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think tank

noun as in research organization

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“Many of the students are going to state and local governments, nonprofits, and think tanks, but increasingly don’t see the federal government as a place where they can make a difference or make a career.”

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The think tank says it would increase the more favourable tax treatment of owner-occupation relative to renting.

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The think tank Conference Board’s labor differential, the share of survey respondents who say jobs are plentiful minus the share who say jobs are hard to get, fell in September.

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Pessimism about the job market increased, with more people surveyed saying they expect their income to decline, according to polling done by think tank the Conference Board.

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The report came as clean-energy think tank Ember said renewable energy generated more electricity than coal in the first half of the year for the first time on record.

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