“Since 1995, the national policy discussion in numerous areas has moved noticeably to the right,” the report says. They have succeeded not only in helping to win major political battles on social issues but in framing the very dimensions of the national debate.Īmerica’s Largest Conservative Think Tanksīankrolled in large part by a growing number of foundations and corporations, a score of non-profit policy institutions with an ideologically conservative bent have helped to refine and to popularize some ideas - like a flat tax, school vouchers, or the privatization of Social Security - that once loitered at the fringes of political discourse, says the report, published by the National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy.

Low, simple, flat taxes that encourage investment and innovation, and hence economic growth.Ī voucher-based education system that gives parents and schools complete freedom over how and where children are educated.Ī privately-provided, publicly-funded healthcare system where patient outcomes are the focus.įreedom of trade with the world, and a liberal immigration system that is designed to work for migrants and natives alike.Ī liberalised planning system that lets many more houses be built, so everyone can afford to own their own home.Ī simple welfare system based around a Negative Income Tax or Basic Income that tops up the wages of the poor and guarantees that work always pays.įree market money and an end to bailouts of private banks, in all their forms.Conservative think tanks have grown dramatically in size and influence in the past decade, says a new report. No system has raised people out of poverty and given them the freedom to live their lives as they wish like free markets have, and in politics today it is usually the poorest people who bear the brunt of the government's worst policies in areas like education, health and welfare. Our mission is to use free markets to end poverty in Britain and around the world. Freedom from poverty through markets and economic growthĬentral to our mission is our belief that free markets work best for the poor.

Flat tax think tanks