The Badger Institute, formerly the Wisconsin Policy Research Institute, is a nonprofit policy research organization based in
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Milwaukee ( ), officially the City of Milwaukee, is both the most populous and most densely populated city in the U.S. state of Wisconsin and the county seat of Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, Milwaukee County. With a population of 577,222 at th ...
.
It supports free markets and limited government. It played a prominent role in the development of the state's
school voucher
A school voucher, also called an education voucher in a voucher system, is a certificate of government funding for students at schools chosen by themselves or their parents. Funding is usually for a particular year, term, or semester. In some cou ...
program and has formulated recommendations for the state's higher education system.
See also
* MacIver Institute
References
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Political and economic think tanks in the United States
Milwaukee County, Wisconsin
Conservative organizations in the United States
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Non-profit organizations based in Wisconsin
501(c)(3) organizations