Proof That Koch-Backed Professors Are Using Universities To Spread Right-Wing Policies

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Proof That Koch-Backed Professors Are Using Universities To Spread Right-Wing Policies

by Casey Quinlan at Think Progress

http://thinkprogress.org/education/2016/05/13/3777688/koch-backed-professors-remarks/

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3. Use the university’s intellectual credibility as way to gain access to media.

Boettke explained how having a communications team helps the center have political “impact.” He also explained how, given universities’ role in public policy, working inside one offers political advantages.

“When we think about a university center there’s all this intellectual activity happening and there’s an opportunity to leverage it over and over and over again,” he said. “These media people are able to book radio, television, different sorts of appearances … They can also play an interesting role in engaging with different kinds of stakeholders in these social institutions. That can mean arranging state legislative testimony to make sure that, you know, these kinds of ideas have a seat on the table in public policy.”

4. Make it a 5-year agreement, not an endowment.

University of Louisville endowed professor of economics Stephan Gohmann, who supports right-to-work laws, explained the thought process behind getting a 5-year funding agreement — an explanation repeated by Charlie Ruger, director of university investments for the Charles Koch Foundation.

“This is why it’s a 5-year agreement instead of an endowment. If it’s an endowment, as soon as we leave as the directors, they’ll say ‘Oh, we got $10 million dollars, let’s go spend it on political science or something else…sociology,’” Gohmann said. “But if the money’s just coming in annually, either the money is spend how it’s supposed to be spent or it isn’t coming in.”



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