Neoliberal science-policy think tanks adopt anodyne names that conceal their political orientation

Evidence

Some important examples: the Heritage Foundation (USA), the Manhattan Institute (USA), the Mercatus Center (USA), the Fraser Institute (Canada), Stiftung Marktwirtschaft (Germany), Center for a New Europe (Brussels). There are even specialized neoliberal think tanks devoted to science policy, such as the George Marshall Institute, the Annapolis Center, the Heartland Institute, and the Ethics and Public Policy Center—note the anodyne names, hiding the political orientation. — Philip Mirowski, Never Let a Serious Crisis Go to Waste, 1831

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to the science-policy think tank literature showing the manufacturing of climate-skeptic doubt (George Marshall Institute, Heartland) and to the general corpus on manufactured ignorance.
• SHARE: For a friend working in science policy or climate communication: the anodyne naming of Heartland and the George Marshall Institute as deliberate concealment.