1. The fact that almost all think tanks rely on corporate or foreign government donations is a big problem: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/30/us/politics/eric-schmidt-google-new-america.html?_r=0 …
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2. In USA, Think Tanks have outsized role because in 1990s Congressional staff downsized. So policies often designed by TT, not congress
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3. The current move to push Democrats to the left will face the Think Tank hurdle: who is going to design anti-corporate policy?
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4. There are of course left wing Think Tanks that can be nurtured (such as
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5. And of course this
@MattBruenig joint is an attempt to work around the dilemma: https://twitter.com/MattBruenig/status/902899887313997825 …Jeet Heer added,
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6. The Think Tank bottleneck shapes the right as well as the left. Big reason for failure of Bannonite nationalism was TT bottleneck
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7. Bannon/Trump had strong policy preferences (protectionism, infrastructure, unilateralism) but no Think Tanks with ready-made policies.
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8. In the absence of Think Tank infrastructure, Bannon had to rely on clowns like Gorka & Rich Higgins, with predictable results.
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9. Left needs to figure out how to fund groups like
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10. Tangentially, I actually disagree with with Open Market's anti-monopoly focus. But they certainly should be part of policy conversation
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Are you pro-monopoly or just against the way they approach it?
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I'm not sure that monopolies are the problem and I'd prefer to regulate them, not break them up.
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