- Matt Miller
- Opinion Writer
Matt Miller writes a weekly column on economic and other domestic policy issues. He is a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress, the voice of the political “center” on public radio’s “Left, Right & Center,” the host of the new podcast “This...Is Interesting,” and a member of the Equity and Excellence Commission examining questions of school finance and their impact on educational opportunity. He also consults to corporations, governments and nonprofits on issues of strategy, policy and communications. Miller served as a senior advisor at the White House Office of Management and Budget from 1993 to 1995. From 1991 to 1992 he was a White House fellow, serving as special assistant to the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission. He is the author of “The Tyranny of Dead Ideas: Revolutionary Thinking for a New Age of Prosperity” (2009) and “The Two Percent Solution: Fixing America’s Problems in Ways Liberals and Conservatives Can Love” (2003). He lives with his wife and daughter in Los Angeles.
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