Irwin Stelzer Biography

American economist and columnist (born 1932)

Irwin M. Stelzer (born 22 May 1932) is an American economistwho is the U.S. economic and business columnist for The Sunday Times in the United Kingdom and was for The Courier-Mail in Australia. In the United States, he was a contributing editor at The Weekly Standard, and is a contributing editor for the American Interest. He is Director of Economic Policy Studies at the Hudson Ins*ute.Stelzer is a consultant on market strategy, pricing and an*rust issues, and regulatory matters for U.S. and United Kingdom industries.He is also an occasional contributor to The Guardian, the Daily Telegraph, Standpoint and the New Statesman. He resides in the United States. Some British politicians and newspapers have vilified Stelzer as Rupert Murdoch's right-hand man, an *ertion that Stelzer denies.

Academic career

Stelzer received both his BA degree and his MA degree from New York University. At Cornell University he earned a Ph.D. in economics. He has had teaching appointments at Cornell University, the University of Connecticut, and New York University and he has also been a teaching member of Columbia University’s Continuing Legal Education Programs. He has been elected a Visiting Fellow at Nuffield College, Oxford. He is a former member of the Litigation and Administrative Practice Faculty of the Practising Law Ins*ute. He served on the M*achusetts Ins*ute of Technology Visiting Committee for the Department of Economics.

Professional career

Stelzer co-founded National Economic Research *ociates, Inc. (NERA) and served as its president from 1961 to 1983. NERA was sold to Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc. (MMC) in 1983 and later became NERA Economic Consulting. Stelzer has served as a managing director of the investment banking firm of Rothschild *et Management Inc. (U.S.) part of N M Rothschild & Sons. He also has served as a director of the Energy and Environmental Policy Center at Harvard University.He is a signatory of the Henry Jackson Society, a senior director and fellow of the Hudson Ins*ute and has edited and introduced a book on neoconservatism. He is a visiting fellow of Nuffield College, Oxford. Prior to joining the Hudson Ins*ute in 1998, Dr. Stelzer was resident scholar and director of regulatory policy studies at the American Enterprise Ins*ute. He started out by delivering flowers for "25 cents a shot"

Memberships and affiliations

  • Visiting Committee, The Harris School of Public Policy Studies, The University of Chicago
  • Member, Publication Committee, The Public Interest
  • Member, Board, Regulatory Policy Ins*ute (Oxford)
  • Member, Advisory Board of The American An*rust Ins*ute
  • Advisor to the U.S. Trade Representative
  • Cosmos Club, Metropolitan Club, Reform Club

Publications

Stelzer has written and lectured on economic and policy development in the United States and the United Kingdom. He has written extensively on policy issues such as America's compe*ive position in the world economy, optimum regulatory policies, the consequences of European integration, and factors affecting and impeding economic growth. He has served as economics editor of the An*rust Bulletin

  • Kitt, Howard P.; Stelzer, Irwin. Selected An*rust Cases, Landmark Decisions. Richard D. Irwin, Inc. ASIN:B0012AQNIA.
  • Compe*ive rates and practices by electric utilities: An economic *ysis. National Economic Research *ociates. 1968. ASIN:B0007DPXHU.
  • Impact of compe*ion on regulation: Utility rate-making. National Economic Research *ociates. 1968. ASIN:B0007GMIQG.
  • Kitt, Howard P.; Stelzer, Irwin (1974). Selected An*rust Cases: Landmark Decisions. Richard D Irwin. ASIN:B001H9T040.
  • The electric utilities face the next 20 years. National Economic Research *ociates. 1978. ASIN:B00070RMZY.
  • "Energy Policy: Capitalism Anyone?". IIER. 1980. ASIN:B005JP7P5Y.
  • Benefits and costs of insurance deregulation. National Economic Research *ociates. 1981. ASIN:B00071UD9K.
  • Will cable save the arts?. National Economic Research *ociates. 1981. ASIN:B00072KDFI.
  • Electric utilities in the near-term future: A hard look. National Economic Research *ociates. 1984. ASIN:B000718Y46.
  • Stelzer, Irwin, ed. (1985). Selected An*rust Cases: Landmark Decisions. Richard D Irwin. ISBN:978-0256032222.
  • Cento G. Veljanovski; M.E. Beesley; S.C. Littlechild; Irwin Stelzer; Sir Alan Pea*; et:al. (30 September 1991). Regulators and the Market: An *essment of Growth of Regulation in the UK. Ins*ute of Economic Affairs. ISBN:978-0255362498. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  • Stranded investment: Who pays the bill?. American Enterprise Ins*ute for Public Policy Research. 1994. ASIN:B0006PBEDG.
  • The Department of Energy: An Agency That Cannot Be Reinvented. Aei Press. 1995. ISBN:978-0844770543. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  • Stelzer, Irwin; Portney, Paul R. (1998). Making Environmental Policy: Two Views. Aei Press. ISBN:978-0844771168. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  • Shenefield, John H.; Stelzer, Irwin (2001). The An*rust Laws: A Primer. Aei Press. ISBN:978-0844741543.
  • Lectures on Regulatory & Compe*ion Policy. Inst of Economic Affairs. 2001. ISBN:978-0255365116. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  • The United States, a United Europe and the United Kingdom: Three Characters in Search of a Policy. Hudson Ins*ute. 2001. ASIN:B000PSL8GC.
  • From Grave to Cradle: Building a Meritocracy. The Social Market Foundation. 2002. ISBN:978-1874097785.
  • "Innovation in the Medical Technology Industries". Hudson Ins*ute. 2002.
  • Stelzer, Irwin, ed. (2004). The Neocon Reader. Grove Press. ISBN:978-0802141934.
  • Stelzer, Irwin, ed. (2005). Neocon Reader. San Val. ISBN:978-1417723164.
  • "Energy Policy: Abandon Hope All Ye Who Enter Here" (PDF). White Paper. Hudson Ins*ute. Summer 2008. Retrieved 4 August 2012.
  • "The New Capitalism" (PDF). Hudson Ins*ute. 29 October 2008. Retrieved 4 August 2012.
  • Stelzer, Irwin (8 January 2009). "Energy Independence" (PDF). Presidential Transition Papers. Hudson Ins*ute. Retrieved 4 August 2012.
  • Stelzer, Irwin (8 January 2009). "Financial Regulatory Policy" (PDF). Presidential Transition Papers. Hudson Ins*ute. Retrieved 4 August 2012.
  • Selected An*rust Cases: Landmark Decisions In Federal An*rust. Literary Licensing, LLC. 2012. ISBN:978-1258282493.
  • "Articles". Personal website. Stelzer *ociates. 18 July 2011. Retrieved 4 August 2012.
  • "Speeches". Personal website. Stelzer *ociates. 13 July 2008. Retrieved 4 August 2012.
  • "Publications". About Hudson – Irwin M. Stelzer. Hudson Ins*ute. Retrieved 4 August 2012.
  • "Articles". The Weekly Standard. The Weekly Standard LLC. Retrieved 4 August 2012.
  • Carbon Taxes: An opportunity for Conservatives, Washington: Hudson Ins*ute, 2011.
  • “An*rust and the Hospitals”, National Affairs, Number 5, Fall 2015
  • Stelzer, Irwin. The Murdoch Method: Notes on Running a Media Empire. Atlantic Books, 2018
  • Later publications, sorted by topic, are available on the web site, www.irwinstelzer.com

References

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      • Luke Johnson; Irwin Stelzer (24 May 2006). "World affairs and British policy towards the EU". Events. The Bruges Group. Archived from the original on 8 February 2012. Retrieved 4 August 2012.
      • Luke Johnson; Irwin Stelzer (24 May 2006). "World affairs and British policy towards the EU". Audio. The Bruges Group. Archived from the original (MP3) on 10 May 2012. Retrieved 4 August 2012.

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