LMU isn't a think-tank. It's a university, with a wide variety of opinions: there's no Party Line, unlike (say) at the Cato Institute, with its allegiance to the money-libertarian creeed. Unlike in think-tanks, we have to teach -- or else the place does not survive. (LMU has a religious affiliation but it's not forced on the faculty unlike, I've heard, places like Pepperdine.) It's not like the Cato Institute or places like that, which can live off the whims of some crazy Texas oil billionaire. Unlike in think-tanks, our research doesn't count if it's not peer reviewed. Think-tanks are notorious for their shoddy research, largely because of a lack of peer review. Instead of peer review, they invest in public relations in order to broadcast the Party Line to the world.
I'd say that the same applies to less-prestigious places like Harvard, Yale, and Chico State. On Fri, Apr 12, 2013 at 5:40 PM, David Shemano <[email protected]>wrote: > And let’s not forget Harvard, Yale, LMU, Chico State . . . .**** > > ** ** > > David Shemano**** > > ** ** > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Jim Devine > *Sent:* Friday, April 12, 2013 11:13 AM > *To:* Progressive Economics > *Subject:* Re: [Pen-l] The Alarming Corruption of the Think Tanks**** > > ** ** > > there already are think tanks of the left, such as the Economic Policy > Institute and the Center for Economic Policy Research. Some funding comes > from organized labor.**** > > ** ** > > On Fri, Apr 12, 2013 at 10:25 AM, <[email protected]> wrote:**** > > See Bruce Bartlett's comment at *http://tinyurl.com/Fiscal-Times***** > > ** ** > > I think that a think tank on the left is needed, but I am not sure**** > > if it would work. Finding corporate sponsors might be a problem**** > > as would finding people to staff it.**** > > ** ** > > -- **** > > Ron**** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > > _______________________________________________ > pen-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l**** > > > > > -- > Jim Devine / "Segui il tuo corso, e lascia dir le genti." (Go your own > way and let people talk.) -- Karl, paraphrasing Dante. **** > > _______________________________________________ > pen-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l > > -- Jim Devine / "Segui il tuo corso, e lascia dir le genti." (Go your own way and let people talk.) -- Karl, paraphrasing Dante.
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