THE BROOKINGS INSTITUTION
“As The Washington Post reported in 2014 . . . the Brookings Institution, long known for
its "impeccable research," has in recent years placed more and more emphasis on expansion and fund-raising, ‘giving scholars a bigger role in seeking money from donors and giving donors a voice in Brookings's research agenda.’ In one example, Brookings in November 2012 was visited by a lawyer representing Peter B. Lewis, the billionaire insurance executive who toward the end of his life embraced the cause of legalizing marijuana. Before the visit, the think tank had done little work on the issue, but soon after, the Post reported, it "emerged as a hub of research" supporting legalization, with prominent scholars offering at least twenty seminars, papers, or Op-Ed pieces. Before his death in 2013, Lewis donated $500,000 to Brookings, and two of the scholars involved said they knew he was their benefactor.”
its "impeccable research," has in recent years placed more and more emphasis on expansion and fund-raising, ‘giving scholars a bigger role in seeking money from donors and giving donors a voice in Brookings's research agenda.’ In one example, Brookings in November 2012 was visited by a lawyer representing Peter B. Lewis, the billionaire insurance executive who toward the end of his life embraced the cause of legalizing marijuana. Before the visit, the think tank had done little work on the issue, but soon after, the Post reported, it "emerged as a hub of research" supporting legalization, with prominent scholars offering at least twenty seminars, papers, or Op-Ed pieces. Before his death in 2013, Lewis donated $500,000 to Brookings, and two of the scholars involved said they knew he was their benefactor.”
Massing, Michael, ‘How to Cover the One Percent,’ The New
York Review, January 14, 2016, pp: 74-76.
