Idea Brokers

<b>From Simon & Schuster <i>The Idea Brokers</i> is James A. Smith's exploration of think tanks and the rise of the new policy elite.</b> <p/>Tracing the rise of the think tank from the turn of the century to the present historian Smith provides a portrait of this policy elite and concludes that experts have preempted the public debate by helping to remove complex issues from the ken of ordinary citizens.