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Overton Window A new blockbuster novel by Glenn Beck is named after a think-tank concept, the Overton Window, that helps explain why lawmakers enact the policies they do. This concept, created by Mackinac Center’s late vice president, Joseph Overton, explains that the window of politically acceptable policies is not defined primarily by what politicians would prefer; rather, it is defined by what they believe they can support and still win re-election. Hence, the window shifts to include new policies or exclude old ones not when ideas change among politicians, but when ideas change in the society that elects them. Visit the Mackinac Center’s website for more on the Overton Window concept and the new book by Glenn Beck, and please explore Public Interest Institute’s website to read our contributions to the effort to shift the window to more limited-government, free-market ideas.
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