Roosevelt Institute

{{Short description|American liberal think tank}} {{infobox Institute | name = The Roosevelt Institute | image = [[File:Official Roosevelt Institute Logo.jpg|200px]] | motto = | established = {{start date and age|1987}} | location = [[New York, New York]] | address = 570 Lexington Ave., 5th floor New York, NY 10022 | head_label = President & CEO | head = Elizabeth Wilkins<ref>{{cite web |title=Elizabeth Wilkins |url=https://rooseveltinstitute.org/authors/elizabeth-wilkins/|website=Roosevelt Institute |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251105173411/https://rooseveltinstitute.org/authors/elizabeth-wilkins/ |archive-date=2025-11-05 |access-date=5 January 2026 |url-status=live |language=en }}</ref> | chairman = Anna Eleanor Roosevelt | budget = Revenue: $22.8 million (2024) <br> Expenses: $14.1 million (2024)<ref>{{cite web |title=The Roosevelt Institute - Nonprofit Explorer |url=https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/237213592 |website=ProPublica |access-date=26 March 2025 |language=en |date=9 May 2013}}</ref> | website = {{URL|https://rooseveltinstitute.org/}} }}

The '''Roosevelt Institute''' is a [[Modern liberalism in the United States|liberal]] American think tank headquartered in [[New York City]].<ref name=chozick>{{cite news|last1=Chozick|first1=Amy|title=Report by Clinton Adviser Proposes 'Rewriting' Decades of Economic Policy|url=https://www.nytimes.com/politics/first-draft/2015/05/12/report-by-clinton-adviser-proposes-rewriting-decades-of-economic-policy/|access-date=2 June 2015|work=New York Times|date=May 12, 2015|archive-date=30 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201130083350/http://www.nytimes.com/politics/first-draft/2015/05/12/report-by-clinton-adviser-proposes-rewriting-decades-of-economic-policy/|url-status=live}}</ref>

==History and overview== [[File:Four Freedoms Wall, Franklin D. Roosevelt Memorial.jpg|thumb|left|alt=Four Freedoms Wall, Franklin D. Roosevelt Memorial|Four Freedoms Wall in the Franklin D. Roosevelt Memorial, Washington, D.C.]] The Roosevelt Institute was created in 1987 through the merger of the Eleanor Roosevelt Institute and the Franklin D. Roosevelt Four Freedoms Foundation.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Hoffman Beasley|first1=Maurine|last2=Cowan Shulman|first2=Holly|last3=Beasley|first3=Henry|title=The Eleanor Roosevelt Encyclopedia|date=2001|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|isbn=9780313301810|page=337}}</ref> In 2007, the Roosevelt Institute merged with the Roosevelt Institution, now known as the [[Roosevelt Institute Campus Network]].<ref>{{cite book|last1=Payne|first1=Erica|title=Practical Progressive: How to Build a 21st Century Political Movement|date=2008|publisher=Public Affairs|isbn=9781586487195|page=[https://archive.org/details/practicalprogres00payn/page/286 286]|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/practicalprogres00payn/page/286}}</ref> It remains the non-profit partner to the government-run [[Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum]], the nation's first presidential library. In 2009, it expanded its mission with the launch of the Four Freedoms Center, a progressive policy [[think tank]], and an economic policy blog. [[File:Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt, November 1935.jpg|thumb|right|alt=Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt, November 1935|Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt, November 1935]]

[[Felicia Wong]], formerly of the [[Democracy Alliance]], became the organization's president and CEO in March 2012.<ref>{{cite web|title=Roosevelt Institute Names Felicia Wong New President & CEO|url=http://www.rooseveltinstitute.org/roosevelt-institute-names-felicia-wong-new-president-ceo|publisher=Roosevelt Institute|access-date=3 June 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150615010450/http://www.rooseveltinstitute.org/roosevelt-institute-names-felicia-wong-new-president-ceo|archive-date=15 June 2015}}</ref> In 2015, the Roosevelt Institute was added to the Democracy Alliance's list of recommended funding targets.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Gold|first1=Matea|title=Wealthy donors on left launch new plan to wrest back control in the states|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/wealthy-donors-on-left-launch-new-plan-to-wrest-back-control-in-the-states/2015/04/12/ccd2f5ee-dfd3-11e4-a1b8-2ed88bc190d2_story.html|access-date=3 June 2015|newspaper=Washington Post|date=April 12, 2015|archive-date=9 May 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150509151130/http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/wealthy-donors-on-left-launch-new-plan-to-wrest-back-control-in-the-states/2015/04/12/ccd2f5ee-dfd3-11e4-a1b8-2ed88bc190d2_story.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Other donors to the Roosevelt Institute include the [[Ford Foundation]], the [[Hewlett Foundation]], the [[John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation|MacArthur Foundation]], and the [[Bauman Foundation]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Lederman|first1=Diane|title=Amherst College's Roosevelt Institute to share in $750,000 MacArthur Award|url=http://www.masslive.com/news/index.ssf/2015/02/amherst_colleges_roosevelt_ins.html|access-date=3 June 2015|publisher=MassLive|date=February 5, 2015|archive-date=2 July 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150702164532/http://www.masslive.com/news/index.ssf/2015/02/amherst_colleges_roosevelt_ins.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Activities== [[Joseph Stiglitz]] is the Roosevelt Institute's chief [[economist]]. In 2015, a report authored by Stiglitz offered an indictment of 35 years of [[Monetary policy of the United States|U.S. economic policies]].<ref name=chozick/><ref>{{cite news|last1=Chozick|first1=Amy|title=Middle Class Is Disappearing, at Least From Vocabulary of Possible 2016 Contenders|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/12/us/politics/as-middle-class-fades-so-does-use-of-term-on-campaign-trail.html|access-date=2 June 2015|work=New York Times|date=May 11, 2015|archive-date=12 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612222226/https://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/12/us/politics/as-middle-class-fades-so-does-use-of-term-on-campaign-trail.html|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Elizabeth Warren]] and [[Bill de Blasio]] joined Stiglitz at the press conference to announce the report.<ref>{{cite news| last1=Rosenfeld| first1=Steven| title=37 ways to un-rig the U.S. economy so it no longer favors the rich| url=http://www.salon.com/2015/05/16/37_ways_to_un_rig_the_u_s_economy_so_it_doesnt_favor_the_rich_partner/| access-date=2 June 2015| work=Salon| date=May 16, 2015| archive-date=2 June 2015| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150602031508/http://www.salon.com/2015/05/16/37_ways_to_un_rig_the_u_s_economy_so_it_doesnt_favor_the_rich_partner/| url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=wapo>{{cite news|last1=Tankersley|first1=Jim|title=Liberals have a new manifesto for fighting inequality, and it's very liberal|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2015/05/12/liberals-have-a-new-manifesto-for-fighting-inequality-and-its-very-liberal/|access-date=2 June 2015|newspaper=Washington Post|date=May 12, 2015|archive-date=30 July 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150730003105/http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2015/05/12/liberals-have-a-new-manifesto-for-fighting-inequality-and-its-very-liberal/|url-status=live}}</ref> The 37 policy recommendations in the Stiglitz report include progressive taxation and an expansion of government programs.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Domitrovic|first1=Brian|title=Hillary Will Run Against The 1980s — What Were The 1980s Again?|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/briandomitrovic/2015/05/30/hillary-will-run-against-the-1980s-what-were-the-1980s-again/|access-date=2 June 2015|work=Forbes|date=May 30, 2015|archive-date=1 August 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150801161748/http://www.forbes.com/sites/briandomitrovic/2015/05/30/hillary-will-run-against-the-1980s-what-were-the-1980s-again/|url-status=live}}</ref>

''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' called the Stiglitz report "a roadmap for what many progressives would like to see happen policy wise over the next four years."<ref>{{cite magazine|last1=Foroohar|first1=Rana|title=Here's the Secret Truth About Economic Inequality in America|url=https://time.com/3855971/us-economic-inequality/|access-date=2 June 2015|magazine=TIME|date=May 12, 2015|archive-date=1 June 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150601182317/http://time.com/3855971/us-economic-inequality/|url-status=live}}</ref> According to ''[[The Washington Post]]'', the institute's plan is "firmly rooted in the conviction that more government can solve most of America's economic challenges. It is a plan seemingly designed to rally liberals, enrage free-market economists and push a certain presumptive presidential nominee to the left."<ref name=wapo/>

==See also== * [[Four Freedoms Award]]

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==External links== * [https://rooseveltinstitute.org/ Official website]

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