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Sunday, July 5, 2009
 
 
SCHOLARS & FELLOWS
 
Henry Olsen
Vice President and Director, National Research Initiative
 
 
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RESEARCH AREAS
 
  • Long-term political trends
Contact E-mail: holsen@aei.org Phone: 202-828-6024 Assistant: Jon Flugstad Assistant E-mail: jon.flugstad@aei.org Assistant Phone: 202-862-4878   Biography
 
Henry Olsen, a lawyer by training, is the director of AEI's National Research Initiative. In that capacity, he identifies leading academics and public intellectuals who work in an aspect of domestic public policy and recruits them to visit or write for AEI. Mr. Olsen studies and writes about the policy and political implications of long-term trends in social, economic, and political thought.
 
Experience
  • Vice President for Programs, Executive Director, Center for Civic Innovation, Manhattan Institute for Policy Research, 1998-2006
  • President, Executive Director, Commonwealth Foundation for Public Policy Alternatives, 1995-98
  • Attorney, Dechert, Price, and Rhoads, 1991-95
  • Judicial Clerk, Judge Danny J. Boggs, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, 1990-91
  • Legislative Assistant, California State Assembly, 1984-87
  • Associate, Hoffenblum-Mollrich Communications, 1983-84
  • Consultant, Sebastiani Redistrict Initiative, 1983
 
Education
 
J.D., University of Chicago Law School
B.A., Claremont McKenna College
 
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Articles and Commentary [List all]

Was the Goldwater campaign of 1964 was a major loss for conservatism or an invaluable time of forging principles?

The Republican base is mostly white evangelical Christians, but it can grow through appealing to the educated affluent, the working-class nonevangelical faithful, or minorities.

Social Security and Medicare are not the only out-of-control federal entitlements.

 
 
Events [List all] The Increase in Leisure Inequality, 1965-2005

The amount of leisure time Americans have is crucial to our understanding of American well-being.

Social Justice, Free Markets, and Evangelicals

Marvin Olasky will discuss the false dichotomy between freedom and justice and offer his ideas on reconciling these aims.

Voting Rights--and Wrongs: The Elusive Quest for Racially Fair Elections

Abigail Thernstrom will discuss the 1965 Voting Rights Act and her book, "Voting Rights--and Wrongs: The Elusive Quest for Racially Fair Elections."