Re: [Pen-l] How to Set Up a Right Wing Think Tank

[Michael Perelman <michael@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Yes, Sean, you are near the belly of the beast.

What is wierd is that I personally like people the people I know 
who are associated with Mercatus, but their work harms many people by 
fighting against regulation.  Say hi to Wendy Gramm, whom I do not know.


On Thu, Feb 05, 2009 at 10:53:25PM -0600, Sean Andrews wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 5, 2009 at 20:35, michael perelman
> <michael@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > With the economy tanking and people having to scramble for good jobs -- here
> > is an opportunity too good to be missed: How to set up a right wing think
> > tank.
> >
> > Read this & enjoy.
> >
> > http://www.archive.org/details/HowToStartARightWingThinkTank
> 
> This group is evidently still around--they've moved from about a half
> mile from the George Mason Campus in Fairfax--25 years ago--to about a
> half mile from the George Mason University campus in Arlington (where
> the fancy Mercatus Center http://www.mercatus.org/Home.aspx is
> located).
> 
> http://atlasnetwork.org/about/contact-us-directions/
> 
> The Mercatus Center is also allegedly funded privately, but a little
> less than half (21 out of 49) of the scholars it employs get fat
> paychecks from the state of Virginia via GMU on top of whatever they
> get from Mercatus.  Ah state-funded libertarianism!
> 
> How much do their scholars get from the state?  Altogether for 21
> scholars, is $3,101,673.   Not bad for government work.
> 
> you can do the calculations here: http://www.roblink.com/
> Or if you want to check my work let me know and I'll show you the list
> I compiled
> 
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