Charles Wheelan

This article is about the American writer. For the British spin doctor, see Charlie Whelan.

Charles Wheelan
Democratic candidate for U.S. Representative for Illinois, 5th District
Election date April 7, 2009
Incumbent	Mike Quigley
Personal details
Political party	Democratic
Spouse	Leah Wheelan
Children	Katrina, Sophia, and C.J. Wheelan
Residence(s)	Hanover, New Hampshire
Alma mater	Dartmouth College, Princeton University, University of Chicago
Profession	author

Charles 'Charlie' J. Wheelan, PhD. (b. 1966) is an American economist, speaker, founder of The Centrist Party, the author of Naked Statistics: Stripping the Dread from the Data, Naked Economics: Undressing the Dismal Science. He was an unsuccessful Democratic candidate in the special election for Illinois's 5th congressional district, the seat vacated by Rahm Emanuel.

Journalist and Author

Wheelan graduated from Dartmouth College, where he was a member of Alpha Delta fraternity. From 1997 to 2002, he was the Midwest correspondent for The Economist. He has also written for the Chicago Tribune, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and Yahoo! Finance.

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.

Wheelan's first book, Naked Economics (2002), is an introduction to economics for lay readers; Naked Statistics (2013) is an introduction to statistics. 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.

Works

Books

• Naked Economics: Undressing the Dismal Science, W. W. Norton, 2002. ISBN 0-393-04982-5
• Revealing Chicago: An Aerial Portrait, Harry N. Abrams, 2005. ISBN 0-8109-5874-0
• Introduction to Public Policy, W. W. Norton, 2010. ISBN 0-393-92665-6
• 10 1/2 Things No Commencement Speaker Has Ever Said, W. W. Norton, 2012. ISBN 978-0-393-07431-4
• Naked Statistics: Stripping the Dread from the Data, W. W. Norton, 2013. ISBN 978-0-393-07195-5
• The Centrist Manifesto, W. W. Norton, 2013. ISBN 0-393-34687-0

See also

• Illinois's 5th congressional district special election, 2009
• Illinois' 5th congressional district

External links

• Charles Wheelan's Official Website
• Faculty webpage at the Harris School

• Financial information (federal office) at the Federal Election Commission
• Profile at Vote Smart
• Campaign contributions at OpenSecrets.org