Policy Analyst and Urban Affairs Writer

Stephen Eide

3 articles 2015–2017

Stephen Eide is a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute, where he focuses on public policy issues including homelessness, mental illness, and municipal finance. He contributed pieces to The Weekly Standard covering topics such as pension reform and urban policy.

Out of the Warehouse

April 28, 2017 · clothing, Stephen Eide, Magazine

Standards of men’s dress in America are in a bad state, and the brown suit is just the thing to revive them.

Shuberts’ Symphony

December 7, 2015 · Stephen Eide, book reviews, Magazine

New York Post columnist Michael Riedel has great timing: Razzle Dazzle: The Battle for Broadway arrives just as Times Square has once again become the center of controversy in New York. Sleaze and swindling are on the rise in the form of aggressive panhandling by costumed superheroes and cartoon…

Pension Armageddon

June 29, 2015 · Stephen Eide, California, pensions

Not all Californians believe that drought is the greatest threat to their state’s future. Early this month, a bipartisan group of current and former local officials filed the “Voter Empowerment Act of 2016,” a statewide ballot measure aimed at reforming the politics of public pensions. Its passage…