Alexis de Tocqueville Institution

The Alexis de Tocqueville Institution (AdTI) (not "Institute") is a Washington, DC-based think-tank, named after the French historian Alexis de Tocqueville. It was founded in 1988. Its president is Ken Brown and its chairman is Gregory Fossedal. It has 14 staff researchers.

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Washington, DC - Think-tank - Alexis de Tocqueville - 1988 - Ken Brown - Gregory Fossedal

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Its mission statement states that "we follow the principles of Tocqueville himself ... among these liberal ideas are civil liberty, political equality, and economic freedom and opportunity."

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The AdTI is most famous for its reports questioning Linux and open source software and for its public relations work for the tobacco industry. Its detractors claim that the AdTI is a freelance astroturfing organization and that these reports are written at the behest of its financial backers. While AdTI's reports are intended primarily for legislators, they are often used by newspaper editors and talk show hosts.

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Linux - Open source - Software - Public relations - Tobacco - Freelance - Astroturfing

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