Institute of Economic Affairs: Διαφορά μεταξύ των αναθεωρήσεων

 

==Funding==

 

The organisation does not formally disclose their sources of funding, but have been funded by tobacco companies including British American Tobacco, Philip Morris and Japan Tobacco International since 1963. ''The Guardian'' disagreed with their funding.<ref>http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/jul/15/cigarette-packaging-corporate-smokescreen-liberty</ref> Of known funding from the tobacco industry, British American Tobacco have confirmed donations totalling £11,000 in 2011 and £20,000 in 2012.<ref>http://www.bat.com/group/sites/uk__9d9kcy.nsf/vwPagesWebLive/DO9DLM9T/$FILE/medMD9FZEZJ.pdf?openelement</ref> Other tobacco companies have confirmed their donations, but refused requests for further details.<ref>http://www.theguardian.com/society/2013/jun/01/thinktanks-big-tobacco-funds-smoking</ref> In 2002 a leaked letter revealed that a prominent member of the IEA, [[Roger Scruton]] received payments of £54,000 p.a. from [[Japan Tobacco]], and he asked for increased payment in exchange for publishing further articles in the media attacking measures to reduce tobacco use. In response the IEA stated that they would change their policies to avoid a recurrence of such a conflict of interest.<ref>http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2002/jan/24/advertising.tobaccoadvertising</ref> Journalist [[George Monbiot]] reported that an organisation called 'American Friends of the IEA received $215,000 from two secretive funds as of 2010 - the US-based [[Donors Trust]] and [[Donors Capital Fund]]; anonymous trusts which support libertarian causes. The IEA later confirmed that the sole purpose of the organisation is to receive donation to the London-based IEA.<ref name="guardian.co.uk">http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/feb/18/charities-pr-rightwing-ultra-rich</ref>