The Roosevelt Institute is a
liberal American think tank headquartered in
New York City
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.
History and overview
The Roosevelt Institute was created in 1987 through the merger of the Eleanor Roosevelt Institute and the Franklin D. Roosevelt Four Freedoms Foundation. In 2007, the Roosevelt Institute merged with the Roosevelt Institution, now known as the
Roosevelt Institute Campus Network. It remains the non-profit partner to the government-run
Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum, the nation's first presidential library. In 2009, it expanded its mission with the launch of the Four Freedoms Center, a progressive policy
think tank
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, and an economic policy blog.
Felicia Wong, formerly of the
Democracy Alliance, became the organization's president and CEO in March 2012. In 2015, the Roosevelt Institute was added to the Democracy Alliance's list of recommended funding targets. Other donors to the Roosevelt Institute include the
Ford Foundation
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, the
Hewlett Foundation
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, the
MacArthur Foundation
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, and the
Bauman Foundation.
Activities
Joseph Stiglitz
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is the Roosevelt Institute's chief
economist
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The individual may also study, develop, and apply theories and concepts from economics and write about economic policy. Within this ...
. In 2015, a report authored by Stiglitz offered an indictment of 35 years of
U.S. economic policies.
[ ]Elizabeth Warren
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and Bill de Blasio
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joined Stiglitz at the press conference to announce the report.Time
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'' called the Stiglitz report "a roadmap for what many progressives would like to see happen policy wise over the next four years."The Washington Post
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'', the institute's plan is "firmly rooted in the conviction that more government can solve most of America's economic challenges. It is a plan seemingly designed to rally liberals, enrage free-market economists and push a certain presumptive presidential nominee to the left."[
]
See also
* Four Freedoms Award
References
External links
Official website
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Political and economic think tanks in the United States
Progressive organizations in the United States
Franklin D. Roosevelt
American political blogs
Organizations established in 1987
1987 establishments in New York (state)
Eleanor Roosevelt