This year, instead of ranking think tanks lets think about them more carefully
David Roodman and Julia Clark from the Center for Global Development have posted a very interesting reflection on the now unfortunately famous McGann think tank...
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David Roodman and Julia Clark from the Center for Global Development have posted a very interesting reflection on the now unfortunately famous McGann think tank...
Dan Farber, professor of law asks: Who took the “think” out of think tanks? He visited several (US) conservative think tanks' websites and found little research on...
This is a bit old news but i feel it is worth sharing reviews by other researchers on the think tank index produced by James McGann. Jan Trevisan, at the International Centre for Climate...
I am not so sure. As in most things, the idea is not necessarily the reality. Think tanks are a good idea but they are limited by a great deal of factors. The policy and...
Goran Buldioski offers another take on the rankings in his blog Goran's musings and some very interesting recommendations that I republish below: As someone who works...
I'll accept that James McGann's effort to identify and rank all the think tanks in the world has some positive outcomes. First of all, it has people talking about think...