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Liberty Fund was founded by Goodrich in 1960.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.libertyfund.org/goodrich.html |title=Pierre F. Goodrich |publisher=Liberty Fund |date= |accessdate=2013-04-20}}</ref> In 1997 it received an $80 million donation from Goodrich's wife, Enid, increasing its assets to over $300 million.<ref name="grimm">Robert T. Grimm (ed.), ''Notable American Philanthropists: Biographies of Giving and Volunteering'', Greenwood Publishing Group, 2002, pp. 125-128</ref><ref>{{cite journal|title=Gift pulls Liberty out of shadows|journal=[[Indianapolis Business Journal]]|date=June 30, 1997|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P3-13132292.html|accessdate=September 8, 2013 (from [[HighBeam Research]])|publisher=IBJ Corporation|quote=Because the conferences are scattered across the globe and because they attract only elite thinkers, the fund attracts little attention in Indianapolis outside its Allison Pointe offices.}}</ref>
Liberty Fund was founded by Goodrich in 1960.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.libertyfund.org/goodrich.html |title=Pierre F. Goodrich |publisher=Liberty Fund |date= |accessdate=2013-04-20}}</ref> In 1997 it received an $80 million donation from Goodrich's wife, Enid, increasing its assets to over $300 million.<ref name="grimm">Robert T. Grimm (ed.), ''Notable American Philanthropists: Biographies of Giving and Volunteering'', Greenwood Publishing Group, 2002, pp. 125-128</ref><ref>{{cite journal|title=Gift pulls Liberty out of shadows|journal=[[Indianapolis Business Journal]]|date=June 30, 1997|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P3-13132292.html|accessdate=September 8, 2013 (from [[HighBeam Research]])|publisher=IBJ Corporation|quote=Because the conferences are scattered across the globe and because they attract only elite thinkers, the fund attracts little attention in Indianapolis outside its Allison Pointe offices.}}</ref>


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== Conferences and programs ==
It has held over 3000 conferences.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.libertyfund.org/conferences.html |title=Conferences |publisher=Liberty Fund |date= |accessdate=2013-04-20}}</ref> Their interdisciplinary conferences have themes such as economics, history, law, political thought, literature, philosophy, religion, and the natural sciences.
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Liberty Fund conducts various programs, some with co-sponsors.{{cn|date=September 2013}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.libertyfund.org/cosponsored.html |title=Co-sponsored programs |publisher=Liberty Fund |date= |accessdate=2013-04-20}}</ref> Co-sponsors include organizations such as the [[Acton Institute]], the [[Bill of Rights Institute]], the [[Institute for Humane Studies]], the [[Instituto Liberal]], the [[Intercollegiate Studies Institute]], the [[Ashbrook Center for Public Affairs|John M. Ashbrook Center for Public Affairs]], the [[Property and Environment Research Center]] (PERC), the [[Federalist Society for Law and Public Policy Studies]], the [[McConnell Center]], and the [[Universidad Francisco Marroquin]].{{cn}}

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== Co-sponsored programs ==
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Liberty Fund and its co-sponsoring institutions conduct various programs.{{cn|date=September 2013}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.libertyfund.org/cosponsored.html |title=Co-sponsored programs |publisher=Liberty Fund |date= |accessdate=2013-04-20}}</ref> The co-sponsoring institutions include bodies such as the [[Acton Institute]], the [[Bill of Rights Institute]], the [[Institute for Humane Studies]], the [[Instituto Liberal]], the [[Intercollegiate Studies Institute]], the [[Ashbrook Center for Public Affairs|John M. Ashbrook Center for Public Affairs]], the [[Property and Environment Research Center]] (PERC), the [[Federalist Society for Law and Public Policy Studies]], the [[McConnell Center]], and the [[Universidad Francisco Marroquin]].


== Publishing ==
== Publishing ==

Revision as of 01:48, 9 September 2013

Liberty Fund logo: ama-gi, cuneiform inscription meaning "return to the mother" and interpreted by the Liberty Fund to be the earliest-known written appearance of the word "freedom", or "liberty", taken from a clay document written about 2300 B.C. in the Sumerian city-state of Lagash.[1]

Liberty Fund, Inc. is a nonprofit foundation[2] headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA which promulgates the libertarian views of its founder through monetary grants and a variety of direct promotional activities. The operating mandate of the Liberty Fund was set forth in an unpublished memo written by its founder, Pierre F. Goodrich.[3][4]

Overview

Liberty Fund was founded by Goodrich in 1960.[5] In 1997 it received an $80 million donation from Goodrich's wife, Enid, increasing its assets to over $300 million.[4][6]

Conferences and programs

Liberty Fund conducts various programs, some with co-sponsors.[citation needed][7] Co-sponsors include organizations such as the Acton Institute, the Bill of Rights Institute, the Institute for Humane Studies, the Instituto Liberal, the Intercollegiate Studies Institute, the John M. Ashbrook Center for Public Affairs, the Property and Environment Research Center (PERC), the Federalist Society for Law and Public Policy Studies, the McConnell Center, and the Universidad Francisco Marroquin.[citation needed]

Publishing

Through its publishing program, it has funded almost 400 titles[8] in the fields of history, politics, philosophy, law, education, and economics. These include the Glasgow Edition of the Works and Correspondence of Adam Smith (7 vols.), the Sraffa edition of the Works and Correspondence of David Ricardo (11 vols.), Liberty Fund’s Natural Law and Enlightenment Series (31 of a projected 44 vols.), and the Historical-Critical Edition of Alexis de Tocqueville’s Democracy in America (4 vols.).

Reception

In his book The Assault on Reason, Al Gore says that between 2002 and 2004 that 97% of the attendees at Liberty Fund training seminars for judges were Republican administration appointees. Gore suggests that such conferences and seminars are one of the reasons that judges who regularly attend such conferences "are generally responsible for writing the most radical pro-corporate, antienvironmental, and activist decisions." Referring to what he calls the "Big Three", the Foundation for Research on Economics and the Environment, George Mason University's Law & Economics Center (LEC), and the Liberty Fund he adds "These groups are not providing unbiased judicial education. They are giving multithousand-dollar vacations to federal judges to promote their radical right-wing agenda at the expense of the public interest."[9]

Liberty Fund has been cited as one of the endowed conservative foundations which laid the way for the election of U.S. president Ronald Reagan in 1980.[10]

See also

References

  1. ^ Liberty Fund’s writings about the origins and usage of the amagi logo[1]
  2. ^ Simon, Scott (March 28, 2009). "Sarah Palin as Dorthy? We're Not in Kansas". Weekend Edition – Saturday. NPR. Retrieved September 8, 2013.
  3. ^ Morgan N. Knull, Goodrich, Pierre, First Principles, 09/23/11
  4. ^ a b Robert T. Grimm (ed.), Notable American Philanthropists: Biographies of Giving and Volunteering, Greenwood Publishing Group, 2002, pp. 125-128
  5. ^ "Pierre F. Goodrich". Liberty Fund. Retrieved 2013-04-20.
  6. ^ "Gift pulls Liberty out of shadows". Indianapolis Business Journal. IBJ Corporation. June 30, 1997. Retrieved September 8, 2013 (from HighBeam Research). Because the conferences are scattered across the globe and because they attract only elite thinkers, the fund attracts little attention in Indianapolis outside its Allison Pointe offices. {{cite journal}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  7. ^ "Co-sponsored programs". Liberty Fund. Retrieved 2013-04-20.
  8. ^ Liberty Fund: About Books
  9. ^ Gore, Al (2007). The Assault on Reason. Penguin Press. p. 234. ISBN 978-1-59420-122-6.
  10. ^ Critchlow, Donald. "'Phyllis Schlafly and Grassroots Conservatism'". New York Times. Retrieved 8 September 2013.
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