Nicole Gelinas Explained

Nicole Gelinas
Birth Date:13 June 1975
Nationality:American
Alma Mater:Tulane University
Occupation:Journalist, Author
Years Active:2000–present
Employer:Manhattan Institute for Policy Research
Website:https://manhattan.institute/person/nicole-gelinas

Nicole Gelinas (born June 13, 1975)[1] is an American conservative journalist, Chartered Financial Analyst, editor for the New York Post, and senior fellow of the Manhattan Institute for Policy Research.[2]

Career

Gelinas received a B.A. in English literature from Tulane University.[3] She considered becoming a teacher, but decided against it and has been critical of the American school system, specifically low teacher salaries and bad teaching conditions.[4]

After the financial crisis of 2007-2008, Gelinas wrote her first book, After the Fall: Saving Capitalism from Wall Street — and Washington.[5], she was writing a book about "the past five decades of New York City transportation history".[6] She has authored columns in many papers, such as The New York Times,[7] The Los Angeles Times,[8] City Journal,[9] U.S. News & World Report,[10] City & State,[11] The Wall Street Journal,[12] The Atlantic,[13] The Daily Beast,[14] National Affairs,[15] American Banker,[16] and Business Insider.[17] [18]

In 2011, she gave a speech to the United States House Oversight & Government Reform Subcommittee during a discussion on State Government Debt and Municipal Bonds.[19] She has appeared in 2 of PragerU's "5-Minute Videos" discussing economics from a conservative perspective.[20] She was also interviewed for the 2011 documentary, Ayn Rand & the Prophecy of Atlas Shrugged.[21]

Political views

In her book, After the Fall, Gelinas states that two decades of broken regulation and the federal government's adoption of a "too big to fail" policy for the largest or most complex financial companies, intervention eventually posed an untenable risk to the economy.[22] She states that bad banks should indeed be allowed to fail, rather than being sustained, thereby allowing bad practices which led to failure to continue.[23] Following state government deficit spending during the recession, she asserted that "At some point, the checkbook has to balance. At some point, they'll run out of things to securitize or sell off."[24] Proposing an alternative plan, she suggested "Congress should instead follow the regulatory philosophy that served the nation well for 50 years after the Depression: Set consistent limits on borrowing across similar financial instruments, no matter what their perceived risks."[25]

In addition to her anti-government intervention views in the financial sector, Gelinas has also been a supporter of lower government spending, including in the public sector. Citing New York MTA worker benefits and pensions, she has stated that certain government projects spend money where it is not affordable to do so and that it is necessary to "[get them] in line with fiscal reality."[26] She has criticized President Obama for his Home Affordable Modification Program that spent $75 billion to help financially struggling families to keep their homes, saying that "the Treasury, in trying to keep people in homes they can't afford, is relying on the same perverse principle that inflated the housing bubble in the first place... that it's fine to borrow recklessly... Trying to maintain a bubble mentality, rather than help people adjust to life after the bubble has burst, will hobble economic recovery."[27]

Personal life

Although currently residing in New York, Gelinas grew up in the Boston area.[28] She went to Chelmsford High School.[29]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: After the fall :saving capitalism from Wall Street—and Washington /Nicole Gelinas. – National Library . 2023-08-03 . www.nlb.gov.sg.
  2. Web site: Nicole Gelinas . 2023-08-03 . Encounter Books . en-us.
  3. Web site: Nicole Gelinas . 2023-08-03 . pamplin.vt.edu . en.
  4. News: Gelinas . Nicole . 29 Sep 2000 . Why teaching isn't for me . 866 . Daily News . subscription . 2 Aug 2023.
  5. Book: Gelinas, Nicole . After the Fall: Saving Capitalism from Wall Street and Washington . 2011-04-19 . Encounter Books . 978-1-59403-541-8 . en.
  6. Web site: Nicole Gelinas . March 28, 2018 . CityLab.
  7. News: 2023-07-28 . Opinion The Life and Death of American Cities . en . 2023-08-03.
  8. Web site: Gelinas . Nicole . 2011-11-06 . As baby boomers retire, the times will be a-changin' . 2023-08-03 . Los Angeles Times . en-US.
  9. Web site: Nicole Gelinas Archives . 2023-08-03 . City Journal . en.
  10. Web site: Nicole Gelinas – Contributor . 2 Aug 2023 . US News and World Report.
  11. Web site: 2021-06-29 . Nicole Gelinas – CSNY . 2023-08-03 . City & State New York . en.
  12. News: Gelinas . Nicole . 2006-11-27 . San Diego Charges . en-US . Wall Street Journal . 2023-08-03 . 0099-9660.
  13. Web site: Gelinas . Nicole . Nicole Gelinas . 2023-08-03 . The Atlantic . en-US.
  14. Web site: 2022-05-05 . Nicole Gelinas . 2023-08-03 . The Daily Beast . en.
  15. Web site: Author National Affairs . 2023-08-03 . www.nationalaffairs.com.
  16. Web site: Nicole Gelinas . 2023-08-03 . American Banker . en.
  17. Web site: Nicole Gelinas – Insider . 2023-08-03 . Business Insider . en-US.
  18. Web site: Nicole Gelinas New York Post . 2023-08-03 . en-US.
  19. Web site: Nicole Gelinas C-SPAN.org . 2023-08-03 . www.c-span.org.
  20. Web site: Nicole Gelinas PragerU . 2023-08-03 . www.prageru.com . en.
  21. Web site: Ayn Rand & the Prophecy of Atlas Shrugged . 2023-08-03 . TVGuide.com . en.
  22. https://www.city-journal.org/contributor/nicole-gelinas_519 City Journal profile of Nicole Gelinas
  23. Web site: Tammy . John . February 2, 2010 . BOOK REVIEW: After the Fall by Nicole Gelinas – RealClearMarkets . www.realclearmarkets.com.
  24. News: 13 Jan 2008 . Slumps equal shortfalls for state legislatures . A4 . . subscription . 2 Aug 2023.
  25. Web site: Gelinas . Nicole . 30 Dec 2009 . Say No To Financial Big Brother . 2023-08-03 . Manhattan Institute . en.
  26. News: Gelinas . Nicole . 13 Sep 2009 . Get Control Over the Pensions . en . A43 . . subscription . 2 Aug 2023.
  27. News: 25 Oct 2009 . Obama bubblenomics . en . 20 . . subscription . 2 Aug 2023.
  28. Web site: City & State . LAST LOOK: Nicole Gelinas . 2 Aug 2023 . YouTube . Timestamp 0:37.
  29. News: Fox . Wendy . 2 Feb 1992 . Despair, frustration mark survey responses . en . 35 . . subscription . 2 Aug 2023.