Controversies
Controversies tied to this brand in public sources. A listing is not a finding of fault.
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2003
Criticism of social and economic doctrine
Critics, including Chip Berlet of the Southern Poverty Law Center, argued that the institute's libertarian economics and political theory could accommodate hierarchical or socially reactionary views and opposed government interventions framed around social justice.
1995
Controversy over secession and neo-Confederate themes
The institute's conferences on secession, including a 1995 event in Charleston, and statements by associated figures about the American Civil War led critics to connect parts of its network with neo-Confederate ideas. The Southern Poverty Law Center later characterized the organization as showing interest in neo-Confederate themes.