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
FEB 16, 2007 • Article
Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Briefings: Patent Absurdity
As a general rule, it pays to be skeptical of someone looking to sell something they can't possibly own. The human genetic code would appear ...
FEB 5, 2007 • Article
Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Briefings: Beckhanomics
If you could peek inside their corporate playbooks, you would find that most sports franchises are searching for ways to globalize their brands.
JAN 31, 2007 • Article
Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Briefings: Send the SOS for Globalization?
Is globalization over, or just stuck in a gyre? From Russia to Venezuela, governments appear to be turning their backs on open markets, economic liberalization, ...
JAN 16, 2007 • Article
Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Briefings: Remember Bird Flu?
While the spread of the dreaded H5N1 virus across Southeast Asia garnered much press coverage in 2005, the topic seemed to slip off the radar ...
DEC 15, 2006 • Article
Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Briefings: Diamond Movie Unearths Rock-hard Ethical Dilemmas
Given that cinema is a cultural tastemaker, Blood Diamond has a chance of damaging the global diamond trade, one of sub-Saharan Africa’s most profitable ...
DEC 12, 2006 • Article
Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Briefings: Sleeplessness from Seattle
Starbucks Coffee is sending a blended message on fair trade: The company established Coffee and Farmer Equity Practices, but it is also resisting Ethiopia's efforts ...
DEC 1, 2006 • Article
Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Briefings: The Microfinance Moment
Over the last three decades, the popularity of microfinance has steadily increased. And now, with Muhammad Yunus and Grameen Bank winning the Nobel Peace Prize, ...
NOV 14, 2006 • Article
Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Briefings: Kicking Back against Corruption
By stifling growth and discouraging investment, corruption has made it difficult for developing countries to escape the cycle of poverty. Corruption also demoralizes communities by ...
OCT 12, 2006 • Article
Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Briefings: Camel Milk Travels from the Desert to the Dairy
As a solution that derives from local knowledge and is adapted to the native climate, camel-milk harvesting presents an opportunity to alleviate hunger while establishing ...
OCT 12, 2006 • Article
Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Briefings: From the Desert to the Dairy: Interview with Camel-Milk Entrepreneur Nancy Abeiderrahmane
Interview with Nancy Abeiderrahmane, founder of a camel milk dairy in Mauritania that is using local knowledge and resources to spur economic development and fight ...