Atlas Network

This article is about the United States-based organization that supports think tanks. For the European police organization, see ATLAS Network. For other networks, see Atlas (disambiguation).
Atlas Network
Founder(s)Antony Fisher
Established1981; 43 years ago (1981)
ChairDebbi Gibbs[1]
Chief executive officerBrad Lips
BudgetRevenue: $15,545,000
Expenses: $12,963,000
(2020)[2]
Members506[3]
Formerly calledAtlas Economic Research Foundation
Location
Arlington County, Virginia
,
U.S.
Websitewww.atlasnetwork.org

Atlas Network, formerly known as Atlas Economic Research Foundation, is a non-governmental 501(c)(3) organization based in the United States that provides training, networking, and grants for libertarian, free-market, and conservative groups around the world.[4][5][6]

Atlas Network was founded in 1981 by Antony Fisher, a British entrepreneur, who wanted to create a means to connect various think tanks via a global network. Described as "a think tank that creates think tanks,"[7] the organization partners with nearly 600 organizations in over 100 countries.[8][9][10]

Notable members of Atlas Network include think tanks such as the Institute of Economic Affairs in the United Kingdom; the Cato Institute, Heartland Institute, American Legislative Exchange Council, Manhattan Institute, Pacific Research Institute, and Acton Institute in the United States; the Fraser Institute and MacDonald-Laurier Institute in Canada; the Centre for Independent Studies in Australia; and the New Zealand Taxpayers' Union.[11][12][13]

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  2. ^ "Annual Report 2020" (PDF). Atlas Network. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
  3. ^ "Global Directory". Atlas Network. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
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  5. ^ Subramanian, Samanth (24 March 2021). "Why have two long-dead Austrian economists become cult figures in Brazil?". Quartz. Retrieved 2021-09-27.
  6. ^ Mitchell, Timothy (2005). "The work of economics: how a discipline makes its world". European Journal of Sociology. 46 (2): 299–310. doi:10.1017/S000397560500010X. S2CID 146456853.
  7. ^ Meagher, Richard (2008). Right Ideas: Discourse, Framing, and the Conservative Coalition. City University of New York. p. 94. ISBN 978-0549807100.
  8. ^ "Vaping: The real dollars behind fake consumer organisations". Le Monde.fr (in French). 2021-11-03. Retrieved 2021-11-04.
  9. ^ Plehwe, Dieter (2020). Nine Lives of Neoliberalism (PDF). London: Verso. pp. 16, 259–261. ISBN 978-1-78873-253-6.
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  12. ^ Wiliams, David (31 October 2023). "Chiding in plain sight". Newsroom. Archived from the original on 4 February 2024. Retrieved 20 February 2024.
  13. ^ Stöcker, Christian (2024-07-16). "»Project 2025«: Der Masterplan für den fossilen Gottesstaat - Kolumne". Der Spiegel (in German). ISSN 2195-1349. Retrieved 2024-07-23.