42.7% of matchups won
368 matchups
Elo 1561
tracked 2025/05/18 → 2026/09/25
mission: Promote free-market policies · Public policy research · nonprofits
Public sentiment
how often it gets picked, by matchup framing43%
picked as helping wellbeing
244 matchups
42%
picked as hurting wellbeing
124 matchups
People are split on it.
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Rating over time
Elo, 7-day average · history as of 2025-08-29Related
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Known for
- Founded in 1978
- Published City Journal
- Influenced education reform
- Developed broken windows theory
- Counterterrorism research initiatives
Based on 368 head-to-head matchups from Mic Check's global survey; ratings use Elo (1500 = neutral start). Latest data 2026/09/25. Full rankings ·
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