Download or read book Idea Brokers written by James A. Smith and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 1993-11-08 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Simon & Schuster, The Idea Brokers is James A. Smith's exploration of think tanks and the rise of the new policy elite. 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.