Timothy P. Carney

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Political Journalist & Author; Senior Columnist at Washington Examiner; Senior Fellow at American Enterprise Institute

Northern Virginia, VA, USA
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Author, Business, Business Authors, Culture, Economy, Family & Parenting, Finance, Journalist, News & Media, Non-Fiction Authors, Political
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Timothy P. Carney Biography

Timothy P. Carney is a political journalist, columnist, and author with more than two decades of experience in Washington, D.C.'s media and policy sectors. Carney serves as the senior columnist for Washington Examiner and as a senior fellow at American Enterprise Institute. He holds a Bachelor of Arts from St. John's College in Annapolis. Early in his career, Carney apprenticed under columnist Robert Novak, which influenced his investigative approach to reporting on the intersection of politics, business, and government.

Carney's reporting focuses on corporate welfare, political cronyism, and the dynamics of Washington's revolving door, examining who writes legislation, who benefits, and the broader implications for public policy. His work has appeared in New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, New York Post, Atlantic, Reason, National Review, and other major newspapers, magazines, and digital outlets. He has provided political analysis on Fox, MSNBC, CNN, PBS, and CNBC.

At Washington Examiner, Carney has held roles including senior columnist, commentary editor, K Street editor, and columnist. He has also served as a Eugene C. Pulliam Distinguished Visiting Fellow in Journalism at Hillsdale College. At American Enterprise Institute, his research covers civil society, family, localism, religion in America, economic competition, and electoral politics, contributing to discussions in conservative and libertarian journalism.

Carney is the author of four books. His first book, "The Big Ripoff," received the Templeton Enterprise Award from the Intercollegiate Studies Institute and the Lysander Spooner Award for best book on liberty. He is also the author of "Obamanomics: How Barack Obama Is Bankrupting You and Enriching His Wall Street Friends, Corporate Lobbyists, and Union Bosses." His book "Alienated America" was a Washington Post bestseller and was recognized by Wall Street Journal as one of the best books of the year. "Family Unfriendly: How Our Culture Made Raising Kids Much Harder Than It Needs to Be" was published by HarperCollins. In "Alienated America," Carney analyzes the decline of the American dream, continuing conversations begun in works such as "Hillbilly Elegy" and "Bowling Alone." Across his work, Carney combines on-the-ground reporting with broad analysis, offering insights into the forces shaping modern American society, politics, and public policy.

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Timothy P. Carney Speaking Topics

  • How to Be a Family-Friendly Employer in a Family-Unfriendly Culture

    How can you make your company more competitive in the war for talent? By understanding the pressure on working parents. Best-selling author Tim Carney, author of the new book, “Family Unfriendly” has a prescription that goes deeper than the standard answers of parental leave and childcare.

    He lays out the reasons working parents find it so hard to balance career and family. And he articulates why young workers are putting off families precisely because they don’t think they can handle both at the same time. These factors combine to cost companies money, exacerbate turnover, and undermine productivity and innovation. For America to remain competitive, we must confront a fact that has rocked economies around the world: Birthrates have plummeted to all-time lows, and fewer people are getting married.

    Tim Carney, a father of six, will explore why companies must understand that the challenges faced today are more than just about work and economics: American culture, in general, is hostile to families. By understanding this, employers can take concrete steps to become more family-friendly in a family-unfriendly culture.

    Carney lays out the little things and the big things that make a workplace family-friendly. He also articulates the steps that are most transformative – many of which go beyond benefits – to right your company’s internal culture. Employment data and sociological research reveal that the workplaces with the happiest employees are the places where management says that family comes first, where this message gets to conscientious working mothers and fathers, and where they can see this commitment in visible, concrete actions.

    Tim’s inclusive and thoughtful game plan includes the best practices of the most family-friendly employers. He explains which policies don't work as well as expected. Most importantly, he spells out the cultural touchstones that make an employer family-friendly. Employees who feel supported in the most important work of their lives – marriage and parenthood – will be healthier, more balanced, more invested, more productive, and more loyal employees. Tim will equip your company to reach this new vision in a positive and affirming way.

  • America's Baby Bust: Why Gen. Z and Millennials aren't having kids, why it's a problem, and how to fix it

    America's birthrate has fallen to record lows, childhood anxiety is at record highs, and optimism about the future is disappearing. These trends are all connected, and best-selling author Tim Carney (a father of six) has written a new book that diagnoses the roots of our demographic decline, explains how it affects all of us and points toward solutions.

    Economics is a factor here, but the real problem is that our culture is family unfriendly--and every parent knows this.

    Parents are expected to do much more than earlier generations were: more helicoptering, more travel sports, and more "enrichment." This max-effort parenting has resulted in anxious kids and exhausted parents and has made parenting look less appealing to the younger generations.

    Also, our culture now treats parenting as just another lifestyle choice and treats kids as a consumption item--have as many kids as you like, just don't bother anyone else. Parents, as a result, feel they owe everyone an apology if they bring their kids on a plane to visit Grandma.

    The problem isn't the kids or the parents. It's a family-unfriendly culture. Carney has the prescription for fixing this.

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Family Unfriendly: How Our Culture Made Raising Kids

Family Unfriendly: How Our Culture Made Raising Kids

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Tim Carney on How Cronyism Fuels the Opioid Crisis

Tim Carney on How Cronyism Fuels the Opioid Crisis

Tim Carney, author of Alienated America: Why Some Places Thrive While Others Collapse, delivers the keynote address at TAC's third annual crony...

An Evening Conversation with Tim Carney and Anne Snyder

An Evening Conversation with Tim Carney and Anne Snyder

The Trinity Forum and the Pepperdine University School of Public Policy's American Project hosted an Evening Conversation with author Tim Carney on...

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Family Unfriendly How Our Culture Made Raising Kids Much Harder Than It Needs to Be
Family Unfriendly How Our Culture Made Raising Kids Much Harder Than It Needs to Be
The Big Ripoff How Big Business and Big Government Steal Your Money
The Big Ripoff How Big Business and Big Government Steal Your Money
Obamanomics How Barack Obama Is Bankrupting You and Enriching His Wall Street Friends, Corporate Lobbyists, and Union Bosses
Obamanomics How Barack Obama Is Bankrupting You and Enriching His Wall Street Friends, Corporate Lobbyists, and Union Bosses

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Timothy P. Carney is a keynote speaker and industry expert who speaks on a wide range of topics such as How to Be a Family-Friendly Employer in a Family-Unfriendly Culture, America's Baby Bust: Why Gen. Z and Millennials aren't having kids, why it's a problem, and how to fix it and Overcoming Political Polarization. The estimated speaking fee range to book Timothy P. Carney for your event is available upon request. Timothy P. Carney generally travels from Northern Virginia, VA, USA and can be booked for (private) corporate events, personal appearances, keynote speeches, or other performances. Similar motivational celebrity speakers are Norman Ornstein, Julianne Malveaux, Chris Hayes, Rosanna Lockwood and Shiv Malik. Contact All American Speakers for ratings, reviews, videos and information on scheduling Timothy P. Carney for an upcoming live or virtual event.

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