Charles J. Wheelan (born 1966) is an American professor, journalist, speaker, and is the founder and co-chairman of Unite America. Wheelan is the author of ''Naked Statistics'', ''Naked Economics'', and ''Naked Money''. He was an unsuccessful Democratic candidate in the

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Journalist and author

Wheelan graduated from

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in 1988; he was a member of Alpha Delta fraternity. From 1997 to 2002, he was the Midwest correspondent for ''

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.Wheelan, Charles (November 13, 2013).
America's Emerging Radical Center
. The Centrist Project website. Accessed December 15, 2013. Charles Wheelan is a senior lecturer and policy fellow at the Rockefeller Center at Dartmouth College. Wheelan is a regular contributor to the ''Motley Fool Radio Show'' on

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, 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. * ''Revealing Chicago: An Aerial Portrait'', Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 2005. * ''Introduction to Public Policy'', W.W. Norton, 2010. * ''10 1/2 Things No Commencement Speaker Has Ever Said'', W. W. Norton, 2012. * ''The Centrist Manifesto'', W.W. Norton, 2013. * ''Naked Statistics: Stripping the Dread from the Data'', W.W. Norton, 2013. * ''Naked Money: A Revealing Look at What It Is and Why It Matters'', W.W. Norton, 2016.

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