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Newsmax.com In 1990, the year before the collapse of the Soviet Union, I attended an economic conference in Moscow. Like my father during his visits to the U.S.S.R. in the early 1930s, I was astonished and appalled by what I … Continue reading →

Charles G. Koch last week received the William E. Simon Prize for Philanthropic Leadership at Philanthropy Roundtable’s 20th Annual Meeting. The award honors living philanthropists who have exhibited leadership through charitable giving and recognizes the power of philanthropy to promote … Continue reading →

Richard Muller, with the Berkeley Earth Surface Temperature Project, was recently interviewed by MSNBC’s Martin Bashir to discuss the study’s findings. Below is an excerpt of Dr. Muller discussing the Charles Koch Foundation’s support of his research: “MARTIN BASHIR: [The … Continue reading →

South Florida Sun Sen-Sentinel June 5, 2011 by Andrea Castillo   Bizarre: It’s the word that best describes the brouhaha over the Charles G. Koch Charitable Foundation’s controversial grant to Florida State University, where I’m an undergraduate majoring in economics. … Continue reading →

Orlando Sentinel June 3, 2011 by Manuel H. Johnson   As state governments around the U.S. struggle with weak economies and structural budget crises, funding available to higher education is likely to continue to come under severe pressure. To meet … Continue reading →

The Tallahassee Democrat May 31, 2011 By Michael Munger   Florida’s universities, and media, are in an uproar about the Koch Foundation’s “strings” on grants to FSU’s Economics Department. But I’m not sure why. As chair of Duke’s Political Science … Continue reading →