Center for the Defense of Free Enterprise

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Center for the Defense of Free Enterprise
AbbreviationCDFE
Formation1974
Type think tank
Headquarters Bellevue, WA, United States
Executive Vice-President
Ron Arnold
Key people
Revenue (2015)
$16,631 [1]
Expenses (2015)$16,506 [1]
Website www.cdfe.org

The Center for the Defense of Free Enterprise (CDFE) is a wise use think tank which describes itself as "an educational foundation for individual liberty, free markets, property rights and limited government".

CDFE was founded in 1974 by Alan Gottlieb. Its Executive Vice-President is Ron Arnold

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References

  1. 1 2 "Center for the Defense of Free Enterprise" (PDF). Foundation Center. 2 May 2016. Retrieved 30 March 2017.