Philip G. Kerpen is an American free-market

policy analyst Policy analysis is a technique used in the public administration sub-field of political science to enable civil servants, nonprofit organizations, and others to examine and evaluate the available options to implement the goals of laws and elected ...

and political organizer. He is the president of American Commitment, a conservative 501(c)(4) organization which he founded in 2012. He previously served for over five years as the vice president of

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Career

Policy analysis and debate

Kerpen began his career in 1999 as an intern at the

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, because he “became disillusioned with insularity of academic debate” while attending the

University of Pittsburgh The University of Pittsburgh (Pitt) is a public state-related research university in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The university is composed of 17 undergraduate and graduate schools and colleges at its urban Pittsburgh campus, home to the univers ...

. Kerpen was a policy analyst for the

Club for Growth The Club for Growth is a 501(c)(4) conservative organization active in the United States, with an agenda focused on cutting taxes and other economic policy issues. Club for Growth's largest funders are the billionaires Jeff Yass and Richard U ...

. Until June 23, 2006, he was Policy Director for the

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, a United States

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advocacy group. Kerpen was the vice president of

for more than five years, ending his tenure there in April 2012. Kerpen is a syndicated columnist and a frequent radio and television commentator on economic growth issues. Kerpen is president of American Commitment, a conservative 501(c)(4) organization which he founded in 2012.

Works

In 2011, Kerpen wrote a book entitled ''Democracy Denied: How Obama is Ignoring You and Bypassing Congress to Radically Transform America – and How to Stop Him''.

Personal

A native of

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, Kerpen attended

Stuyvesant High School , motto_translation = For knowledge and wisdom , address = 345 Chambers Street , city = New York , state = New York , zipcode = 10282 , country ...

. He lives in Washington, D.C. with his wife Joanna and their four children. His brother is social media entrepreneur Dave Kerpen.

References

External links

American Commitment

National Review archive

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