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| Abbreviation | PPI |
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| Formation | 1989 |
| Type | Public policy think tank |
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President and CEO | Will Marshall |
| Website | www |
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The Progressive Policy Institute (PPI) is a non-profit, 501(c)(3) organization that serves as a public policy think tank in the United States. The Democratic Leadership Council (DLC) founded it in 1989. [1] The Washington Post has described it as "a centrist Democratic institution." [2]
Its current president is Will Marshall, who writes on foreign policy, defense, national service, globalization, trade policy, and cultural issues. The organization's executive director is Lindsay Lewis.
Its chief economic strategist is Michael Mandel, who writes on innovation, growth, and regulatory policy. Several former leading government officials have held senior positions or affiliations with the organization, including William Galston, Austan Goolsbee, Elaine Kamarck, Bruce Reed, Andrew Rotherham, Robert J. Shapiro, Paul Weinstein, and Ed Gresser. [3] [4] [5] [6]
In February 2020, the Neoliberal Project joined as a new initiative of the Progressive Policy Institute. [7] Their network comprises over eighty chapters across the world. [8] The national organization produces a podcast, [9] conference [10] and livestreamed events. [11] The Neoliberal Project also runs an annual competition to select the "Neoliberal Shill" of the year. [12] [13] In June 2020, the Neoliberal Project was reorganized as project of the newly created Center for New Liberalism. [14]
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We [the DLC] needed a political think tank with the capacity to develop politically potent, substantive ideas that our elected officials and political supporters could embrace. In January 1989, we created the Progressive Policy Institute (PPI).
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