Manhattan Institute Scholar

Nicole Gelinas is the Searle Freedom Trust Fellow at the Manhattan Institute and a contributing editor of City Journal. Gelinas writes on urban economics and finance, municipal and corporate finance, business issues, and crime. She is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) and a member of the New York Society of Securities Analysts.

Gelinas has published analysis and opinion pieces on the op-ed pages of The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, the San Diego Union Tribune, the New York Sun, the New York Daily News, the New York Post, the Dallas Morning News, the New Orleans Times-Picayune, and the Boston Herald. She has also written for Crain's New York Business and National Review Online.

Before coming to City Journal, Gelinas was a business journalist for Thomson Financial in New York, where she covered the international syndicated-loan and private-debt markets. She also wrote a regular op-ed column for the New York Post.

Gelinas graduated from the Newcomb College of Tulane University with a Bachelor of Arts in English literature. She and her husband live in Manhattan.

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Articles/Op-eds

To Cleanse the MTA, New York Post, 11-11-09
Mike's New 'Musts', New York Post, 11-04-09
Global Finance Remains Mired in a Primitive Stat, Washington Examiner, 11-04-09
A Beneficial Loss, National Review Online, 10-27-09
NYC's Fiscal Future, New York Post, 10-27-09
The Public Option, National Review Online, 10-22-09
Let the Markets Regulate, The New York Times, 10-22-09
The Subway's Future, New York Post, 10-21-09
Fight the 'Outrage', New York Post, 10-13-09
Thompson Loves the TWU, New York Post, 10-06-09
Don't Worry, You're Safe with Us, National Review Online, 10-06-09
Uncertainty Rate, National Review Online, 10-04-09
Credit in the Real World, National Review Online, 09-26-09
John Liu: In Denial, New York Post, 09-25-09
The Flaw In O's Wall Street Fixes, New York Post, 09-15-09
Get control over the pensions, Newsday, 09-13-09
Where's Walder?, New York Post, 09-09-09
Affordable BribesFor Banks, New York Post, 09-07-09
Tough Love Needed, New York Post, 08-28-09
It's Time To End 'Too Big To Fail', New York Post, 08-17-09
Sunshine Needed For NY Labor Pacts, New York Post, 08-17-09
Trainwreck Of A Contract, New York Post, 08-12-09
Wanted: Old principles, not new institutions, San Francisco Examiner, 08-12-09
Get Rail, Mike, New York Post, 08-06-09
An Empty Boom, New York Post, 07-29-09
Perilous MTA Pick, New York Post, 07-15-09
Save The Subways, New York Post, 07-08-09
An Outrageous Giveaway, New York Post, 06-23-09
Bailout Fallout, New York Post, 06-19-09
White House: 'Too Big to Fail' Is Here to Stay, National Review Online, 06-17-09
Mike's Achilles' Heel, New York Post, 06-04-09
Patterson's Fall Guy, New York Post, 05-11-09
Cross Your Fingers, New York Post, 05-07-09
Spendthrift Sunbelt States, Forbes.com, 05-03-09
A Desperate Gimmick, New York Post, 04-30-09
Million-Dollar Babies, New York Post, 04-28-09
New York's Subway Woes Could Have Been Avoided, Wall Street Journal, 04-25-09
Rotten Rescue, New York Post, 04-22-09
It's The Labor Costs, New York Post, 04-02-09
Blood On The Tracks, New York Post, 03-26-09
Slapping The Subways, New York Post, 03-24-09
Baying for AIG Blood, RealClearMarkets, 03-23-09
Cutting Back -- Except for Transit, Gotham Gazette, 03-23-09
Invitation To A Scam How To Safeguard NY Pensions, New York Post, 03-21-09
A Phony MTA Fix, New York Post, 03-18-09
The Coming Local Government Credit Crunch, Wall Street Journal, 03-10-09
Blame Game, New York Post, 03-10-09
A Grim Portent, New York Post, 03-04-09
Manhattan Moment: Failure Should Be An Option For Financial Regulation, Washington Examiner, 03-03-09
The MTA Meltdown, New York Post, 02-25-09
Windfall No Cure-All, New York Post, 02-19-09
Bold Endeavors, New York Post, 02-15-09
Stimulus = Death?, New York Post, 02-13-09
Salary Cap Sends The Right Message: Bailed-Out Firms Now Wards Of State, Investor's Business Daily, 02-04-09
Mike's Doomsday Budget? If Only, New York Post, 02-02-09
Are Banks Able To Be Banks Again As Securitization Market Dries Up?, Investor's Business Daily, 01-21-09
Bungled 'Stimulus': How House Bill Stiffs Transit, New York Post, 01-21-09
Mike's Omission, New York Post, 01-16-09
Price-Fixing Begins At Home, Forbes.com, 01-15-09
Detroit: The Abyss Awaiting NYC?, New York Post, 01-14-09
MTA's Fatal Dodge, New York Post, 01-11-09
DC Can't Save Us, New York Post, 01-05-09
Bootstrap Transit, New York Post, 12-30-08
MTA Madness: The Politicians Haven't Helped, New York Post, 12-19-08
Playing Bridge, National Review Online, 12-18-08
How to Do Public Works Right, Wall Street Journal, 12-08-08
Devilish MTA Details, New York Post, 12-05-08
The True Lessons Of Citi's Collapse, New York Post, 11-25-08
A Tale of Two Paulsons, City Journal, 11-24-08
The MTA Mess, New York Post, 11-21-08
Mike's Labor Pains, New York Post, 11-10-08
New York Is Headed for Dark Days Unless Bloomberg Changes Course, Wall Street Journal, 11-08-08
Obama 2012: A Term Of Fi$cal Pain, New York Post, 11-01-08
The Keys To Rebuilding Wall Street, New York Post, 10-31-08
Storm-Proofing the Economy, Wall Street Journal, 10-28-08
Facing NYC's Addiction: Step One, New York Post, 10-23-08
Letting Bad Companies Go Bust, New York Post, 10-17-08
To Fix US Finance, New York Post, 10-16-08
Forgive Us Our Debts?, In Character, 10-15-08
The Missing Piece Of The 'Rescue', New York Post, 10-09-08
How a Conservative Strategy (Mostly) Saved Goldman Sachs, New York Post, 10-05-08
The Uncertainty Act of 2008, New York Post, 09-30-08
'Mark-To-Market' Isn't To Blame For Meltdown That Led To Crisis, Investor's Business Daily, 09-26-08
NYC's Debt Disaster, New York Post, 09-23-08
Wall St. Debt Knell, New York Post, 09-22-08
Wall St. Woes: Fear For The Future, New York Post, 09-16-08
Will Growing Number Of Bailouts Make Economic Problems Worse?, Investor's Business Daily, 09-11-08
In Gustav's Wake, New York Post, 09-02-08
Rewrite This Review!, New York Post, 08-24-08
A Genuine Sherriff of Wall St., New York Post, 08-15-08
Courting Disaster: How City, State May Bungle Budget Crisis, New York Post, 07-30-08
NY Nightmare: This Isn't Just a 'Budget Crisis', New York Post, 07-29-08
The MTA Mess, New York Post, 07-24-08
Uncle Sam Can Bail Out Fannie, But Who'll Bail Out Uncle Sam?, Investor's Business Daily, 07-18-08
Big Dig's Lessons For Ground Zero, New York Post, 07-07-08
Con Ed's Next Crisis, New York Post, 06-30-08
The Rent Wars Return, New York Post, 06-19-08
Obsessive Branding Disorder, New York Post, 06-08-08
The MTA's Construction Crisis, New York Post, 05-15-08
The Big Easy rebuilds, bottom up, The Dallas Morning News, 05-11-08
Foreclosure Fix, New York Post, 05-06-08
Bank Robbery, New York Post, 04-20-08
MTA Budget Blues, New York Post, 04-16-08
Be Brave, Dave, and Just Cut It Out, New York Post, 04-13-08
A Horrible Housing 'Fix', New York Post, 04-08-08
The Bear Precedent, Wall Street Journal, 03-19-08
Weathering Wall Street Woes, New York Post, 03-18-08
Newark crime fighters offer N.O. working plan, New Orleans City Business, 03-10-08
Hitting Stock Bottom, New York Post, 03-02-08
'Solutions' the Public Hates, New York Post, 02-26-08
The Bond Mess: Eliot's Bad Fix, New York Post, 02-21-08
Post-Enron Fixes Solved Nothing, As Mortgage-Related Mess Shows, Investor's Business Daily, 02-18-08
The Rise of the Mortgage 'Walkers', Wall Street Journal, 02-08-08
NYC Budget Blues, New York Post, 01-29-08
Putting The Con In Colonial, New York Post, 01-29-08
Jersey's Toll Tax, New York Post, 01-14-08
'08: More Wall Street Wailing, New York Post, 01-02-08
Monkey, Business, New York Post, 12-30-07
W's Disastrous Mortgage 'Fix', New York Post, 12-07-07
Deal To Save Borrowers, Lenders In Subprime Slide Has Fatal Flaws, Investor's Business Daily, 12-03-07
Spitzer's MTA Mess, New York Post, 11-21-07
Will Banks' $80 Billion Super-SIV Provide At Least A Temporary Fix?, Investor's Business Daily, 11-08-07
Budget Hole Blues, New York Post, 10-30-07
Klein's Gamble, New York Post, 10-16-07
NYC's Next Crisis, New York Post, 10-04-07
N.Y's Jobs Crunch, New York Post, 09-26-07
Irrational Excoriating, New York Post, 09-23-07
The Price of Delay, New York Post, 09-13-07
Is Wall Street Ready to Go Nuclear?, Chief Executive Magazine, 09-10-07
An Inconvenient Solution, Front Page Magazine, 09-05-07
The Most Dangerous City, OpinionJournal.com, 08-29-07
What New Orleans Needs Now, New York Post, 08-28-07
Bridges Vs. Butter, New York Post, 08-06-07
John Edwards’s Tax Muddle, Townhall.com, 07-31-07
MTA Baby Steps, New York Post, 07-31-07
Pensions & Plunder, New York Post, 07-19-07
The Ferrer Tax, The New Yorker, 07-17-07
Bloomberg's Blackouts, New York Post, 06-29-07
The 9/11 Deniers, New York Post, 06-27-07
Mayor Mike's Poverty Perversity, New York Post, 06-21-07
The Budget Bad News, New York Post, 06-15-07
Mike Vs. the MTA, New York Post, 06-11-07
Dumb Decisions, New York Post, 06-10-07
HillaryCare for Tots, Townhall.com, 05-28-07
Baghdad on the Bayou, RealClearPolitics, 05-26-07
New Orleans Still Drowning in Crime, Dallas Morning News, 05-13-07
Obama's "Healthcare for Hybrids", Townhall.com, 05-10-07
NY'S Sick Transit, New York Post, 04-24-07
Building Bridges, Forbes, 04-23-07
Baghdad on the Bayou, Front Page Magazine, 04-23-07
The Curse Of 2nd Avenue, New York Post, 04-10-07
What the Middle Class Needs, The New York Sun, 04-05-07
Why Business Went Green, New York Post, 04-01-07
Wall Street's Mortgage Pain, New York Post, 03-12-07
They're All 'F' Trains, Wall Street Journal, 03-05-07
Eliot's Next Fight, New York Post, 02-09-07
Wall Street Woes, New York Post, 01-23-07
Make NYC Tax Cuts Permanent, New York Post, 01-18-07
How Spitzer Can Help N.Y.C., New York Post, 01-02-07
A Bit of Everything Wrong, The New York Sun, 12-19-06
The Bloomberg Borrowing Binge, New York Post, 12-12-06
Joining the Competition, The New York Sun, 12-07-06
San Diego Charges, Wall Street Journal, 11-27-06
Will Spitzer or Silver Run Albany?, The New York Sun, 11-08-06
The Real Scandal, New York Post, 10-26-06
Constructing Better Property Taxes, The New York Sun, 10-23-06
NY's Tax Test, New York Post, 10-05-06
Free To Build, New York Post, 09-22-06
The Real Lesson of Katrina, New York Post, 08-29-06
Eliot's Rent Reversal, New York Post, 08-18-06
Plot's NY Lessons, New York Post, 08-14-06
Spitzer's Sting, New York Post, 08-06-06
Monopoly Power, The New York Times, 07-30-06
Room for Tax Cuts, The New York Sun, 07-27-06
Bloomberg's Housing Horror, New York Post, 07-25-06
Hurricane in the Hamptons, Wall Street Journal, 07-13-06
Ground Zero Risks, New York Post, 07-07-06
A Bounced Fact-Check, New York Post, 06-30-06
New Orleans' Criminal Chaos, New York Post, 06-21-06
The Feds' Foul, New York Post, 06-06-06
NYSE's Euro Vacation, New York Post, 05-30-06
Hero's Task, Dallas Morning News, 04-30-06
Rebuilding & Hidden Agendas: Not a Done Deal, New York Post, 04-26-06
New Orleans Needs a Rudy, National Review Online, 04-21-06
Downtown Rising, New York Post, 04-16-06
Creative Credit, New York Post, 03-31-06
Dooming Downtown, New York Post, 03-24-06
WTC Rebuilding Wrongs: Mike's Guess VS. Larry's, New York Post, 03-14-06
'We Need Help', Dallas Morning News, 02-26-06
Token Gesture, New York Post, 02-01-06
After Nixzmary Brown, The New York Sun, 01-20-06
Losing Wall Street, New York Post, 01-18-06
The Cost of Neighborliness, OpinionJournal.com, 01-08-06
Get the Buses Running, The New York Sun, 12-22-05
Privatize the Buses, The New York Sun, 12-20-05
Put Teeth in Taylor, The New York Sun, 12-15-05
Off the Rails, The New York Times, 12-13-05
Peril for the City, New York Post, 11-07-05
The Transportation Bond Act: Vote No, Gotham Gazette, 10-17-05
N.Y. & New Orleans, New York Post, 10-11-05
The Price of Delay, New York Post, 09-11-05
Feeble 4's Fiscal Follies, New York Post, 09-08-05
Rebuilding New Orleans will take a miracle, Dallas Morning News, 09-05-05
Will New Orleans Recover?, The New York Sun, 09-01-05
Bulldozing Small Business, The New York Sun, 08-29-05
Weld's Fiscal Record Looks Too Familiar, Newsday, 08-23-05
Spike the Tax Hike, The New York Sun, 08-08-05
Through a Tunnel Darkly, The New York Sun, 07-20-05
Olympian Triumph, The New York Sun, 07-13-05
Graduation Puts Charter School On Map, New York Daily News, 07-13-05
Imminent Domain?, The New York Sun, 07-06-05
Time for Merit Pay For Teachers, The New York Sun, 06-20-05
West Side Profits?, The New York Sun, 06-06-05
A Permanent Pension-Fund Fix For San Diego, The San Diego Union-Tribune, 06-01-05
Meddling by Public Pension Funds Is Picking California's Pocket, Los Angeles Times, 01-14-05

Research

Market, Economic Turmoil May Finally Bust Up New York's Record Tax Boom Fiscalwatch Memo, October 3, 2007
Nuclear Power: The Investment Outlook Energy Policy & the Environment Report 1, June 2007
Surpluses... but not for taxpayers, unless Bloomberg acts Fiscalwatch Memo, July 27, 2006
Mayor Bloomberg & The Limits of Pragmatism Civic Report 46, November 2005
The Cost of Their Intentions 2005: An Analysis of the Democratic Mayoral Candidates' Spending and Tax Proposals Civic Report 45, September 2005
Gotham's spending continues to outpace inflation, economy—and sure deficits loom Fiscalwatch Memo, July 25, 2005
The Biggest Public Pension Investment Policy Shift You've Probably Never Heard Of Fiscalwatch Memo, June 13, 2005

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Failing Up, 1 September 2009
“Too Big to Fail” Must Die, Summer 2009
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