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

Heartland works chiefly on education reform, government spending, taxation, entitlement reform, healthcare, tobacco policy, hydraulic fracturing, constitutional reform, and [[global warming]]. 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 Fight The 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 ==