A freedom that we can't afford
Rightwing thinktanks profess a love of freedom, but their refusal to reveal who funds them is deeply undemocratic

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/oct/17/millionaires-corporations-tax-breaks-sway-opinion
Date Written:  2011-10-28
Publisher:  The Guardian
Year Published:  2011
Pages:  1pp   Resource Type:  Article

Freemarket thinktanks vastly outnumber those arguing for public spending. The author suggests that these thinktanks allow corporations to exert influence on public life without showing their hand, he advocates for legislation that would insure their funding is transparent.

Subject Headings

• Accountability
• Anti-Democratic Ideologies & Structures
• Climate Change Denial
• Corporate Sponsorship
• Corruption
• Deregulation
• Funding Sources
• Lobbying/Lobby Groups
• Lobbyists
• Privatization
• Right, The
• Secret Societies
• Sponsorship
• Tax Credits/Charitable Giving
• Tax Reform
• Tax Shelters
• Think Tanks
• Transparency