Cato Institute

American libertarian think tank
Organization think_tank Q1051256
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Cato Institute

Summary

Cato Institute is a think tank[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of think_tank entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,968 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Cato Institute's field of work was education policy[3].
  • Cato Institute's field of work was energy policy[4].
  • Cato Institute's field of work was environmental policy[5].
  • Cato Institute's field of work was monetary policy[6].
  • Cato Institute's field of work was foreign policy[7].
  • Cato Institute's field of work was fiscal policy[8].
  • Cato Institute is located in Washington, D.C.[9].
  • Cato Institute is in the country of United States[10].
  • Cato Institute's instance of is recorded as think tank[11].
  • Cato Institute's instance of is recorded as nonprofit organization[12].
  • Cato Institute's founder is recorded as Ed Crane[13].
  • Cato Institute's founder is recorded as Murray Rothbard[14].
  • Cato Institute's founder is recorded as Charles Koch[15].
  • Cato's Letters is named after Cato Institute[16].
  • Cato Institute's headquarters location is recorded as Washington, D.C.[17].
  • Cato Institute's part of the series is recorded as think tanks based in the United States[18].
  • Cato Institute's Commons category is recorded as Cato Institute[19].
  • Cato Institute's chairperson is recorded as Robert A. Levy[20].
  • 1974 marks the founding of Cato Institute[21].
  • Cato Institute's location of formation is recorded as San Francisco[22].
  • Cato Institute's significant event is recorded as lawsuit[23].
  • Cato Institute's official website is recorded as https://www.cato.org/[24].
  • Cato Institute's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Cato Institute[25].
  • Cato Institute's described at URL is recorded as https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Cato_Institute[26].
  • Cato Institute's political ideology is recorded as libertarianism[27].

Body

Founding

Founders include Ed Crane[13], Murray Rothbard[14], and Charles Koch[15]. 1974 marks the founding of Cato Institute[21]. Its location of formation is recorded as San Francisco[22].

Leadership

Cato Institute's chairperson is recorded as Robert A. Levy[20].

Operations

Cato Institute's headquarters location is recorded as Washington, D.C.[17].

Industry

Fields of work include education policy[3], an academic discipline[28]; energy policy[4], a type of policy[29]; environmental policy[5], a type of policy[30]; monetary policy[6], a type of policy[31]; foreign policy[7], a political domain[32]; and fiscal policy[8], a type of policy[33].

Why It Matters

Cato Institute ranks in the top 5% of think_tank entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,968 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[34] It is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.[35]

References

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  1. [10] . wikidata.org.
  2. [11] . Encyclopædia Britannica. wikidata.org.
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  12. [15] . npr.org. Retrieved . npr.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  14. [16] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . cato.org. Retrieved . cato.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . ROR release v1.19. wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . newyorker.com. Retrieved . newyorker.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . Encyclopædia Britannica. wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [34] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [35] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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