The Centrist Manifesto by Charles Wheelan

The Centrist Manifesto (2013) attempts to articulate a centrism that is more than a set of compromises between the political extremes, a perspective Wheelan elsewhere characterizes as radical centrist.ī 1966) is an American economist, speaker, founder of The Centrist Party, the author of Naked Statistics, Naked Economics, and Naked Money. Naked Statistics (2013) is an introduction to statistics.

Wheelan's first book, Naked Economics (2002), is an introduction to economics for lay readers. Wheelan is a regular contributor to the Motley Fool Radio Show on National Public Radio and to the Eight Forty-Eight program on WBEZ, Chicago Public Radio. He is also the author of The Centrist Manifesto and the founder and co-chair of Unite America, an organization dedicated to bridging the partisan divide and electing a more representative and functional government. It is, in fact, a big idea because it is a third party strategy that can work. He has also written for the Chicago Tribune, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and Yahoo! Finance. Wheelan’s most recent nonfiction book, Naked Money: What It Is and Why It Matters, was published by W.W. The core concept of The Centrist Manifesto and what Wheelan calls 'The Big Idea' is to elect 5-6 independent Senators who will act as a swing vote to moderate and broker the legislative agenda for the federal government.

The word centrist isnt great, I wish we had a different one. From 1997 to 2002, he was the Midwest correspondent for The Economist. Charles Wheelan: Being a centrist means that I do not fit neatly into either current political camp.

He was an unsuccessful Democratic candidate in the special election for Illinois's 5th congressional district, the seat vacated by Rahm Emanuel. Wheelan graduated from Dartmouth College, where he was a member of Alpha Delta fraternity.

The Centrist Manifesto by Charles Wheelan