Irwin M. Stelzer (born 22 May 1932)[1] is an American
economist[2]
who 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 [3] at The Weekly Standard, and is a contributing editor for the American Interest. He is Director of Economic Policy Studies at the Hudson Institute.
Stelzer is a consultant on market strategy, pricing and antitrust issues, and regulatory matters for U.S. and United Kingdom industries.[4][5]
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 assertion that Stelzer denies.[6]
Stelzer co-founded
National Economic Research Associates, 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 Asset 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.[3][4]
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 in 1998, Dr. Stelzer was resident scholar and director of regulatory policy studies at the
American Enterprise Institute.[4] He started out by delivering flowers for "25 cents a shot"[8][9]
Memberships and affiliations
Visiting Committee, The Harris School of Public Policy Studies, The University of Chicago[10]
Member, Publication Committee, The Public Interest[3]
Member, Board, Regulatory Policy Institute (Oxford)[3][4]
Member, Advisory Board of The American Antitrust Institute[4]
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 competitive 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 Antitrust Bulletin[4]
Cento G. Veljanovski; M.E. Beesley; S.C. Littlechild; Irwin Stelzer; Sir Alan Peacock; et al. (30 September 1991). Regulators and the Market: An Assessment of Growth of Regulation in the UK. Institute of Economic Affairs.
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^Smith, David (16 October 2004).
"'It's crazy to think that I'd threaten Blair'". The Observer. Guardian News and Media Limited. Retrieved 4 August 2012. I've been a friend of Mr Murdoch for a very long time... I certainly don't have the position of formulating Mr Murdoch's political views and enforcing them on the British Prime Minister. The notion that I'm an enforcer is so bizarre: I can't tell you how bizarre it is.