The Heartland Institute

The Chinese Academy of Sciences in June 2013 translated and published a Chinese edition of Climate Change Reconsidered and Climate Change Reconsidered: 2011 Interim Report , two hefty volumes containing more than 1,200 pages of peer-reviewed data on climate change originally published by The Heartland Institute in 2009 and 2011 ...

Joseph Bast, President of the Heartland Institute, and Dr. Herbert Walberg, chairman of the Board of Directors of the Heartland Institute, discuss their book Education and Capitalism: How Overcoming Our Fear of Markets and Economics Can Improve America's Schools on the 10 th anniversary of the book’s release. Image by the Center ...

Joseph Bast, President of the Heartland Institute and Dr. Herbert Walberg,chairman of the Board of Directors of the Heartland Institute discuss their book Education and Capitalism: How Overcoming Our Fear of Markets and Economics Can Improve America's Schools on the occasion of the 10 th anniversary of the book’s release. ...

The March 26 edition of The Wall Street Journal has a special section titled “Environment” presenting excerpts and features from the Journal ’s latest ECO:nomics conference. While the opening essay by John Bussey [subscription required] tells us the green bubble has burst, the rest of the section presents the usual pleas for ...

This Policy Brief summarizes past research and presents new analysis showing how a proposal called the Taxpayer Savings Grant Program (TSGP) would enable the state of Texas to comply with its constitutional mandate to “establish and make suitable provision for the support and maintenance of an efficient system of public free ...

Contact information: The Heartland Institute, One South Wacker Drive #2740, Chicago, Illinois 60606, phone 312/377-4000, fax 312/377-5000, e-mail jbast@heartland.org . President and CEO The Heartland Institute , a nonprofit, nonpartisan center for public policy research located in Chicago, Illinois. Was cofounder and the first employee ...

The following is the text of a speech given by Heartland Institute President Joseph Bast on February 23, 2013, at the Eighth Annual Wisconsin Conservative Conference in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin I would like to dedicate this talk to the memory of Maureen Martin, who passed away in a house fire on February 5. Some of you may have ...

I am the president of The Heartland Institute. For the past ten years, Maureen Martin worked for me as a senior fellow and legal counsel. Do any of you remember the movie “The Incredibles”? It was an animated movie about a family of super heroes – Mr. Incredible and his wife Elastigirl and their three kids – living in ...

The speech in the attached PDF was delivered by Heartland Institute President Joseph Bast on February 23, 2013, at the Eighth Annual Wisconsin Conservative Conference, Bluemound Gardens, Wauwatosa, Wisconsin. An excerpt is below: In 2016, in time for the next presidential election, every child now in high school will be eligible ...

The report, presented to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Illinois, asked the government to prosecute Pacific Institute President Peter Gleick, a prominent climate scientist and environmental activist. Several presentations based on information contained in this document were made to the staff of the U.S ...

Sometimes, it seems as though the debate over school reform takes place in an alternate universe where time passes but nothing really changes. Complaints about the quality of public education were widespread in the 1980s and even in the 1950s and before, and they sound surprisingly similar to those heard today. Thankfully, new ...

Do 98 percent of climate scientists really believe in man‐made global warming? A little research reveals that the often‐cited figure is a confused and erroneous reference to two different studies that both fail to prove what those who cite them believe or allege. ...

The following is an excerpt from a speech Heartland Institute President Joseph Bast delivered at the "Yes, We Did Build It" rally in Waukesha, WI on September 22, 2012 : Back in July, President Obama said, If you were successful, somebody along the line gave you some help. There was a great teacher somewhere in your life ...

Joe Bast, President and CEO of the Heartland Institute, writes about the goals and vision of the organization in the official prospectus of Heartland Institute of 2012. Heartland has an important mission as a freedom preserving organization that brings free market insights into the national policy debate. The prospectus details ...

Taxpayer Savings Grant Program Questions and Answers by Marc Oestreich and Joseph L. Bast The Heartland Institute Last Updated: August 2012 Q4: Would the TSGP take the “best kids” out of public schools? Answer in brief: No. The Taxpayer Savings Grant Program (TSGP) would appeal mostly to students who are struggling in their current ...

Taxpayer Savings Grants Program Questions and Answers by Joseph L. Bast President, The Heartland Institute Last updated: August 2012 Q1: How would the TSGP affect the state’s ranking on per-pupil spending? Answer in brief: The Taxpayer Savings Grant Program (TSGP) could raise per-pupil spending for students still in public schools ...

Testimony by Joseph L. Bast to the Texas Senate Committee on Education August 24, 2012 Madam Chairman, honorable members of the Senate Committee on Education, and friends and colleagues, it is my honor to be here today to testify on how a particular school reform proposal, called the Taxpayer Savings Grant Program, would enable ...

Taxpayer Savings Grant Program Questions and Answers by Joseph L. Bast President, The Heartland Institute Last Updated: August 2012 Q2: Would there be enough space in private schools to meet the surge in demand? Answer in brief: Yes! Research and real-world experience show that the supply of private schooling is highly elastic – it ...

Taxpayer Savings Grant Program Questions and Answers by Joseph L. Bast President, The Heartland Institute Last Updated: August 2012 Q5: Would TSGP impose new regulations on private schools? Answer in brief: No. The only regulations on participating schools that would be enforced under the Taxpayer Savings Grant Program (TSGP) would ...

Taxpayer Savings Grant Program Questions and Answers by Joseph L. Bast President, The Heartland Institute Last Updated: August 2012 Q3: Would the TSGP hurt public school teachers? Answer in brief: No. In fact, the Taxpayer Savings Grant Program (TSGP) would benefit teachers at least four ways, starting with increasing their average ...