Wednesday, March 7, 2012

Koch Brothers Attempt Hostile Takeover of Libertarian Cato Institute

 The Cato Institute's economic policy might be deplorable, but the libertarian think tank has produced plenty of civil libertarian, anti-war, thought-provoking research over the years. That all might be about to change, if Charles and David Koch succeed in a lawsuit filed this week to gain majority control of the institute. 
Allen McDuffee at the Washington Post's Think Tanked blog reported, "Cato was divided between four shareholders: the two Koch brothers, Cato president Ed Crane, and former Cato chairman William Niskanen, according to the lawsuit filed Thursday in a court in Johnson County, Kansas."     Read more

By Sarah Jaffe | AlterNet
Posted on Monday, March 5, 2012 @ 01:59 PM

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