CONSERVATIVE SPOTLIGHT: The Heartland Institute
by Christopher Guzman

06/12/2010

The mission of the Heartland Institute is the discovery and promotion of free-market solutions to both social and economic problems.

A group of individuals devoted to free-market principles came together in Chicago in 1984 to form the institute. Joseph Bast has served as president and CEO of Heartland since its inception.

A number of prominent scholars, including Ludwig von Mises, Friedrich Hayek, Ayn Rand and John Locke have provided leadership, instruction and intellectual ammunition for Heartland’s staff over the years.

“These are people who have articulated the ethical and moral basis of free markets and limited government. They’ve done it for hundreds of years,â€