Irwin Stelzer
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Irwin M. Stelzer is an American
economist
who is the U.S. economic and business columnist for the Sunday Times
, the Courier-Mail
, the Guardian
and a contributing editor of the Weekly Standard
. He is also an occasional contributor to the Daily Telegraph
and the New Statesman
. He resides in London
and the United States.
Stelzer has served as a managing director of the investment banking firm of Rothschild Inc and was co-founder and president of National Economic Research Associates, Inc which became NERA Economic Consulting
and which was subsequently sold to Marsh & McLennan, Inc. He is a signatory of the Henry Jackson Society
, a senior director and fellow of the Hudson Institute
and has edited and introduced a book on neoconservatism
. He is a visiting fellow of Nuffield College, Oxford. Prior to joining the Hudson Institute, Dr. Stelzer was resident scholar and director of regulatory policy studies at the American Enterprise Institute
. Stelzer received his bachelor and master-of-arts degrees from New York University
and his doctorate in economics from Cornell University
. He started out by delivering flowers for "25 cents a shot"
United States
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economist
Economist
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who is the U.S. economic and business columnist for the Sunday Times
The Sunday Times
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, the Courier-Mail
The Courier-Mail
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, the Guardian
The Guardian
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and a contributing editor of the Weekly Standard
The Weekly Standard
The Weekly Standard is an American neoconservative opinion magazine published 48 times per year. Its founding publisher, News Corporation, debuted the title September 18, 1995. Currently edited by founder William Kristol and Fred Barnes, the Standard has been described as a "redoubt of...
. He is also an occasional contributor to the Daily Telegraph
The Daily Telegraph
The Daily Telegraph is a daily morning broadsheet newspaper distributed throughout the United Kingdom and internationally. The newspaper was founded by Arthur B...
and the New Statesman
New Statesman
New Statesman is a British centre-left political and cultural magazine published weekly in London. Founded in 1913, and connected with leading members of the Fabian Society, the magazine reached a circulation peak in the late 1960s....
. He resides in London
London
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and the United States.
Stelzer has served as a managing director of the investment banking firm of Rothschild Inc and was co-founder and president of National Economic Research Associates, Inc which became NERA Economic Consulting
NERA Economic Consulting
' is a global firm of experts dedicated to applying economic, finance, and quantitative principles to complex business and legal challenges. For half a century, NERA's economists have been creating strategies, studies, reports, expert testimony, and policy recommendations for government authorities...
and which was subsequently sold to Marsh & McLennan, Inc. He is a signatory of the Henry Jackson Society
Henry Jackson Society
The Henry Jackson Society is a non-partisan association. The society's goals include the promotion of "democratic geopolitics". The society is named after after Henry M. Jackson, the late Democratic Senator from Washington State...
, a senior director and fellow of the Hudson Institute
Hudson Institute
The Hudson Institute is an American think tank founded in 1961, in Croton-on-Hudson, New York, by futurist, military strategist, and systems theorist Herman Kahn and his colleagues at the RAND Corporation...
and has edited and introduced a book on neoconservatism
Neoconservatism
Neoconservatism in the United States is a branch of American conservatism. Since 2001, neoconservatism has been associated with democracy promotion, that is with assisting movements for democracy, in some cases by economic sanctions or military action....
. He is a visiting fellow of Nuffield College, Oxford. Prior to joining the Hudson Institute, Dr. Stelzer was resident scholar and director of regulatory policy studies at the American Enterprise Institute
American Enterprise Institute
The American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research is a conservative think tank founded in 1943. Its stated mission is "to defend the principles and improve the institutions of American freedom and democratic capitalism—limited government, private enterprise, individual liberty and...
. Stelzer received his bachelor and master-of-arts degrees from New York University
New York University
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and his doctorate in economics from Cornell University
Cornell University
Cornell University is an Ivy League university located in Ithaca, New York, United States. It is a private land-grant university, receiving annual funding from the State of New York for certain educational missions...
. He started out by delivering flowers for "25 cents a shot"
External links
- Biography, Articles and Publications at the Hudson Institute
- Biography on Sourcewatch.org
- Video of lecture given at Edinburgh University in 2002 on Adam Smith
- Interview: Irwin Stelzer, Rupert Murdoch's right-hand man, "The ObserverThe ObserverThe Observer is a British newspaper, published on Sundays. In the same place on the political spectrum as its daily sister paper The Guardian, which acquired it in 1993, it takes a liberal or social democratic line on most issues. It is the world's oldest Sunday newspaper.-Origins:The first issue,...
" Sunday October 17, 2004