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'''The Independent Institute''' (TII)[http://www.independent.org] was founded in 1986 by [[David J. Theroux[http://www.independent.org/aboutus/person_detail.asp?id=531]], who is also the president of this scholarly public policy research institutethe [[think tank]].

== Independent ==Despite addressing hotly debated issues and being attacked for doing so from left and right, TII has never had a single study refuted. Here are comments on TII's program[http://www.independent.org/aboutus/saying.asp]. TII has critiqued policies of both liberals and conservatives which it believes to be anti-social and inhibiting free choice. In this regard, it has been a vocal opponent of the "war on drugs", immigration restrictions, corporate welfare, censorship, the neoconservative ("Bush Doctrine") of pre-emptive war, reproductive rights, and the death penalty, etc. It also contests the dominant view of scientists of the need for urgent action to curb greenhouse gase emissions.

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Phone : (510) 632-1366<br>Fax : (510) 568-6040</blockquotebr>