Richard J. Barnet, Founder of a Liberal Research Institute, Dies at 75
NY Times
Richard J. Barnet, a Kennedy administration official who was a founder of the Institute for Policy Studies, one of the first research organizations in the country to address public policy from a left-wing vantage point, died yesterday at his home in Washington. He was 75.
The cause was normal pressure hydrocephalus, a brain disorder, his daughter Julie Barnet said.
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Mr. Barnet and Marcus Raskin founded the institute, based in Washington, in 1963. Advocating social action as well as scholarship, the organization has been involved in issues including civil rights, the Vietnam War, national security and, most recently, fair trade and environmental justice campaigns.
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