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  • ...e DHI was, according to Elliot, 'modelled' on the London based [[Institute of Economic Affairs]].<ref>Gerald Elliot 'Brief History: 1985-1995' in Kuenssb ...inburgh: The David Hume Institute p. 1</ref> By 1985 'a Chairman and Board of Trustees had been identified, a President appointed and funding secured.'<r
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  • ...im being, apparently, to demonstrate how economics can be fun! She is head of the consultancy [[Enlightenment Economics]]<ref>10 Downing Street Website, Diane Coyle was the Economics Editor of The Independent newspaper (UK) between 1993 and 2001. She has a PhD from Ha
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  • ...businesspeople did not present plans for the postwar era, other sectors of society might present plans that were not acceptable to businesspeople.{{ref|Eakins The Committee would avoid &#39;promoting the special interests of business itself as such&#39; and would likewise refrain from speaking for any other
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  • ...rketplace to help businesses strengthen their performance and better serve society." ...s born out of a crisis in industry in 1916. Declining public confidence in business and rising labor unrest had become severe threats to economic growth and st
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  • ...h individual to plan his own life&#39;." MPS has close ties to the network of [[think tanks]] sponsored in part by the [[Atlas Economic Research Foundati The Society is named after the hotel near Montreux, Switzerland, where the first meetin
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  • ...arch Economist for [[John Jewkes]], former president of the [[Mont Pelerin Society]]. ...accessed 2 September 2010.</ref> He masterminded the IEA's major Survey of Economists' Attitudes to technical and policy questions.
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  • ...ef Economist with [[Nomura International]] and before that the Global Head of Foreign Exchange and Fixed Income Strategy at [[Deutsche Bank]]. She has al ...ber of the corporate elite. She is an advocate of the Gordon Gecko school of capitalism which holds that 'greed is good'. Interviewed on BBC Radio Four
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  • ...tp://www.christian-aid.co.uk/indepth/0401csr], despite the increasing role of the private sector in regulating markets and corporations. ...rights sectors of business performance, as well as on the regulatory role of non-state actors in standard-setting and implementation.
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  • The '''Office of Fair Trading (OFT)''' is the UK's consumer and competition authority and is ...foundation in 2002 until 2005. He is also a member of the Editorial Board of the [[European Competition Journal]].
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  • ...ents set out in our Position Statement.'<ref>[http://www.global-vision.net/economists.htm Economic Advisory Panel], Global Vision website, accessed 9 Nov 2009</r ...sociate Editor of the ''[[British Actuarial Journal]]'' and the ''[[Annals of Actuarial Science]]''.
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  • ...ld Bank]] and extensively in the private sector, and is currently Chairman of the [[Royal Institute for International Affairs]] ([[Chatham House]]) in Lo ...BSc in economics from Iowa State University, and a PhD from the University of California.
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  • ...nt and [[Royal Dutch]]/[[Shell]] during and after the Biafran war. Reports of instability and genocide at the time had hurt Nigeria’s international ima ...to clean up its image. {{ref|26}} B-M does however deny handling the issue of genocide in East Timor.
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  • ...ountry's largest and most influential right-wing foundation. As of the end of 1998, it was giving away more than $30 million a year [The Bradley Foundati ..."reform" and attempts to privatize public education through the promotion of school vouchers.[http://www.mediatransparency.org/funderprofile.php?funderI
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  • The Water Industry Commission for Scotland (WICS) is the economic regulator of water in Scotland. It is a non-departmental public body appointed by the S ...and indeed has, led to tensions between different actors within the sector of water in Scotland.
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  • [[File:Logo epc.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Logo of the [[European Policy Centre]], circa November 2011]] ...t Us: Mission Statement] accessed 1st November 2011 </ref> The EPC is one of the most prominent EU think tanks it relies on both corporate funding and p
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  • ...any right-wing scholars and funds prizes for students advocating the views of the Koch foundations. ...nstitute]], the [[Mercatus Center]] at George Mason University, the [[Bill of Rights Institute]] and the [[Market-Based Management Institute]].<ref>C.G.
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  • ...obviously politically controversial, and FREE claims they were the victims of academic turf wars: ...had more than a tinge of pink. They were livid that a bunch of libertarian economists had trespassed into their domain and claimed the intellectual, ethical, and
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  • ..."><p style="text-align: center;">'''"Chicago is not a place, it is a state of mind."''' - [[Paul Samuelson]], American neoclassical economist <ref>Robert ...of the 20th century. Its most well known members leaders were recipients of the Nobel prize for economics including [[George Stigler]] and [[Milton Fr
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  • ..., Westminster]]'''Open Europe''' is a Eurosceptic think tank which is part of the [[Stockholm Network]] and has neoconservative connections. ...calls to dismantle the Common Agricultural Policy, roll back EU regulation of trade and financial services, and repatriate the EU welfare budget to membe
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  • ...www.gsb.stanford.edu/users/athey Susan Athey], Stanford Graduate School of Business, accessed 3 June 2013.</ref> ...www.gsb.stanford.edu/users/athey Susan Athey], Stanford Graduate School of Business, accessed 3 June 2013.</ref>
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  • ...e has been credited with developing the ideas the have led to the creation of 'market-like' structures within the public sector, particularly in the UK. ...the internal market. Enthoven seems first to have come to the UK as part of this work in 1984 when he was a Fellow funded by the [[Nuffield Provincial
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  • ...m</ref> in relation to what is termed the 'transatlantic community.' Part of this included the ICB: ...ernational IDEA]], Stockholm, [[National Endowment for Democracy]], [[Open Society Foundation]], [[United States Agency for International Development]], [[Wes
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  • ...nstitute (SPPI) is a think tank based in the U.S. which promotes the views of global warming sceptics. ...ntended consequences that might threaten the life, liberty, and prosperity of the citizenry</i><nowiki>[original italics]</nowiki><ref>Science and Public
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  • [[File:Institute of Economic Affairs.JPG|right|thumb|250px|IEA, 2 Lord North Street, SW1P]] ...eorists like [[Milton Friedman]] it provided an intellectual rationale for business friendly political and economic reforms introduced by the Thatcher governme
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  • ...think tank and academic circles he cuts an influential figure in his areas of expertise. He has formed his own company, [[Keith Boyfield Associates]].<re ...t who specialises in competition and regulatory issues. He advises a range of multinational companies, trade associations and non-profit organisations.
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  • ...''', (born on June 25, 1923. Died on September 29 aged 77) was the founder of the [[Henley Centre for Forecasting]], ...and just before suffering a stroke last week, he delivered the manuscript of his final book, How to Forecast.
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  • ...o his [http://www.econ.surrey.ac.uk/people/crobinson/index.html University of Surrey biography], ...and Power]]. He was named British Institute of Energy Economics `Economist of the Year’ in 1992 and in 1998 received from the [[International Associati
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  • ...rofessor of sociology at the [[University of Kent]], the intellectual guru of the [[Revolutionary Communist Tendency]]/[[Revolutionary Communist Party]]/ [[Image:Furedi, Poland's Black September, RCP.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Cover of ''Poland's black December'', by [[Frank Richards]] published for the [[Revo
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  • Merck Sharp & Dohme Limited (MSD) is the UK subsidiary of [[Merck and Co. Inc.]]<ref> MSD UK [http://www.msd-uk.co.uk/ Home Page] acc * [[Allergy UK]] - Length of relationship: 2004 onwards.
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  • ...ciated with the [[RCP]] and [[LM magazine]] went on to form a wide variety of other organisations which took forward their libertarian and allegedly 'hum ...xism]]/[[LM]], pamphlets and books published by LM together with a listing of online commentaries it published between 1995 and 2000.
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  • ...eportedly: 'to promote the idea that rising population actually improves a society's living standards, rather than lowering them.'<ref name="Natjournal">ANN C ...pinion piece, Simon recommended scrapping current immigration law in favor of selling U.S. visas to the highest foreign bidders. A Times editorial later
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  • '''Economists for Free Trade''' (formerly [[Economists for Brexit]]) is a lobby group pushing for a hard Brexit after the June 201 ...itive impact upon the UK economy – providing a counter-narrative to most economists who think that the opposite will be true.
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  • ...tself as 'the world’s leading non-profit organisation advocating freedom of movement, free trade and foreign policy coordination between Canada, Austra ...he UK [[Conservative Party]], free market think tanks like the [[Institute of Economic Affairs]] and Brexiters, such as [[Jacob Rees-Mogg]].
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