Jim Manzi (political commentator)
| James Manzi | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1963 |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Massachusetts Institute of Technology, University of Pennsylvania |
| Occupation | Executive Chairman & Managing Director of Applied Predictive Technologies |
| Political party | Independent |
James "Jim" Manzi (pronounced /ˈmænzi/[citation needed]; born 1963) is an American businessman and political commentator. He is currently[when?] the chairman and managing director of Applied Predictive Technologies, a business analytics software company, a contributing editor at the National Review, a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute, and a contributor to a variety of blogs.[1]
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[edit] Education and business
Jim Manzi graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1984 with a B.S. in mathematics. He holds a PHD from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. After college, he worked for AT&T Laboratories and at Strategic Planning Associates, which became Mercer Management Consulting and is now a part of Oliver Wyman. He left to found Applied Predictive Technologies, a statistical business analysis software company, in 1999 with Anthony Bruce and Scott Setrakian, serving as CEO until 2008 and as Executive Chairman thereafter.[2] He is a senior fellow at Manhattan Institute and serves on a number of other corporate and non-profit boards.[1]
[edit] Political views and commentary
Jim Manzi has written articles for a variety of political publications including the New York Post, The Weekly Standard, The Atlantic, and Slate. He has also contributed to the blogs of those publications and others, such as The American Scene, Andrew Sullivan's The Daily Dish, and National Review's The Corner.[1] Manzi's writing focuses on science, technology, and economics, and he generally advocates a conservative point of view, though with libertarian leanings, and has criticized some conservative positions and the current direction of the Republican Party. David Brooks identified him as one of the "reformers" within the Republican Party,[3] and later noted Manzi's National Affairs article Keeping America's Edge as one of the best magazine essays of 2009.[4]
[edit] Specific positions
Manzi has written about climate change, which some say manifests as global warming, prominently in a controversial National Review cover article in which he argued that conservatives should stop denying global warming is happening,[5] which Rush Limbaugh attacked.[6] He has said that while climate change may be a real phenomenon, the current evidence does not justify the economic costs required to reduce carbon emissions.[7] In writing about the future of the Republican Party, he has argued that the primary challenge for conservatives is to "continue to increase the market orientation of the American economy while helping more Americans to participate in it more equally".[8]
[edit] See also
- Politics of global warming (United States)
- Media coverage of climate change
- Global warming controversy
[edit] References
- ^ a b c "Manhattan Institute Scholar James Manzi". http://www.manhattan-institute.org/html/manzi.htm. Retrieved 16 December 2009.
- ^ "APT Management". http://predictivetechnologies.com/docs/company/management.cfm. Retrieved 16 December 2009.
- ^ Brooks, David (10 November 2008). "Darkness at Dusk". The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/11/opinion/11brooks.html.
- ^ Brooks, David (28 December 2009). "The Sidney Awards II". The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/29/opinion/29brooks.html?_r=1.
- ^ Manzi, Jim (25 June 2007). "Game Plan". The National Review. http://nrd.nationalreview.com/article/?q=OTFkOGYwM2RmZmI0M2NjZTE0Mjc4NTExYmYzMTRiZTg.
- ^ "Follow the Global Warming Money". The Rush Limbaugh Show, Transcript. 29 June 2007. http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/home/daily/site_062907/content/01125114.guest.html. Retrieved 22 December 2009.
- ^ "Six questions for Jim Manzi". The Economist. 29 August 2009. http://www.economist.com/blogs/democracyinamerica/2009/08/six_questions_for_jim_manzi. Retrieved 16 December 2009.
- ^ "What should the GOP do now?". 5 November 2008. http://www.slate.com/id/2203800/entry/2203801/. Retrieved 16 December 2009.
