Reihan Morshed Salam (/ˈraɪhɑːn səˈlɑːm/; born December 29, 1979)[1] is an American conservative[2] political commentator, columnist and author who, since 2019, has been president of the Manhattan Institute for Policy Research.

They instead advocated "tak[ing] the 'big-government conservatism' vision" of Bush, and giving it "coherence and sustainability" by vigorously serving the interests of the less-affluent voters, who had become the party's base.

[19] Megan McArdle commended it for its "admirable and all-too-rare willingness to lay out the problem in clear terms",[20] and Noah Smith, writing in Foreign Affairs, called it, "a thoughtful, well-informed, mostly economic argument for limiting low-skilled immigration".

Salam was profiled in the Wall Street Journal shortly after taking on the presidency and described his interest in examining topics like urban "political monocultures", and "punitive multiculturalism", while still maintaining the Institute's focus on issues such as school choice, pension reform, limited government, and lower taxes.

[24]Salam has taken a strong interest in congestion pricing and the encouragement of denser living arrangements, the promotion of natural gas and nuclear power, reform of the US tax code, and the fostering of a more competitive and diverse marketplace of educational providers.

[25] In the wake of the shooting death of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, Salam argued that white flight and unsustainable urban sprawl had contributed to high poverty levels.

[citation needed] He has described as "brilliant" figures like Canadian Marxist philosopher Gerald Cohen and Reagan adviser and neoclassical economist Martin Feldstein.