 Economic and social
policy institutes conduct research on economic and social policy issues to inform voters
and influence public policy. Many of the insitutes have a particular political
viewpoint, while others maintain a nonpartisan approach. A broad sample of
economics-oriented policy institutes are presented below.
General Sources of Information
Directories of
Economic Institutes
Directories of institutes carrying out
economic research on policy-related issues.
Policy.com
(by Speakout.com)
Policy.com is a comprehensive public policy resource and
community. Policy.com highlights research, opinions and events shaping public policy on
dozens of issues including education, technology and healthcare.
Public Policy Institute Sites
Electronic Policy
Network
"A project of the American Prospect magazine - a
Journal for the liberal imagination." The EPN site provides information and
ideas about national policy and politics from a large group of well-known writers.
American Enterprise
Institute
"The American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy
Research is dedicated to preserving and strengthening the foundations of
freedom—limited government, private enterprise, vital cultural and political
institutions, and a strong foreign policy and national defense—through scholarly
research, open debate, and publications."
American Institute
for Economic Research
"The American Institute for Economic Research is an
independent non-profit research and educational organization. Through its regular
publications, it keeps readers informed about important economic and financial
issues."
Brookings
Institution
"A private, independent, nonprofit research
organization, Brookings seeks to improve the performance of American institutions, the
effectiveness of government programs, and the quality of U.S. public policies. It
addresses current and emerging policy challenges and offers practical recommendations for
dealing with them, expressed in language that is accessible to policy makers and the
general public alike."
Cato Institute
"The Cato Institute is a public policy
research foundation headquartered in Washington, D.C. The Cato Institute seeks to broaden
the parameters of public policy debate to allow consideration of more options that are
consistent with the traditional American principles of limited government, individual
liberty, and peace."
Centre
for Economic Policy Research (CEPR)
The Centre for Economic Policy
Research (CEPR) is a European economics
research network of over 500 Research Fellows and Affiliates. Research is
generally policy-oriented and ranges from global
financial crises to international trade policy, from the economic transformation of
Central and Eastern Europe to European competition policy. CEPR's site includes publications such as
the Bulletin and the bi-monthly European Economic Perspectives as
well as Discussion Papers.
Economic Policy
Institute
"The Economic Policy Institute is a nonprofit think
tank that seeks to broaden the public debate about strategies to achieve a prosperous and
fair economy."
The Heritage
Foundation
"The Heritage Foundation is a tax-exempt policy
research institute dedicated to the principles of free competitive enterprise, limited
government, individual liberty and a strong national defense."
Hoover
Institution
"The Hoover Institution is a public policy research
center devoted to the advanced study of domestic and international affairs. The
Institution was one of the first "think tanks" in the United States, with a
world-renowned group of scholars and ongoing programs of policy-oriented research.."
Institute for
International Economics
"The Institute for International Economics is a
private, nonprofit, research institution devoted to the study of international economic
policy. Since 1981 the Institute has provided timely, objective analysis of key
international economic problems and proposed concrete solutions to them."
The Jerome Levy
Economics Institute
"The Levy Institute is a nonprofit, nonpartisan,
independently funded research organization devoted to public service. Through scholarship
and economic forecasting it generates viable, effective public policy responses to
important economic problems that profoundly affect the quality of life in the United
States and abroad."
Ludwig Von Mises
Institute
This site is a library of Austrian Economics and
free-market theory, that includes more than twenty online books, archives of four
journals, biographies of Austrian School economists, comprehensive interactive
bibliographies, working papers, daily articles, topical policy papers, conference
information, study guides, and a wide range of scholarly and popular resources in the
Misesian tradition.
Milken
Institute for Job and Capital Formation
A non-profit economic think-tank focusing on four areas of
research: the global economy; capital markets and financial institutions; education and
human capital; regional economics and demographics.
National Bureau of
Economic Research
"The National Bureau of Economic Research is a
private, nonprofit research organization dedicated to promoting a greater understanding of
how the economy works. The NBER is committed to promoting and disseminating unbiased
economic research among public policymakers, business professionals, and the academic
community."
National
Center for Policy Analysis
"The National Center for Policy Analysis (NCPA) was
established as a nonprofit, nonpartisan public policy research institute. Its mission is
to seek private-sector solutions to public policy problems."
Progressive
Policy Institute
"The mission of the Progressive Policy Institute is to
define and promote a new progressive politics for America in the 21st century.
Through its research, policies, and perspectives, the Institute is fashioning
a new governing philosophy and an agenda for public innovation geared to the Information
Age.."
RAND
"RAND researchers high-quality, objective research in
an effort to strengthen the nation's economy, maintain its security, and improve its
quality of life."
The Century
Foundation
"The Century Foundation is a research foundation that
undertakes timely and critical analyses of major economic, political, and social
institutions and issues. Nonprofit and nonpartisan, the Foundation was founded in 1919 and
endowed by Edward A. Filene."
The Urban Institute
"The Urban Institute is a nonprofit policy research
organization in Washington, D.C. Its objectives are to sharpen thinking about
society’s problems and efforts to solve them, improve government decisions and their
implementation, and increase citizens’ awareness about important public
choices."
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