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The institute moved to Indianapolis, Indiana in 1984 , and since 2004, moved again to Washington, DC . The current president is Herbert London . The Institute is registered in the US as a non-profit. {Link without Title} POLICY POSITIONS The Hudson Institute's experts try to work toward a broad view of society and change, looking for the interplay between culture, Demography , technology, markets, and political leadership. In the 1970s , Hudson’s scholars advocated a turn away from the "no-growth" policies of the Club Of Rome ; in the early 1990s , it advised the newly-liberated Baltic Nations on becoming Market Economies ; it assisted in drafting the Wisconsin Welfare Reform law that became the model for national welfare reform in the mid-1990s. The Institute has taken positions critical of Environmentalism . Dennis Avery , as Director of the Hudson's Center for Global Food Issues, has written in opposition to those who oppose the use of pesticides in food farming, and the adoption instead organic agricultural methods. The Hudson Institute is developing programs to propose the political and economic transformation of Muslim nations. FUNDING The Hudson Institute is supported by donations from companies and individuals. Corporate contributors include Monsanto , DuPont , Dow-Elanco , Sandoz , Ciba-Geigy , ConAgra , Cargill , and Procter & Gamble . Fundraising efforts use testimonials from what the Institute calls its "family of generous supporters and friends", among them, Henry Kissinger , who provides a testimonial: :"Hudson Institute is today one of America's foremost policy research centers, in the forefront of study and debate on important domestic and international policy issues, known and respected around the globe, a leader in innovative thinking and creative solutions to the challenges of the present and the future." {Link without Title} NOTABLE TRUSTEES, FELLOWS AND ADVISORS In 1990 fellow Bruce Chapman founded another think tank, the Discovery Institute . Politicians who have been affilitated with Hudson include former U.S. Vice President Dan Quayle and Governor Of Indiana Mitch Daniels . Other members include:
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