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.[4] In 2007, the Roosevelt Institute merged with the Roosevelt Institution, now known as theRoosevelt Institute Campus Network.[5] It remains the non-profit partner to the government-runFranklin 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 policythink tank, and an economic policy blog.
Joseph Stiglitz is the Roosevelt Institute's chiefeconomist. In 2015, a report authored by Stiglitz offered an indictment of 35 years ofU.S. economic policies.[3][9]Elizabeth Warren andBill de Blasio joined Stiglitz at the press conference to announce the report.[10][11] The 37 policy recommendations in the Stiglitz report include progressive taxation and an expansion of government programs.[12]
Time called the Stiglitz report "a roadmap for what many progressives would like to see happen policy wise over the next four years."[13] According toThe 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."[11]
