Peterson Institute For International Economics
The Peter G. Peterson Institute for International Economics (Peterson Institute), formerly the Institute for International Economics, is a private, non-profit, and nonpartisan think tank focused on international economics, based in Washington, D.C. It was founded by C. Fred Bergsten in 1981.
The Institute has been ranked as the world's leading think tank in the area of international economics by the Think Tanks and Civil Society Program at the University of Pennsylvania.
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