Better living through better policy. The leading free-market research institute in the American Southwest. President: @pmbrenner91. The Southwest Public Policy Institute is dedicated to promoting and defending liberty, personal responsibility, and freedom in the American Southwest by educating and affecting policymakers with academically sound research and outreach. The Southwest Public Policy Institute is a research and educational institution headquartered in Albuquerque. The mission is to improve the quality of life in the American Southwest by formulating, promoting, and defending sound public policy solutions based on the principles of free enterprise, personal responsibility, limited government, individual freedom, and traditional American values.