget-adjusted ranking of international development think tanks.[10]
Cato Institute
The Cato Institute is a libertarian think tank that often works
in coalitions with right-wing groups. Cato's extensive publications
program deals with a host of policy issues including budget issues,
Social Security, monetary policy, natural resource policy, military
spending, government regulation, international trade, and myriad other
issues. While the Cato Institute has increased its ties to right-wing
policymakers over the years, it often reveals it's libertarian
philosophy in addressing government intrusion into privacy issues,
recently calling the proposed federal marriage amendment "unnecessary, anti-Federalist, and anti-democratic."
Cato Institute
1000 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W.
Washington DC 20001-5403
Website: www.cato.org
Established: 1977
Founders: Edward Crane and Charles G. Koch
President: Edward Crane
Finances: $12,975,701 (2003)
Employees: 90 staff members, 60-adjunct scholars, 16 fellows, 14 Board Members
Board of Directors: K. Tucker Andersen, Senior
Consultant, Cumberland Associates LLC; Frank Bond, Chairman, The
Foundation Group; Edward H. Crane, (President); Richard J. Dennis,
President, Dennis Trading Group; Ethelmae C. Humphreys, Chairman, Tamko
Roofing Products, Inc.; David H. Koch, Executive Vice President, Koch
Industries, Inc.; John C. Malone, Chairman, Liberty Media Corporation;
William A. Niskanen, Chairman, Cato Institute; David H. Padden,
President, Padden & Company; Lewis E. Randall, Board Member, E*Trade
Financial; Howard S. Rich, President, U.S. Term Limits; Frederick W.
Smith, Chairman & CEO, FedEx Corporation; Jeffrey S. Yass, Managing
Director, Susquehanna International Group, LLP; Fred Young, Former
Owner, Young Radiator Company (Board of Directors)
Publications: Inquiry magazine, Cato Journal, quarterly magazine Regulation, bimonthly Cato Policy Report, as well as books, monographs, briefing papers and shorter studies.
Read the latest news on the Cato Institute on the group's Right Wing Watch index page
Principal Issues
A libertarian public policy organization that aspires to work
outside the traditional conservative v. liberal political framework.Labels itself a "market-liberal" organization with the caveat
that liberal "has clearly been corrupted by contemporary American
liberals."Cato was named for "Cato's Letters" - a series of libertarian tracts that the organization credits as a catalyst for the American Revolution.Cato leads the push for privatization of government services; as
early as 1983, Cato initiated the first push for the privatization of
Social Security, and has heavily backed it ever since.Cato supports the wholesale elimination of eight cabinet
agencies— Commerce, Education, Energy, Labor, Agriculture, Interior,
Transportation and Veterans Affairs— and the privatization of many
government services.
Activities
In 2001, the Washington Post, noting Cato's influence,
said it "has spent about $3 million in the past six years to run a
virtual war room to promote Social Security privatization."Cato sponsors periodic policy forums and book forums, major
policy conferences, Cato has held major conferences in London, Moscow,
Shanghai, and Mexico City.Â
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