Manhattan Institute
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The Manhattan Institute for Policy Research is an influential New York City-based libertarian think tank established in 1978. Their self-described mission is to "develop and disseminate new ideas that foster greater economic choice and individual responsibility." The Institute publishes the quarterly publication City Journal, which has a circulation of roughly 10,000, targeted at policymakers, politicians, scholars and journalists.
The Institute was influential with New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani during his tenure, providing many of the ideas and direction for New York City's policies in the 1990s.
People affiliated with the Manhattan Institute include:
- Lawrence Kudlow, contributor for the City Journal
- Heather Mac Donald, senior fellow
- Myron Magnet, editor for City Journal
- John McWhorter, senior fellow
- Lawrence Mone, president
- Walter Olson, senior fellow
Notable members of the board of trustees [1] include: William Kristol, The Weekly Standard; Peggy Noonan, formerly of The Wall Street Journal; Fareed Zakaria, Newsweek International; Robert Rosenkranz, CEO, Delphi Financial Group, Inc.
External links
- Official site
- Conservatives plant a seed in NYC Boston Sunday Globe, Sunday February 22, 1998
- The Manhattan Institute, Neoconservatives’s Lab, Voltaire Network, Sept. 15, 2004