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=== Tobacco Industry ===[[Robert D. Tollison]], [[Richard E. Wagner]] and [[Thomas Gale Moore]] are members The Independent Institute has been a vocal opponent of the Board of Advisors at TII"war on drugs", [[Gary M. Anderson|Gary Anderson]]immigration restrictions, [[Robert Ekelund]]corporate welfare, [[Dwight R. Lee]]censorship, [[Mark Thornton]] and [[S. Fred Singer]] are Research Fellows at TII and [[Richard Vedder]] is Senior Fellow at TII. Most of them have a long history of working for the [[Tobacco Institute]] neoconservative (TI"Bush Doctrine") and/or [[Philip Morris]] and all nine were also members of the 'Academic Advisory Board' for the propre-tobacco junk science report '[[Scienceemptive war, Economicsrestrictions on reproductive rights, and Environmental Policy: A Critical Examination]]' published by the [[Alexis de Tocqueville Institution]] (AdTI) on August 11, 1994death penalty. AdTI received money from both TI and Philip MorrisSome of their analysts oppose the dominant view of scientists of the need for urgent action to curb greenhouse gas emissions. (''See:'' [[AdTI-Funding]])
''Grants according to 'Media Transparency'''== Funding ==*The [[John MOn its website TII states that it "receives no government funding. Olin Foundation]] gave in 1996 to The Independent Institute $40Instead,000 for "''The promotion it draws its support from a diverse range of two books: The Diversity Mythfoundations, businesses and individuals, by [[David O. Sacks]] and [[Peter a Thiel]]; the sale of its publications and The Melting Pot, by Richard Kother services. Vedder and " [[Lowell Ehttp://www.independent. Gallawayorg/aboutus/]]''" and in 1998 another $25The Institute does not list its contributors on its website,000 stating their rationale for "''The Institute's book program''". *The this is in compliance with the [[ David Hhttp://www. Koch Charitable Foundation]] gave in 1995 - 2001 in total $160,000 for "''General Operating Support''"independent.*The [[Earhart Foundation]] gave in 1998 - 2001 in total $46,095 to support editor Drorg/membership/donorsbill. [[Robert Higgs]asp Donor's Bill of Rights].*The [[Castle Rock Foundation]] gave in 2002 for "''General operating support''" $25However,000.What adds up to the total amount Donor's Bill of $296,095Rights does not require secrecy.
== Board of Advisors ==*[[Martin C. Anderson]], Keith and Jan Hurlbut Senior Fellow, [[Hoover Institution]], [[Stanford University]]*[[Herman Belz]]However, Professor some funders of History, University of Maryland *[[Thomas Bethell]], Columnist and Author, The Noblest Triumph: Property and Prosperity Through the Ages*[[Thomas EInstitute have been identified. Borcherding]], Professor of Economics, Claremont Graduate School These include:*[[Boudewijn R. A. BouckaertPhilip Morris]], Professor of Law, University contributed a donation of Ghent$10, Belgium *[[James M. Buchanan]], Nobel Laureate 000 in Economic Science, University Professor, 1997 [[Center for the Study of Public Choice]], [[George Mason University]] *[[Allan C. Carlson]], President, [[Howard Center for Family]], Religion and Society*[[Robert D. Cooter]], Herman Fhttp://www. Selvin Professor of Law, University of California, Berkeley*[[Robert Wpmdocs. Crandall]], Senior Fellow, [[Brookings Institution]] *[[Richard Acom/getimg. Epsteinasp?if=&DOCID=2063351196/1220&PGNO=2063351215]], James Parker Hall Distinguished Service Professor of Law, University of Chicago *[[A. Ernest Fitzgerald]], Author, The High Priests of Waste and The Pentagonists: An Insider's View a donation of Waste$25, Mismanagement and Fraud 000 in Defense Spending*[[B1998. Delworth Gardner]], Emeritus Professor of Economics, Brigham Young University *[[George Gilder]], Senior Fellow, [[Discovery Institute]] *[[Nathan Glazer]], Professor of Education and Sociology, Harvard University *[[William Mhttp://www. Hpmdocs. Hammett]], Former President, [[Manhattan Institute]] *[[Ronald Hamowy]], Emeritus Professor of History, University of Alberta, Canada *[[Steve Hcom/getimg. Hanke]], Professor of Applied Economics, Johns Hopkins University *[[Ronald Max Hartwell]], Emeritus Professor of History, Oxford University, England*[[James Heckman|James J. Heckman]], Nobel Laureate in Economic Science, Henry Schultz Distinguished Service Professor of Economics, University of Chicago*[[Wendy Kaminer]], Senior Editor, The American Prospect; Contributing Editor, The Atlantic Monthly; Member, Board of Directors, ACLU*[[Lawrence A. Kudlow]], Chief Executive Officer, Kudlow asp?DOCID=2065243965/3979& Company; Co-Host, Kudlow & Cramer, CNBC, Former Associate Director for Economics and Planning, [[Office of Management and Budget]]*[[John R. MacArthur]PGNO=2065243972], Publisher, Harper's Magazine *[[Deirdre N. McCloskey]], Distinguished Professor of Liberal Arts and Sciences, University of Illinois, Chicago *[[J. Huston McCullochExxon]]donated $10, Professor of Economics, Ohio State University *[[Forrest McDonald]], Distinguished University Research Professor of History, University of Alabama*[[Thomas Gale Moore]], Senior Fellow, [[Hoover Institution]], Stanford University*[[Charles Murray]], Senior Fellow, [[American Enterprise Institute]] *[[William A. Niskanen]], Chairman, [[Cato Institute]], Former Chairman, President's Council of Ecnomic Advisors*[[Michael Novak]], George Frederick Jewett Chair 000 in Religion and Public Policy, [[American Enterprise Institute]] *[[June E. O'Neill]], Director, Center for the Study of Business & Government, Baruch College, Former Director, U.S. Congressional Budget Office*1998 [[Tom Peters]], Co-Author, In Search of Excellencehttp: Lessons from America's Best-Run Companies, Author, Liberation Management and A Passion for Excellence: The Leadership Diffference *[[Charles E//web. Phelps]], Provost and Professor of Political Science and Economics, University of Rochester *[[Paul Craig Roberts]], Chairman, Institute of Political Economy, Former Assistant Secretary for Economic Policy, Uarchive.S. Department of the Treasury*[[Nathan Rosenberg]], Fairleigh Sorg/web/20011031010631/www. Dickinson, Jrexxonmobil. Professor of Public Policy, Stanford University *[[Simon Rottenberg]], Professor of Economics, University of Massachusetts*[[Paul Hcom/contributions/public_info. Rubin]html]; $5, Professor of Economics 000 in 2000 and Law, Emory University2001, Editor$10, Managerial and Decision Economics*000 as [[Bruce M. RussettExxon Mobil]], Dean Acheson Professor of International Relations, Yale University, Editor, Journal of Conflict Resolution*in 2002 [[Pascal Salin]], Professor of Economics, University of Paris, France *[[Arthur Seldon]], Founder-Director, [[Institute of Economic Affairs]], London, England*[[William Fhttp://www2. Shughart, II]], Robert Mexxonmobil. Hearin Chair of Business Adminsitration and Professor of Economics, University of Mississippi *[[Vernon Lcom/files/corporate/public_policy1. Smith]pdf]; $10, Nobel Laureate 000 in Economic Science, Professor of Economics 2003 and Law$30, Interdisciplinary Center for Economic Science, [[George Mason University]]*[[Joel H000 in 2005. Spring]], Professor of Education, State University of New York, New Paltz *[[Richard L. Stroup]], Professor of Economics, Montana State University, Former Director, Office of Policy Analysis, Uhttp://www.Sexxonsecrets. Department of the Interior*[[Thomas Sorg/html/orgfactsheet. Szasz]php?id=46], Professor of Psychiatry Emeritus, Health Science Center, State University of New York, Syracuse*[[Robert D. Tollison]], Robert M. Hearin Chair of Business Adminsitration and Professor of Economics, University of Mississippi *[[Arnold J. Trebach]], Professor of Law, American University *[[William Tucker]], Author, The Excluded Americans: Homelessness and Housing Policies *[[Gordon Tullock]]San Francisco Foundation contributed $10, University Professor of Law and Economics and Distinguished Research Fellow000 in fiscal year 2000 (July 1, George Mason University*[[Gore Vidal]], National Book Award1999-WinnerJune 30, Playwright, Screenwriter, and Author of the ''American Chronicle'' Series of Historical Novels 2000) (Burr, 1876, Lincoln, Empire, Hollywood, The Smithsonian, The Golden Age, and Washington D.C.)*[[Richard E. Wagner]], Hobart R. Harris Professor of Economics, [[George Mason University]] *Sir [[Alan Walters]], Vice Chairman, AIG Trading Company*[[Paul Hhttp://www. Weaver]], Author, News and the Culture of Lying *[[Walter Esff. Williams]], Distinguished Professor of Economics, [[George Mason University]] *[[Charles Wolf, Jrorg/giving/advised.html]], Senior Economist and Corporate Fellow, International Economics, [[RAND Corporation]])
''In Memoriam Board of Advisors''*According to Media Transparency, TII has received $718,000 (unadjusted for inflation) between 1995 and 2005. [[Stephen Ehttp://www.mediatransparency.org/recipientgrants. Ambrose]php?recipientID=1119], Professor of History Emeritus, University of New Orleans Grants have included those from: *The [[John M. E. BradfordOlin Foundation]]gave in 1996 to The Independent Institute $40, Professor 000 for "The promotion of Englishtwo books: The Diversity Myth, University of Dallas *by [[Arthur A. Ekirch JrDavid O.Sacks]], Professor of History, State University of New York, Albany *and [[Jonathan KwitnyPeter a Thiel]], Author, Endless Enemies ; and The Crimes of Patriots *Melting Pot, by [[Merton HRichard K. MillerVedder]], Nobel Laureate in Economic Science; Robert R. McCormick Distinguished Professor of Finance Emeritus, Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago *and [[Murray NLowell E. RothbardGallaway]]" and in 1998 another $25, S. J000 for "The Institute's book program". Hall Distinguished Professor of Economics, University of Nevada, Las Vegas *The [[Julian LDavid H. SimonKoch Charitable Foundation]]gave in 1995 - 2001 in total $160, Professor of Business Administration, University of Maryland 000 for "General Operating Support".*The [[William E. SimonEarhart Foundation]]gave in 1998 - 2001 in total $46, Former Secretary, U095 to support editor Dr.S[[Robert Higgs]]. Department of the Treasury *The [[Aaron B. WildavskyCastle Rock Foundation]]gave in 2002 for "General operating support" $25, Class of 1940 Professor of Political Science and Public Policy, University of California, Berkeley000.
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*David Callahan, "[http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/features/1999/9911.callahan.think.html The Think Tank As Flack, How Microsoft and other corporations use conservative policy groups]", ''Washington Monthly'', September 1999*David J. Theroux, "[http://independent.org/tii/news/990919Theroux.html Winners, Losers & Microsoft - Strikes a Sensitive Nerve, Response to New York Times Article]", ''The Independent Institute'', September 19, 1999*Uriel Wittenberg, "[http://www.urielw.com/deception2.htm The Independent]"*Uriel Wittenberg, "[http://www.urielw.com/deception2a.htm The Independent Institute’s Response]", May 8, 2000===Funding===
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{{Tobaccowiki}}'''The Independent Institute''' (TII) is a [[think tank]] that was founded in 1985 1986 by [[David J. Theroux]] , who is was also the president of this institutethe think tank.
<font color== Independent? ==TII seems to be not as independent as the name suggests.=== Microsoft ===The New York Times had on September 18, 1999 an article by Joel Brinkley called "‘Unbiased’ Ads for Microsoft Came at a Price". The brown>Don'Ads' had the form of a letter signed by 240 academic "experts" and purported to be a scholarly, unbiased view of why the government had gone overboard in its case against t confuse it with the [[MicrosoftIndependence Institute]]. In reality, according to that article, Microsoft had not only paid for the ads, but which was established in fact the single largest donor to 'The Independent Institute'. [[David J. Theroux]], the founder and president of this institute, confirmed in his reply that they received money Colorado with funding from Microsoft. However, that was ± 8% of their total revenues and he stated that Microsoft was not their largest supporter. Despite [[Jacob SullumJoseph Coors]]'s denail, it later turned out that Microsoft paid $203,217 to 'The Independent Institute' in 1999 which made Microsoft the largest supporter. [http:<//www.urielw.com/reasonfdn.htm]font>
However they are also part of the libertarian think-tank phenomenon and in (about) 1992 the Institute under [[Robert Higgs]] took over the administration of the tobacco industry's [[Cash for Comments Economists Network]] from [[Robert Tollison]], [[James Savarese]] and the [[Center for the Study of Public Choice]]. <table width="30%" bgcolor="eeeedd" border=1 rules=all cellpadding= Funding 5 align=right><tr bgcolor="cccccc"><th>RELATED ENTRIES</th></tr><tr><td>[[The Independent Institute received from Philip Morris /Personnel]]</td></tr><tr><td>[[Independent Institute (Doc Index)]]<tr><td>[[David J. Theroux]] [[Robert Higgs]]</td></tr><tr><td>[[Cash for Comments Economists Network]]</td></tr></table>=== TII, Microsoft Money and Oracle's Private Investigators === In May 1999 The Independent Institute published the book ''Winners, Losers and Microsoft: Competition and Antitrust in 1997 High Technology'' by Stan J. Liebowitz and Stephen E. Margolis. A media release promoting the book stated that the book "makes a compelling case that the real danger to American high technology leadership is a donation of $10too powerful,000 too intrusive government which believes it knows consumer preferences and needs better than they do." [http://www.pmdocsindependent.comorg/store/getimgbook_detail.asp?ifbookID=&DOCID=206335119650] On June 2, 1999 The Independent Institute "sponsored" full-page advertisements - titled ''Open Letter on Antitrust Protectionism'' - in the ''Washington Post'' and the ''New York Times''. The ads were signed by 240 academic economists and claimed "headline-grabbing cases against Microsoft, Intel, Cisco Systems, Visa and MasterCard, along with a flurry of merger investigations now under way, would appear to demonstrate the need for a vigorously enforced antitrust policy that will create checks and balances to eliminate consumer harm. However, consumers did not ask for these antitrust actions — rival business firms did. [http://www.independent.org/pdf/open_letters/antitrust.pdf] (Pdf) (See accompanying [http://www.independent.org/newsroom/1220&PGNOarticle.asp?id=2063351215483 media release] ). The advertisement also promoted ''Winners, Losers and Microsoft: Competition and Antitrust in 1998 High Technology''. The same day, TII held a donation media conference in Washington D.C. unveiling the advertisements as well, co-inciding with the resumption of the anti-trust trial involving Microsoft. A little over three months later ''New York Times'' reporter Joel Brinkley revealed that the advertisements had been paid for by [[Microsoft]]. Public relations manager for the company, Greg Shaw, told Brinkley that "we thought this was an important, substantive letter, and we were interested in contributing to making it visible. In our view, the letter speaks for itself." [http://www.nytimes.com/library/tech/99/09/biztech/articles/18soft.html] Based on internal TII documents "provided to The New York Times by a Microsoft adversary associated with the computer industry who refused to be further identified", Brinkley revealed that Microsoft "has secretly served as the institute's largest outside financial benefactor in the last year." [http://www.nytimes.com/library/tech/99/09/biztech/articles/18soft.html] Brinkley reported that while the Institute's Theroux had "long acknowledged" Microsoft as a funder of the think tank, he downplayed the company's role as being "just one of 2,000 members" which had paid an annual membership fee of roughly $2510,000a year. Theroux told Brinkley that all Microsoft gained was "free copies of our publications, discounted tickets to our events" and denied that Microsoft had any role with the newspaper ads which he said were "were paid for out of our general funds." [http://www.pmdocsnytimes.com/getimglibrary/tech/99/09/biztech/articles/18soft.html] However, TII internal documents revealed that Microsoft had contributed $203,217 for the year to that June, making it the single largest contributor. Brinkley calculated that Microsoft's contribution amounted to approximately 20% of the funds in that year from external sources,excluding $304,725 that Theroux contributed to his own foundation. [http://www.nytimes.com/library/tech/99/09/biztech/articles/18soft.html] One of the documents provided to Brinkley was a bill for $153,868.67 covering the cost of the ads plus Theroux's travel expenses from San Francisco to Washington for the news conference. The bill was sent to Microsoft's John Kelly. When asked by Brinkley about the bill Theroux confimed that Microsoft had paid for the ads but claimed it made no difference. "The academic process we use is independent of sources of revenue," he said. [http://www.nytimes.com/library/tech/99/09/biztech/articles/18soft.html] When contacting the academics to sign on to their advertisement, TII did not disclose Microsoft's funding. One of the At least one academic who signed the ad disagreed. Simon Hakim, an economist at Temple University told Brinkley "He should have told us. I would not have participated if I had known. It's not right to use people as a vehicle for special interests," he said. [http://www.nytimes.com/library/tech/99/09/biztech/articles/18soft.html] Nor did Stan Liebowitz, one of the co-authors of the TII published book ''Winners, Losers and Microsoft'', know of the company's funding though he stated "it doesn't matter to me." [http://www.nytimes.com/library/tech/99/09/biztech/articles/18soft.html] The day after Brinkley's article appeared, Theroux issued a media release focussing on the origin of the documents from a Microsoft adversary and claiming they had been "stolen". However, Theroux did not dispute the specific funding amounts referred to. He stated that "our final year-end records do not agree with the numbers he had been provided by his source" and claimed that at the media conference he had stated that the Microsoft funding amounted only to 7%. "It now appears the final figure is about 8%, a statistically insignificant difference, and far less than the 20% figure Mr. Brinkley claimed in his article," Theroux claimed. [http://independent.org/newsroom/article.asp?DOCIDid=20652439651069] In June 2000 the ''Wall Street Journal'' revealed that the the Independent Institute's funding documents had been obtained by by staff of [[Investigative Group International]], a private investigation firm hired by Microsoft's rival Oracle. The WSJ reported that while Theroux suspected they had been stolen, those familiar with the operation hinted that they were obtained by rifling through the think tank's office trash. [http://3979news.zdnet.com/2100-9595_22-502575.html] == Environmental Issues ==Much of the Anti-Global Warming rhetoric published by The Independent Institute is the work of a few persons, and one stands out, both in quantity of releases, as well as notoriety, [[S. Fred Singer]] who ran the climate-denial tobacco-funded organisation [[Science &PGNO=2065243972Environmental Policy Project]](SEPP). Other analysts at the Independent Institute agreed that the environment was a pressing concern, including the issue of greenhouse gas emissions. Where they dissented from current environmental theory is in their proposed methodologies for remediation; they propose strong private property and free market solutions rather than regulation, a libertarian model for environmentalism. {{Template:AntiEnvironmentalArchives}}
== Tobacco Industry ==[[ExxonRobert D. Tollison]], [[Richard E. Wagner]] and [[Thomas Gale Moore]] donated $10are members of the Board of Advisors at the Independent Institute,000 in 1998 [http://web[Gary M.archiveAnderson|Gary Anderson]], [[Robert Ekelund]], [[Dwight R.org/web/20011031010631/www.exxonmobil.com/contributions/public_info.htmlLee]] and again $10,000 as [[Exxon MobilMark Thornton]] in 2002and [[S. Fred Singer]] are Research Fellows and [[http://www2Richard Vedder]] is a Senior Fellow .exxonmobil.com/files/corporate/public_policy1.pdf]
All of the above have a long history of working for the [[Tobacco Institute]] (TI) and/or [[Philip Morris]] and all nine were also members of the 'The San Francisco FoundationAcademic Advisory Board' for the pro-tobacco junk science report ' gave in fiscal year 2000 (July 1[[Science, 1999-June 30Economics, 2000and Environmental Policy: A Critical Examination]]' published by the [[Alexis de Tocqueville Institution]] (AdTI) to on August 11, 1994. AdTI received money from both TI and Philip Morris. (''See:'The Independent Institute' $10,000 ([http://www.sff.org/giving/advised.html[AdTI-Funding]])
== Staff Personnel==*Ken Barnes, Controller*Nichelle Beardsley, Customer Service Director*Bruce L. Benson, Senior Fellow*Martin Buerger, Vice President and Chief Operating Officer*John Campbell, Development Director*Carl P. Close, Academic Affairs Director*Keshima T. Colter, Administrative Assistant*Ivan Eland, Senior Fellow*Gabriel Gasave, Research Analyst*William J. Griffith, Fulfillment Coordinator*Robert Higgs, Senior Fellow The number of personnel involved in Political Economy*Tommi Hill, Executive Assistant to the President*Wendy Honett, Public Affairs Assistant*Christopher Layne, Research Fellow*[[Ray Lehmann]], Former Public Affairs Director*J. Victor Marshall, Research Fellow*Ray Massie, Publication Director*Wendy McElroy, Research Fellow*Brigid O'Neil, Research Assistant*Pat Rose, Public Affairs Director*Sanjeev K. Saini, Librarian*Alice E. Schmidt, Director, Independent Scholarship Fund*Jonah StrausInstitute as Directors, Sales and Marketing Director*Alexander TabarrokSenior Fellows, Research Director*David J. Theroux, Founder, President Fellows and Chief Executive Officer*Mary Lothers is so extensive that it has been posted to a separate page. G. Theroux, Vice President*Paul J. Theroux, Publication and Production Assistant*Charlotte Twight, Adjunct Fellow*Alvaro Vargas Llosa, Research Fellow*See [[Richard K. VedderThe Independent Institute/Personnel]], Senior Fellow
== Contact info ==
100 Swan Way, Oakland, CA 94621-1428<br>
Orders: 1-800-927-8733<br>
Phone : (510) 632-1366<br>Fax : (510) 568-6040</blockquotebr>
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== Related Links ==
*[http://www.mediatransparency.org/search_results/info_on_any_recipient.php?recipientID=1119 Independent Institute, Oakland, CA], ''Media Transparency'', 2002
*[http://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=search.summary&orgid=7991 Charity Navigator rating of The Independent Institute, August 28, 2006]
===TII, Microsoft and Anti-Trust Law===
*Dominick T. Armentano, ''[http://independent.org/store/book_detail.asp?bookID=31 Antitrust and Monopoly]'', The Independent Institute, 199. ISBN 0-945999-62-3
*Stan Liebowitz and Stephen Margolis, ''[http://independent.org/store/book_detail.asp?bookID=50 Winners, Losers, & Microsoft: Competition and Antitrust in High Technology]'', The Independent Institute, 1999. ISBN 0-945999-80-1 (Hardback); ISBN 0-945999-84-4 (Softback).
*The Independent Institute, "[http://www.independent.org/newsroom/article.asp?id=483/ Open Letter on Antitrust Protectionism]", June 2, 1999
*Joel Brinkley, "[http://www.nytimes.com/library/tech/99/09/biztech/articles/18soft.html 'Unbiased' Ads for Microsoft Came at a Price]", ''New York Times'', September 18, 1999.
*David J. Theroux, "[http://independent.org/tii/news/990919Theroux.html Winners, Losers & Microsoft - Strikes a Sensitive Nerve, Response to New York Times Article]", ''The Independent Institute'', September 19, 1999.
*David Callahan, "[http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/features/1999/9911.callahan.think.html The Think Tank As Flack, How Microsoft and other corporations use conservative policy groups]", ''Washington Monthly'', September 1999.
*Uriel Wittenberg, [http://www.urielw.com/deception2.htm The Independent Institute]", Uriel Wittenberg, 1999.
*[[Jacob Sullum]], "[http://reason.com/sullum/110399.shtml Flack Catcher]", ''ReasonOnline'', November 3, 1999.
*Uriel Wittenberg, "[http://www.urielw.com/reasonfdn.htm Flack Journalist’s Defense Confirms Flackhood]", Uriel Wittenberg, May 27, 2000.
*Declan McCullagh, "[http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,37022,00.html MS Espionage: Cash for Trash]", ''Wired News'', June, 15, 2000.
*Declan McCullagh, "[http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,37039,00.html Who's Digging Up MS Dirt?]", ''Wired News'', June 16, 2000.
*Ted Bridis, and Mylene Mangalindan, "[http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9595_22-502575.html Oracle-MS flap -- how it happened]", ZDNet News, June 28, 2000. (This was originally published in the ''Wall Street Journal'').
*Ted Bridis, and Mylene Mangalindan, "[http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9595_22-502575-2.html?tag=st.next Oracle-MS flap -- how it happened Part ii]", ZDNet News, June 28, 2000. (This was originally published in the ''Wall Street Journal'').
*The Independent Institute, "[http://www.independent.org/newsroom/news_detail.asp?newsID=44 Statement from The Independent Institute on Oracle’s Sponsorship of Smear Campaign:] Facts Refute Oracle CEO’s Wild Claims that Institute is a 'Front Group' that Received 'Secret Funding' from Microsoft", Media Release, June 28, 2000.
*Declan McCullagh, "[http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,37278,00.html/ "'Twas Oracle That Spied on MS"] ''Wired News - '', June 28, 2000.
*"[http://online.wsj.com/article/SB962239292410510916.html Larry Meets Terry]", ''Wall Street Journal Online'', June 29, 2000.
*David Theroux, "[http://online.wsj.com/article/SB96224764316024205.html?mod=Review-Outlook "A Challenge to Oracle"], Letter to the Editor, ''Wall Street Journal'', June 29, 2000.
*The Independent Institute, "[http://www.independent.org/issues/article.asp?id=385 Institute Responds to 'Trust Us, We're Experts' Authors' Fantasy]", Media Release, February 7, 2001.
*John Stauber and Sheldon Rampton, "[http://www.mediachannel.org/views/oped/trustus.shtmlTrust Us, We're Anti-Antitrust]", ''Media Channel'', February 14, 2001.
===TII Reports on Environmental Issues===
*Roger E. Meiners, Bruce Yandle, "[http://www.independent.org/publications/article.asp?id=289 The Common Law Solution to Water Pollution - The Path Not Taken]", The Independent Institute, Research Report, April 1, 1992
*David J. Theroux, "[http://www.independent.org/publications/article.asp?id=1447 Property Rights v. Environmental Ruin]", Independent Institute, Research Report, August 1, 1994
*Randy T. Simmons, "[http://www.independent.org/newsroom/article.asp?id=260 Markets Key to Saving Our Endangered Species]", Independent Institute, Research Report, January 1, 1995
*Jane S. Shaw, "[http://www.independent.org/pdf/tir/tir_07_1_shaw.pdf Private Property Rights, Not Ideologies, Are the Crux]"(PDF), The Independent Review, Volume 7 Number 1, Summer 2002
*Tracy Wates, "[http://www.independent.org/newsroom/article.asp?id=431 Banking in Endangered Species]", Independent Institute Commentary, September 23, 2002
*Jeffrey R. Clark and Dwight R. Lee, "[http://www.independent.org/pdf/tir/tir_08_4_clark.pdf Global Warming and Its Dangers]"(PDF), The Independent Review, Volume 8 Number 4, Spring 2004
*Franklin Lopez, "[http://www.independent.org/pdf/tir/tir_09_3_2_lopez.pdf Sustainable Development and Institutional Failure: The Case of Ecuador]"(PDF), The Independent Review, Volume 9 Number 3, Winter 2005
*Mark Pennington, "[http://www.independent.org/pdf/tir/tir_10_1_2_pennington.pdf Liberty, Markets, and Environmental Values: A Hayekian Defense of Free-Market Environmentalism]"(PDF), The Independent Review, Volume 10 Number 1, Summer 2005
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