THE WEIDENBAUM CENTER is a non-profit, nonpartisan research organization at Washington University in St. Louis. Founded in 1975, it is recognized nationwide. The Weidenbaum Center supports scholarly research in the fields of economics, government and public policy. It works closely with the Department of Economics, the Department of Political Science, and other academic units of Washington University.

The Center’s public policy efforts consist of a multifaceted program of research, forums, retreats, publications, and online resources. These programs reach a wide audience of influential individuals in business, government, academia, and the national media. They educate policy-makers, journalists and the general public on policy issues at the intersection of business and government.

Competition of Ideas
American Enterprise Institute and the Center for Strategic and International Studies, Brookings Institution, the Cato Institute, Heritage Foundation — Murray Weidenbaum has been a visiting scholar to each of these organizations. In The Competition of Ideas, Weidenbaum examines the political economy of these vital institutions, drawing on several decades of involvement with these organizations. This book presents a careful, balanced account of where think tanks have been and where they are now headed. [more]