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	Rahm Emanuel
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Political party	Democratic
Alma mater	Dartmouth College, Princeton University, University of Chicago
Profession	author

Charles 'Charlie' Wheelan is the author of Naked Economics: Undressing the Dismal Science and was an unsuccessful Democratic candidate in the special election for Illinois's 5th congressional district, the seat vacated by Rahm Emanuel.^[1]

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.

Naked Economics, Wheelan's first book, is an introduction to economics for lay readers.

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.

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

See also

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

References

1. ^ Wheelan for Congress

External links

• Faculty webpage at the Harris School
• Biography at Yahoo! Finance

• Biography, voting record, and interest group ratings at Project Vote Smart
• Campaign finance reports and data at the Federal Election Commission
• Campaign contributions at OpenSecrets.org

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Name	Wheelan, Charles
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