Bio
Matthew Hennessey is deputy editorial features editor at The Wall Street Journal and former managing editor of the Manhattan Institute for Policy Research.
From 2007–2009 he was assistant editor of Carnegie Council's Policy Innovations online magazine and the Council's staff writer.
Featured Work
NOV 19, 2007 • Article
Cap and Trade vs. Carbon Tax
What's the difference between taxing carbon emissions and a market-based system of cap and trade, asks Matthew Hennessey of the Manhattan Institute for Policy Research? ...
NOV 19, 2007 • Article
Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Briefings: Cap and Trade vs. Carbon Tax
What's the difference between taxing carbon emissions and a market-based system of cap and trade? Which approach will more effectively reduce emissions? Which is fairer?
OCT 29, 2007 • Article
Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Commentary: Searching for the Ethical Blogger
Blogs have evolved into a powerful sociopolitical force capable of shaping opinion, breaking news, and giving a voice to the voiceless. But with great chatter ...
OCT 24, 2007 • Article
Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Briefings: Has Trade Run Aground?
As astonishing as it seems, globalization is playing better in Pretoria than in Peoria. Two recent surveys show Western attitudes toward global trade hardening even ...
SEP 21, 2007 • Article
Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Briefings: Pushing against the Protectionist Drift
Policy Innovations talks with Professor Matthew Slaughter of Dartmouth's Tuck School of Business about his New Deal for globalization.
AUG 7, 2007 • Article
Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Briefings: Policy Transfer Makes Street Sense in NYC
There is nothing more powerful than an idea whose time has come, mused French novelist Victor Hugo. He might have added that some ideas come ...
JUL 25, 2007 • Article
Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Briefings: Organic Cosmetics Break Out
The global cosmetics industry is booming and the organic market is the next frontier. But in a sector built on a foundation of eternal youth, ...
JUL 17, 2007 • Article
Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Briefings: Who's to Blame for Brain Drain?
The lure of wealth and opportunity elsewhere leaves labor-exporting economies in a self-reinforcing bind: How to develop when the best and brightest routinely set out ...
APR 25, 2007 • Article
Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Briefings: Labor's Comparative Disadvantage
If you care about the hotly contested issues of trade and immigration, then you should know something about comparative advantage, the 200-year-old economic theory that ...
FEB 28, 2007 • Article
Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Innovations: Give Bpeace a Chance
The Business Council for Peace helps women build businesses in regions ravaged by war. They believe in a simple, innovative equation: Women + Business = Peace.