Wikipedia on 7/31/09 listed political think tanks by their bias. The following is a partial list taken from that source. The idea here is to inform teachers of the possible bias of a source of information that might be used in the classroom.
Centerists think tanks include: American Consumer Institute, American Institute for Economic Research, Aspen Institute, Council on Foreign Relations, and Rand Corp. The source lists 21 others.
Conservative think tanks include: American Enterprise Institute, Heritage Foundation, Hoover Institute, Hudson Institute, and Project for New American Century. The source lists 10 others.
Liberal think tanks include: Brookings Institution (the oldest), Center for American Progress, Commonweal Institute, Institute for Policy Studies and Economic Policy Institute. The source lists 14 others.
Libertarian think tanks include: Cato Institute (best known of this group), Ayn Rand Institute, James Madison Institute, Show-Me Institute, Goldwater Institute. The source lists 14 others.
(More research will be required to complete this information).
(Source: Wikipedia on 7/31/09.)
No comments:
Post a Comment