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The National Center for Policy Analysis (NCPA) is an American non-profit conservative think tank.[1] The NCPA states that its goal is to develop and promote private alternatives to government regulation and control, solving problems by relying on the strength of the competitive, entrepreneurial private sector. Topics include reforms in health care, taxes, Social Security, welfare, education and environmental regulation.
The NCPA was founded in February 1983[2] by British businessman Antony Fisher[3] and Dallas businessmen Russell Perry (CEO of Republic Financial Services),[4] Wayne Calloway (CEO of Frito-Lay), John F. Stephens (CEO of Employers Insurance of Texas),[5] and Jere W. Thompson (CEO of the Southland Corporation).
The NCPA received media attention recently for its promotion of encouraging automatic enrollment into companies' 401(k) plans. NCPA President John Goodman also recently partnered with Wall Street Journal editorial writer Kim Strassel to author a book, Leaving Women Behind: Modern Families, Outdated Laws (ISBN 0742545458).
NCPA was a member organization of the Cooler Heads Coalition, which described itself as "an alliance of some two dozen non-profit public policy groups concerned about the implications of the Kyoto Protocol for consumers," and which was generally skeptical of the anthroprogenic global warming theory [6]. NCPA has also recently (as of January, 2007) undertaken to debunk claims of Peak Oil.
[edit] Leadership
The NCPA's founding and current president is libertarian economist John C. Goodman. Its first offices were at the University of Dallas. It now has a Dallas office and a Washington, D.C. office. As of 2006, the leadership of the NCPA includes:
[edit] Funding
NCPA's revenue in 2007 was $8.7 million.[7] As of October 2009, the NCPA web site reported that for 2008 it received 39% of its funding from foundations, 39% of its funding from individuals and 22% of its funding from corporations.[8] Its foundation sponsors include the Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, the Sarah Scaife Foundation, the Earhart Foundation and the Armstrong Foundation.[citation needed] In 1992, the New York Times reported that NCPA was partially funded by the insurance industry.[9] According to Greenpeace, NCPA received $540,900 from ExxonMobil in the ten-year period ending 2007.[10]
[edit] Characterization by others
The NCPA has been characterized as a "right wing think tank" by organizations such as People for the American Way, a politically liberal advocacy organization, which noted that NCPA funding has come from foundations with a conservative orientation: Bradley, Scaife, Koch, John M. Olin Foundation, Earhart Foundation, Castle Rock, and JM Foundation.[11]
[edit] Controversy
In 2005, the NCPA dismissed Bruce Bartlett, a Republican commentator, after he submitted a copy of the manuscript of his book, "The Impostor: How George W. Bush Bankrupted America and Betrayed the Reagan Legacy."[12]
[edit] References
- ^ Kolata, Gina (March 8, 1992). "The philosophical fight over what insurance should be". The New York Times: p. E5. http://www.nytimes.com/1992/03/08/weekinreview/ideas-trends-the-philosophical-fight-over-what-insurance-should-be.html?pagewanted=all.
Jackson, David (August 1, 1993). "Pursuit of ideas primes research institute; Conservative Dallas organization is part of movement to shape national politics". The Dallas Morning News: p. 37A. http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=DM&p_theme=dm&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&s_hidethis=no&p_field_label-0=Author&p_text_label-0=David%20Jackson&p_field_label-1=title&p_bool_label-1=AND&p_field_label-2=Section&p_bool_label-2=AND&s_dispstring=Pursuit%20of%20ideas%20primes%20research%20institute%20AND%20byline(David%20Jackson)%20AND%20date(08/01/1993%20to%2008/01/1993)&p_field_date-0=YMD_date&p_params_date-0=date:B,E&p_text_date-0=08/01/1993%20to%2008/01/1993)&p_field_advanced-0=&p_text_advanced-0=(Pursuit%20of%20ideas%20primes%20research%20institute)&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&xcal_useweights=no.
Warsh, David (April 28, 1996). "MSAs a suicidal shoal for GOP". The Boston Globe: p. A97. http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=BG&p_theme=bg&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_text_search-0=MSAs%20a%20suicidal%20shoal%20for%20GOP&s_dispstring=MSAs%20a%20suicidal%20shoal%20for%20GOP%20AND%20date(4/28/1996%20to%204/28/1996)&p_field_date-0=YMD_date&p_params_date-0=date:B,E&p_text_date-0=4/28/1996%20to%204/28/1996)&xcal_numdocs=20&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&xcal_useweights=no.
McKee, Mary (January 20, 2001). "Bush tie may benefit Dallas-based group; The think tank president has advised the president-elect on health care issues". Fort Worth Star-Telegram: p. 21. http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=ST&p_theme=realcities2&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&s_site=dfw&s_trackval=ST&s_search_type=customized&s_dispstring=title(Bush%20tie%20may%20benefit%20Dallas-based%20group)%20AND%20date(01/20/2001%20to%2001/20/2001)&p_field_date-0=YMD_date&p_params_date-0=date:B,E&p_text_date-0=01/20/2001%20to%2001/20/2001)&p_field_advanced-0=title&p_text_advanced-0=(Bush%20tie%20may%20benefit%20Dallas-based%20group)&xcal_numdocs=20&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&xcal_useweights=no. - ^ Miller, Robert (June 27, 1988). "Is it too early to anticipate a spin with the '88 rotogravure?". The Dallas Morning News: p. 2D. http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=DM&p_theme=dm&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&s_hidethis=no&p_field_label-0=Author&p_field_label-1=title&p_bool_label-1=AND&p_text_label-1=IS%20IT%20TOO%20EARLY%20TO%20ANTICIPATE%20A%20SPIN%20WITH%20THE%20'88%20ROTOGRAVURE&p_field_label-2=Section&p_bool_label-2=AND&s_dispstring=headline(IS%20IT%20TOO%20EARLY%20TO%20ANTICIPATE%20A%20SPIN%20WITH%20THE%20'88%20ROTOGRAVURE)%20AND%20date(all)&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&xcal_useweights=no.
Reed, Steven R. (September 30, 1990). "A Texas think tank for 'us' and 'them'". Houston Chronicle: p. 1. http://www.chron.com/CDA/archives/archive.mpl?id=1990_732891. - ^ May, John Allan (January 19, 1984). "A quiet Briton whose think tanks back a free market". The Christian Science Monitor: p. 9. http://www.csmonitor.com/1984/0119/011934.html.
Henderson, Keith (May 3, 1985). "Think tanks spread free-market ideas worldwide". The Christian Science Monitor: p. 23. http://www.csmonitor.com/1985/0503/datlas.html. - ^ Jennings, Diane (November 30, 1986). "Russell Perry - A transplanted Yankess combines his understanding of business and the community to become a major fund-raiser in his adopted city of Dallas". The Dallas Morning News: p. 1E. http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=DM&p_theme=dm&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&s_hidethis=no&p_field_label-0=Author&p_field_label-1=title&p_bool_label-1=AND&p_field_label-2=Section&p_bool_label-2=AND&s_dispstring=Russell%20Perry%20AND%20date(11/30/1986%20to%2011/30/1986)&p_field_date-0=YMD_date&p_params_date-0=date:B,E&p_text_date-0=11/30/1986%20to%2011/30/1986)&p_field_advanced-0=&p_text_advanced-0=(Russell%20Perry)&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&xcal_useweights=no.
Aycock, Thomas Matthew (January 18, 2008). "Republic Financial Services". Texas State Historical Association. http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/RR/djruq.html. - ^ Simnacher,Joe (May 6, 2004). "John F. Stephens - Veteran, executive, civic activist". The Dallas Morning News: p. 9B. http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=DM&p_theme=dm&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&s_hidethis=no&p_field_label-0=Author&p_field_label-1=title&p_bool_label-1=AND&p_text_label-1=John%20F.%20Stephens&p_field_label-2=Section&p_bool_label-2=AND&s_dispstring=headline(John%20F.%20Stephens)%20AND%20date(05/06/2004%20to%2005/06/2004)&p_field_date-0=YMD_date&p_params_date-0=date:B,E&p_text_date-0=05/06/2004%20to%2005/06/2004)&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&xcal_useweights=no.
- ^ "Testimony of David A. Ridenour Before the House Subcommittee on National Economic Growth". nonprofitwatch.org. 1999-07-15. http://www.nonprofitwatch.org/edf/ncppr.php.
- ^ "2007 NCPA Form 990". http://dynamodata.fdncenter.org/990_pdf_archive/751/751804932/751804932_200712_990.pdf.
- ^ "Financial Statistic", National Center for Policy Analysis website, accessed October 12, 2009
- ^ Kolata, Gina (March 8, 1992). "The philosophical fight over what insurance should be". The New York Times: p. E5. http://www.nytimes.com/1992/03/08/weekinreview/ideas-trends-the-philosophical-fight-over-what-insurance-should-be.html?pagewanted=all.
- ^ "Fact sheet:National Center for Policy Analysis". exxonsecrets.org. http://exxonsecrets.org/html/orgfactsheet.php?id=55.
- ^ "Overview of National Center for Policy Analysis". People for the American Way right wing watch. http://www.pfaw.org/pfaw/general/default.aspx?oid=10242.
- ^ In Sign of Conservative Split, a Commentator Is Dismissed, By RICHARD W. STEVENSON, New York Times, October 18, 2005
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