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Infant Industry: The Past and Future of the American System

John D. Mueller

A single coherent tradition links all economically and politically successful American economic policy from George Washington through Abraham Lincoln, Franklin…

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A Return to Augustinian Economics

John D. Mueller

Despite belonging to an organization that recently celebrated its founder’s two thousandth birthday, some American Catholics exhibit the attention span…

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First Things / August 19, 2009

Go Forward to Gold

John D. Mueller

**A copy of the charts included in this article can be downloaded here. A pdf copy with the charts embedded in the article can be…

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National Review / December 15, 2008

The Preacher as Economist vs. "The Economist as Preacher"

John D. Mueller

**Note: Click here to download a copy of this transcript with complete footnotes. **  A Faith & Law Lecture Rayburn House Office…

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Causes and Cures of "Demographic Winter"

John D. Mueller

Panel remarks after screening of the film Demographic Winter: The decline of the human family. Family Research Council, Washington, D.C….

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What Have We Learned About — and From — Wilhelm Röpke?

John D. Mueller

Remarks to the Intercollegiate Studies Institute’s 2008 National Leadership Conference on “The Free Market and the Common Good: Wilhelm Röpke…

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The Three World Views in Economics

John D. Mueller

Introductory remarks to the book awards panel Templeton Enterprise Awards Symposium Ethics and Public Policy Center — ISI Washington, DC,…

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Family-Friendly Fiscal Policy to Weather "Demographic Winter"

John D. Mueller

**Remarks prepared for delivery to the Fourth World Congress of Families Palace of Culture and Science, Warsaw, Poland.** I’m honored…

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What Should Be a Culture of Enterprise in an Age of Globalization?

John D. Mueller

The Intercollegiate Studies and Cato Institutes deserve our thanks for this conference posing the question, “What Should Be a Culture of Enterprise in an Age of Globalization?” But I think we must start with a prior question: Isn’t “culture of enterprise” really an oxymoron?

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Dismal Science

John D. Mueller

Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything, by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner. HarperCollins, 256…

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The Economics of Loving Your Neighbor

John D. Mueller

[NOTE: The graphs and charts from Mr. Mueller’s presentation are available in PowerPoint and PDF formats by clicking here.] Princeton…

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Hey, Reagan Did That!

John D. Mueller

Pundits on left and right have panned President George W. Bush’s 2006 State of the Union Address for proposing a…

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National Review Online / February 3, 2006