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editorial | the battle for Cato

Scrum and Koch

  March 05, 2012

The looming court battle for control of the Cato Institute, the libertarian-conservative think tank, exposes just how fragile the independence of these Washington-based institutions can be. Cato was co-founded, and has been lavishly funded, by the multi-billionaire Koch brothers, who are now fighting to gain full control. But Cato, and its fellow DC-based think tanks, are far better off under independent boards and presidents.

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