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Captus

Captus is a conservative Swedish think-tank that was founded in Gothenburg in 2005. It regularly publish articles mainly in Swedish but also in international media such as The Guardian, Human Events, The Wall Street Journal, FrontPage Magazine and The American Enterprise. Captus also publishes reports on issues ranging from labour market regulations to integration policy, from waste and environmental management to Iranian energy subsidies.

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Captus is a conservative Swedish think-tank that was founded in Gothenburg in 2005. It regularly publish articles mainly in Swedish but also in international media such as The Guardian, Human Events, The Wall Street Journal, FrontPage Magazine and The American Enterprise. Captus also publishes reports on issues ranging from labour market regulations to integration policy, from waste and environmental management to Iranian energy subsidies.

Key claims

  1. date of foundation: 2005 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

Discussion questions

  1. Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
  2. The record states that the date of foundation is "2005". What evidence would count against this claim?
  3. Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
  4. If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?

Bibliography

  1. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1352672658

Key claims and bibliography are generated from the same tracked claims and sources as the article page.