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'''The Heartland Institute''' is an American [[conservative]] and [[libertarian]] public policy think tank founded in [[Chicago]] in 1984 by David Padden with the mission "to discover and promote [[free market|free-market]] solutions to social and economic problems." In 2015, Heartland left Chicago and bought a new building in Arlington Heights, Illinois<ref>[http://heartland.org/ Heartland]</ref>. In 2016, Heartland named the event space in its new building the [[Andrew Breitbart]] Freedom Center.

'''The Heartland Institute''' is an American [[conservative]] and [[libertarian]] public policy think tank founded in [[Chicago]] in 1984 by David Padden with the mission "to discover and promote [[free market|free-market]] solutions to social and economic problems." In 2015, Heartland left Chicago and bought a new building in Arlington Heights, Illinois<ref>[http://heartland.org/ Heartland].</ref> In 2016, Heartland named the event space in its new building the [[Andrew Breitbart]] Freedom Center.

Heartland works on education reform, government spending, taxation, healthcare, education, tobacco policy, global warming, hydraulic fracturing, information technology, and climate change. In 2012, ''The Economist'' called Heartland "the world’s most prominent think tank promoting skepticism about man-made climate change."

Heartland works on education reform, government spending, taxation, healthcare, education, tobacco policy, global warming, hydraulic fracturing, information technology, and climate change. In 2012, ''The Economist'' called Heartland "the world’s most prominent think tank promoting skepticism about man-made climate change."

Heartland is probably most-well-known for its efforts to educate legislators about free-market environmentalism, the tenuous link between [[passive smoking]] and serious health risks<ref>https://www.heartland.org/ideas/smokers-rights</ref>, and the dangers of [[Common Core]] education policy<ref>[https://www.heartland.org/common-core]</ref>.

Heartland is probably most-well-known for its efforts to educate legislators about free-market environmentalism, the tenuous link between [[passive smoking]] and serious health risks<ref>https://www.heartland.org/ideas/smokers-rights</ref>, and the dangers of [[Common Core]] education policy.<ref>[https://www.heartland.org/common-core Fight The Common Core]</ref>

== Staff and structure ==

== Staff and structure ==