An institute is a permanent organizational body created for a certain purpose. Often it is a research organization (research institution) created to perform investigations in a certain area or it is a Professional body.
The word comes from the Latin word institutum meaning facility or habit, from instituere meaning build, create, raise or educate.
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Cato Institute - Thousands of economic studies and articles available online, as well as streaming audio and video of institute events. Site updated daily.
Meta Description: [ Promoting an American public policy based on individual liberty, limited government, free markets and peaceful international relations. Extensive library of studies, articles and monographs available ]
Acton Institute for the Study of Religion and Liberty - Promoters of a free society informed by religious faith and moral absolutes.
Meta Description: [ The Mission of the Acton Institute is to promote a free and virtuous society characterized by individual
liberty and sustained by religious principles. The Acton Institute organizes seminars aimed at educating religious leaders of all denominations,
business executives, entrepreneurs, universit... ]
Adam Ferguson Institute - An Ohio based policy institute supporting the voluntary, therefore peaceful, development of a free, beneficent, and prosperous civil society.
Adam Smith Institute - UK policy institute supporting free market economy.
Meta Description: [ The free-market think tank ]
Atlantic Institute for Market Studies - AIMS offers commentary on issues such as prosperity, public sector performance and accountability, Atlantica and Canada-US relations.
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Atlas Economic Research Foundation - Offers events, workshops, and courses.
Cascade Policy Institute - Oregon's free-market think tank. Publications and Commentaries on many topics including, environmental issues, health care, economics and fiscal policies, and civil rights, just to name a few.
Central Massachusetts Liberty Coalition - Central Massachusetts based pro-liberty political education organization.
Centre for Independent Studies - Australian institute advocating libertarian reforms through publications.
Centre for the New Europe - An European institute supporting classical liberal ideas.
Meta Description: [ CNE: Centre for the New Europe, Europe's Leading Brussels-based Free Market Think Tank ]
Competitive Enterprise Institute - Publications on its research in free-enterprise, as well as internships.
Ethan Allen Institute - Vermont's independent, nonpartisan, free-market-oriented public policy think tank.
Meta Description: [ The Ethan Allen Institute is Vermont's independent, nonpartisan, free-market-oriented public policy think tank. ]
Evergreen Freedom Foundation - A policy institute advancing individual liberty, free enterprise and responsible government in Washington State and nationwide.
Foundation for Economic Education (FEE) - Offers online education, a bookstore, and links to its seminars.
Meta Description: [ The Foundation for Economic Education is dedicated to offering the most consistent case for the ]
Foundation Francisco Marroquin - Foundation Francisco Marroquin's purpose is to promote education in the principles of Liberty and Free Market Economics in Latin America.
Fraser Institute - A Canadian institute redirecting public attention to the role markets can play in providing for the economic and social well-being of Canadians. The home site for the Personal Tax Freedom Day calculator.
Meta Description: [ The Fraser Institute is an independent research and educational organization with offices in Calgary, Montreal, Tampa, Toronto and Vancouver. Our mission is to measure, study, and communicate the impact of competitive markets and government intervention on the welfare of individuals. ]
Free Market Foundation - South African research and education organisation promoting the principles of limited government, economic freedom and individual liberty.
Freedom Institute - An Irish liberal policy institute. Through its research, FI aims to promote freedom, enterprise, security and a smaller government.
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FreeTheWorld.com - A network committed to bringing economic freedom and growth to all the countries of the world. The purpose of the Economic Freedom Network Index is to bring the often forgotten topic of economic freedom into mainstream public debate.
Meta Description: [ How much Economic Freedom exists in your country? Website of the Economic Freedom of the World Network, and the Economic Freedom Index. ]
Future of Freedom Foundation - Advances its ideas through educational programs available online.
Globalization Institute - London-based charity educating in globalization from a libertarian perspective
Meta Description: [ European free-market think tank developing practical policies on international development, quality of life, energy, India and China ]
Heartland Institute - Database of published research, primarily against environmentalist regulation.
Meta Description: [ The Heartland Institute is devoted to discovering and promoting free-market solutions to social and economic problems. Those solutions include parental choice in education, choice and personal responsibility in health care, market-based approaches to environmental protection, privatization of pub... ]
Hispanic American Center for Economic Research - Promotes the study about the countries of Hispanic America and Hispanic Americans living in the United States, as they relate to the values of personal and economic liberty.
Meta Description: [ The Hispanic American Center for Economic Research (HACER) is devoted to promote the study of policy issues pertinent to the countries of Hispanic America as well as Hispanic Americans living in the United States, especially as they relate to the values of personal and economic liberty, limited g... ]
Independence Institute - Free-market think tank investigating private and community-based solutions to issues in Colorado and the United States. News, event information, policy center profiles, publications, and searchable archive of papers.
Meta Description: [ Colorado Politics, Limited Government, Personal Freedom, Tax Reform. Learn about the subjects that matter most to Coloradans. ]
Independent Institute - A nonprofit, scholarly research and educational organization which sponsors comprehensive studies on political economy.
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Institute for Contemporary Studies - Committed to promoting self-government. Projects include facilitating conflict prevention discussion, producing op-ed's, and publication. Located in Oakland, CA.
Institute for Humane Studies - Assists students by offering scholarships, grants, internships, and free summer seminars.
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Institute for Liberal Values - A New Zealand think tank promoting the values of classical liberalism.
Meta Description: [ The Insitute is a non-profit, non-partisan educational organisation promoting the values of classical liberalism. ]
Institute for Private Enterprise - An Australian institute promoting the cause of private enterprise and arguing for a reduction in the role of government.
Meta Description: [ The Institute for Private Enterprise is an Australian organisation promoting private enterprise, economic reform, political reform, free market commercial activity, productive investment and the reduction of the role of government. ]
Institute of Economic Affairs - Provides access to the IEA journal and its other publications.
Institute of Public Affairs - Australian research in business economics and privatization.
Meta Description: [ Australia's leading free market think tank. Promoting public policy based on individual liberty, limited government, free markets, and peaceful international relations. Hundreds of studies, articles and publications available online. ]
John Locke Foundation - An independent, nonprofit think tank that would work for truth, for freedom, and for the future of North Carolina. Posts op-eds on current events.
Liberal Institute - A classical liberal and Objectivist think tank.
Meta Description: [ A classical or Enlightenment liberal think tank which goes beyond conventional conservative, progressive, libertarian, and Objectivist thought. The best, strongest, most important think tank on the planet. ]
Liberty Institute - A Delhi, India based policy institute promoting awareness and appreciation of a free society.
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Lithuanian Free Market Institute - Lithuanian policy institute promoting the ideas of classical liberalism based on the principles of individual freedom and responsibility, free market, and limited government.
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Locke Institute - Advocates the Lockean view of government deriving sovereignty through the people.
Meta Description: [ Named for the philosopher and political theorist John Locke, the Institute ascribes to his theory that society is based on the law of nature and that the individual is the ultimate source of political sovereignty. ]
Ludwig von Mises Institute Europe - Aims to foster respect for individual liberty and for the free market economy in Europe.
Meta Description: [ The Ludwig von Mises Institute Europe aims to foster respect for individual liberty and for the free market economy. The institute also promotes a better understanding of the Rule of Law in a free society especially with regard to the free association and movement of persons, goods, services and ... ]
Mackinac Center for Public Policy - Provides reports, commentaries and educational programs. Located in Michigan.
Meta Description: [ Home Page: the latest and greatest articles on liberty and free markets as sound public policy for Michigan. ]
Mannkal Economic Education Foundation - An Australian Institute promoting libertarianism.
Minaret of Freedom Institute - A Muslim libertarian think tank. Advocates free markets and civil liberties for the world of Islam.
Meta Description: [ Exposing Muslims to free market thought and the value of liberty to Islam; educating non Muslims about Islamic beliefs, practices, and contributions. ]
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Open Republic Institute - An Irish think tank which provides policy analysis oriented towards individual rights and open markets.
Pioneer Institute - A Boston-based public policy research institute advocating individual freedom and responsibility, limited and accountable government, and expanded application of free-market principles.
Reason Foundation - A public policy think tank promoting choice, competition, and a dynamic market economy as the foundation for human dignity and progress.
Meta Description: [ Reason Foundation is a nonprofit organization dedicated to individual liberty, limited government, and advancing free minds and free markets. Reason produces public policy research on a variety of issues and publishes the critically-acclaimed monthly magazine on politics and culture, Reason. ]
St. Lawrence Institute - A Canadian policy institute devoted to the advancement and dissemination of knowledge and information. Its philosophical outlook is based on respect for individual liberty, the value of ideas, the rule of law and free enterprise.
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