John M. Olin Foundation

Olin Foundation Law and Economics Programs Expand to Elite Law Schools

1987-01-01 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 8/10

In 1987, the John M. Olin Foundation expanded its systematic funding of Law and Economics programs at elite law schools, with Stanford Law School initiating its John M. Olin Program in Law and Economics through a generous foundation gift. This represented the maturation of a decades-long effort to …

John M. Olin Foundation William E. Simon Stanford Law School Harvard Law School Yale Law School +1 more law-and-economics judicial-capture legal-education conservative-funding intellectual-infrastructure

American Enterprise Institute Budget Surges to $10 Million - Think Tank Infrastructure Expansion

1977-01-01 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 7/10

By 1977, the American Enterprise Institute’s budget had surged to approximately $10 million, representing more than a 12-fold increase from its 1970 budget of $800,000. This dramatic expansion transformed AEI from a modest research organization into a major policy influence machine, …

American Enterprise Institute William Baroody Sr. Gerald Ford Howard Pew Freedom Trust John M. Olin Foundation +1 more think-tank-infrastructure powell-memo-implementation corporate-funding policy-laundering conservative-movement