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Capitalism Institute

U.S. free-market right-of-center (pro-capitalism digital publication)

Owned byOwned by Connell Media LLC and managed by American Digest Media. Both are tied to founder Shaun Connell, according to the site's own About page.
FundingThe site says it is founded and funded by Shaun Connell, with no outside funding. It is not a traditional nonprofit think tank. The sources I found did not describe any revenue model such as advertising, subscriptions or donations, and I could not verify the self-reported funding independently.
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Background

The About page says Capitalism Institute was founded by Shaun Connell in 2011. It says the site is owned by Connell Media LLC, managed by American Digest Media, and funded by Connell with no outside money. It calls itself a non-partisan educational publication that explains how capitalism works and argues that market-based capitalism has been the strongest framework for broad prosperity. That non-partisan label is a self-description, and the stated pro-market mission is a clear point of view. The name is easily confused with unrelated groups such as the Capital Institute (John Fullerton's regenerative-economics think tank) and the Conscious Capitalism Institute. In 2026 the site publishes many short news-style items on politics and policy, including Trump administration legal fights, the $20B Green Bank grants dispute, White House briefings, and the Guilfoyle ethics reports. It also covers Democrats critically, for example Fetterman's attendance record and his remarks that his party is driven by Trump Derangement Syndrome. I found no outside assessments of its accuracy or bias ratings, so this profile rests on the site's own descriptions and a sample of its headlines. Its coverage of the administration looks mixed rather than uniformly supportive or critical. That judgment comes from a limited sample, and I could not review its full output or editorial staff.

Sources

  1. About Us - Capitalism Institute
  2. Trump, Rubio Consider Firing Ambassador Guilfoyle
  3. Fetterman: Democrats Led by 'Trump Derangement Syndrome'
  4. $20B Green Bank Grants Frozen in Supreme Court Battle
  5. Fetterman Absent: 16% Attendance, Staff Expose Senate No-Shows
  6. Capital Institute (unrelated organization)

Profile compiled 2026-10-15; refreshed when ownership, funding, or the administration changes.

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