# Mercatus Center
> American non-profit free-market-oriented research, education, and outreach think tank.

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- Website listed in the source snapshot: https://www.mercatus.org/
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- Machine record: https://readyscan.ai/discovery/entities/mercatus-center-q2896325.json
- Material fingerprint: fnv1a64:9f7a3da32679ad86
- Entity revision: fnv1a64:a7c7da4f2c06c7b2
- Published: 2026-10-01
- Modified: 2026-10-01

## Company details
- Founded: 1980 Sources: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:EntityData/Q2896325.json?revision=2541768133

## Sources
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