About The Progressive Policy Institute
“One person with a belief is a social power
equal to ninety-nine who have only interests.”
– John Stuart MillOverview

Organization: The Progressive Policy Institute is a research and education institute that is a project of the Third Way Foundation Inc., a nonprofit corporation organized under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.

Mission: PPI’s mission is to define and promote a new progressive politics for America in the 21st century. Through its research, policies, and perspectives, the Institute is fashioning a new governing philosophy and an agenda for public innovation geared to the Information Age.

President, PPI: Will Marshall

Address:
1301 Connecticut Ave., NW
Suite 450
Washington, DC 20036
Web: www.ppionline.org
Phone: (202) 525-3926
Fax: (202) 525-3941
Email: ppi_admin@ppionline.org

Defining the Third Way

PPI’s mission arises from the belief that America is ill-served by an obsolete left-right debate that is out of step with the powerful forces re-shaping our society and economy. The Institute advocates a philosophy that adapts the progressive tradition in American politics to the realities of the Information Age and points to a “third way” beyond the liberal impulse to defend the bureaucratic status quo and the conservative bid to simply dismantle government. The Institute envisions government as society’s servant, not its master — as a catalyst for a broader civic enterprise controlled by and responsive to the needs of citizens and the communities where they live and work.

The Institute’s work rests on three ideals: equal opportunity, mutual responsibility, and self-governing citizens and communities. Building on these cornerstone principles, our work advances five key strategies to equip Americans to confront the challenges of the Information Age:

• Restoring the American Dream by accelerating economic growth, expanding opportunity, and enhancing security.
• Reconstructing our social order by strengthening families, attacking crime, and empowering the urban poor.
• Renewing our democracy by challenging the special interests and returning power to citizens and local institutions.
• Defending our common civic ground by affirming the spirit of tolerance and the shared principles that unite us as Americans.
• Confronting global disorder by building enduring new international structures of economic and political freedom.