Yeah, without delving into them too deeply, the name alone suggests a common ideological approach to economic policy.

...oh, Reagan, Thatcher and Hayek are honorary fellows, and Condoleeza Rice is the director, and the Walton family make generous endowments.

I'm unsurprised. Economics becomes ever more dismal when it becomes political. And I feel a strong urge to link to the Supply Side Jesus comic, but to be fair that happens whenever Reagan and Thatcher surface.