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Cato Institute

Summary

The Cato Institute is an American libertarian think tank founded in 1977 by Charles Koch and Ed Crane, named after Cato's Letters. It promotes free markets, limited government, individual liberty, and peace.

Core Contribution

Premier libertarian think tank; shapes American policy debate on drug legalization, free trade, immigration, and civil liberties.

Key Spikes & Highlights

  • libertarianism
  • free markets
  • limited government
  • policy

Historical Influences

Friedrich Hayek Milton Friedman classical liberalism

Intellectual Lineage

American libertarianism Charles Koch

Contemporaries & Peers

Heritage Foundation Reason Foundation

Minds Influenced

Libertarian policy discourse American politics

Intellectual Posterity

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