In this article, Joseph Bast, president of Heartland Institute, observes in the past twenty years how free-market think tanks have undergone dramatic changes in their organization, tactics and measures of success, and influence. He argues about the importance of understanding these changes if the movement were to succeed in meeting 21st century challenges. This article [...]

In this article from The Heartland Institute’s The Heartlander, Joseph Bast describes the achievements and challenges of think tanks in today’s world. To keep the movement working together, Bast suggests that think tanks must be prepared to choose and adopt new tactics to meet the challenges of a changing environment.

This article, is adapted from Alex Chafuen’s presentation to the Graduate Program on Organizational Management at the University of Navarra (Spain).

Lawrence Reed of Mackinac Center for Public Policy gave this presentation at Atlas’s 4 th Annual Liberty Forum on April 28, 2004. He explains the importance of growing the movement for liberty, and in particular, highlights Atlas’s International Freedom Corps program.