The Progressive Policy Institute (PPI) is a non-profit, 501(c)(3) organization that serves as a

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. The

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(DLC) founded it in 1989. ''

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'' has described it as "a centrist Democratic institution."

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Its current president is Will Marshall, who writes on foreign policy, defense, national service,

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, trade policy, and cultural issues. The organization's executive director is Lindsay Lewis. Its chief economic strategist is Michael Mandel, who writes on innovation, growth, and regulatory policy. Several former leading government officials have held senior positions or affiliations with the organization, including

William Galston William Arthur Galston (; born January 17, 1946) holds the Ezra K. Zilkha Chair in Governance Studies and is a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution; he joined the think tank on January 1, 2006. Formerly the Saul Stern Professor and Dean at t ...

Austan Goolsbee Austan Dean Goolsbee (born August 18, 1969) is an American economist and writer. He is the Robert P. Gwinn Professor of Economics at the University of Chicago's Booth School of Business.

, Elaine Kamarck, Bruce Reed, Andrew Rotherham, Robert J. Shapiro, Paul Weinstein, and Ed Gresser.

Center for New Liberalism

In February 2020, the Neoliberal Project joined as a new initiative of the Progressive Policy Institute. Their network comprises over eighty chapters across the world. The national organization produces a podcast, conference and livestreamed events. The Neoliberal Project also runs an annual competition to select the "Neoliberal Shill" of the year. In June 2020, the Neoliberal Project was reorganized as project of the newly created Center for New Liberalism.

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* Democratic Party (United States) organizations Organizations established in 1989 Political and economic think tanks in the United States Foreign policy and strategy think tanks in the United States Institutes based in the United States 501(c)(3) organizations Neoliberal organizations Centrist political advocacy groups in the United States {{US-stub

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Center for New Liberalism

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