Hudson Institute

The Hudson Institute is a United States, non-partisan, conservative think tank founded in 1961 in Croton-on-Hudson, New York by the futurist Herman Kahn and other colleagues from the RAND Corporation. The Institute promotes public policy change in accordance with its stated values of a "commitment to free markets and individual responsibility, confidence in the power of technology to assist progress, respect for the importance of culture and religion in human affairs, and determination to preserve America's national security." It is the organization about which the phrase "think tank" was coined.

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United States - Conservative - Think tank - 1961 - Croton-on-Hudson, New York - Herman Kahn - RAND Corporation

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After Kahn's death, Hudson moved to Indianapolis, Indiana in 1984, but the Hudson Institute Board of Trustees resolved in 2004 that the institute move its headquarters from Indianapolis and consolidate its offices and research activities in Washington, DC.

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Indianapolis, Indiana - 1984 - 2004 - Washington, DC

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The President of the Hudson Institute is John London who holds the John M. Olin professorship at New York University. He is also on the board of associates at the Palmer R. Chitester Fund.

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John London - New York University - Palmer R. Chitester Fund

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