July 20, 2012
In case you haven’t heard, CEPR was once again the most cost-effective think-tank in 2011. That’s right: CEPR ranked first in media hits per budget dollar of all major think-tanks, based on an analysis of Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting’s 2011 think tank media citation rankings and organizational budgets. CEPR outpaced all other think-tanks with 1.3 media citations per ten thousand budget dollars. CEPR had also been first in hits per dollar in the five years from 2004-2008.*
We’re proud of our ability to do so much with so little, but sometimes we fantasize about what we could do with a budget even half the size of those other think-tanks (well, since CEPR brags on getting the numbers right, the truth is that our budget is LESS than half of the others). So we are asking you, our friends and supporters, to challenge us to remain number one. Donate to CEPR today and help us to increase the size of our budget, and in return we will promise to continue to use our resources wisely. That means more of what you value most about CEPR: our research, analysis, media work, outreach, columns and blogs.
We think that we can stay in first place, even with more money. We welcome the opportunity to prove it to you.
Thanks for your support,
Dean Baker, Mark Weisbrot and CEPR staff
*CEPR did not do this analysis for the years 2009 and 2010 because Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting (FAIR), which produces the measure of think tank media citations that is the basis of this analysis, did not compile its list in those years.
