Matthew Miller (born 1962) is an American

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, senior

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at the

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, a monthly columnist for '' Fortune'', regular contributor to ''

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'', and author of ''The Two Percent Solution''. He also appears regularly on

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. Miller was an unsuccessful candidate for Congress in

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during the 2014 election. The primary followed Henry Waxman's announced retirement from the House of Representatives.

Life and career

Miller is the son of Marianne (née Petrie) and Tilden E. Miller. His grandfather was retail executive

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. He is a graduate of Blind Brook High School in

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. He received a B.A. degree from Brown University (1983) and a J.D. degree from

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(1986). In the 1990s, Miller served as an advisor to the

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in the Clinton administration. Miller is a senior advisor to global management consulting firm McKinsey & Company and to the firm's in-house economics think-tank

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. Miller was a co-host of the nationally syndicated public radio program '' Left, Right & Center'' from the mid-1990s until January 2015, representing the

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. Miller's last episode as co-host was January 30, 2015. On February 14, 2014, Miller announced his candidacy for the seat of

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retiring member for

He finished fifth in the primary election, with 12%.

Politics

Miller has been characterized as a leading radical centrist, and has written columns defining and supporting

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. Miller supports universal health insurance, increased education spending,

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and other goals detailed in his book. Miller supported the

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but later stated that he was wrong in supporting the war, stating, "If I'd known beforehand that

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did not possess weapons of mass destruction, I would not have supported the war."

Personal life

In 1990, he married Jacqueline Eve Chorney.

Bibliography

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References

External links

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Biography
at the Center for American Progress
KCRW's Left Right & Center
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Miller, Matthew 1962 births American columnists American male journalists American political commentators American political writers American people of Russian-Jewish descent Columbia Law School alumni Living people Writers from Los Angeles Radical centrist writers Center for American Progress people