a) The address it lists (BROWNSTONE INSTITUTE, 2028 E BEN WHITE BLVD, #240-3088, AUSTIN TX 78741) is a Wells Fargo Bank. The imagery on the site is just stock photos, which surprises no one here, I'm sure, but unsophisticated readers tend to associate it with elevated stature.
B) the above link now goes to a 404 page where it didn't earlier today.
C) From the "About" page:
> The Brownstone Institute for Social and Economic Research is a nonprofit organization conceived of in May 2021. Its vision is of a society that places the highest value on the voluntary interaction of individuals and groups while minimizing the use of violence and force even including that which is exercised by public authority.
Created six months ago? The rest is typical pseudo-libertarian language which makes clear that the bias leads any information found there.
I'd call this a half-assed attempt at trying to create an authoritative-appearing front for misinformation, but that'd be giving it far too much credit.
B) the above link now goes to a 404 page where it didn't earlier today.
C) From the "About" page: > The Brownstone Institute for Social and Economic Research is a nonprofit organization conceived of in May 2021. Its vision is of a society that places the highest value on the voluntary interaction of individuals and groups while minimizing the use of violence and force even including that which is exercised by public authority.
Created six months ago? The rest is typical pseudo-libertarian language which makes clear that the bias leads any information found there.
I'd call this a half-assed attempt at trying to create an authoritative-appearing front for misinformation, but that'd be giving it far too much credit.