JERRY Z. MULLER
JERRY Z. MULLER
Author and Lecturer
About Me
Jerry Z. Muller is a writer, lecturer and professor emeritus of history. He speaks and publishes about a variety of historical and contemporary subjects, including thinking about capitalism; the uses and misuses of performance metrics; the changing relationship between the family and the market; and nationalism.
He has lectured to governmental, professional, and general audiences in the US, Europe, and Latin America. He’s currently at work on a new book, Passing It On: Thinking Across Generations about Money, Time, and Purpose.
Some Recent Presentations
“300 Years of Adam Smith: What the Invisible Hand Can and Cannot Do,” Las Condes Municipal Theater, Santiago, Chile, October 25, 2023
Presentation begins at 8:45 minutes
“De Tocqueville on Commerce in America,” Ernst J. Walters, Jr. Memorial Lecture, Tocqueville Center, Furman University, Greenville, SC, October 11, 2023
Presentation begins at 4:22 minutes
“The Tyranny of Metrics,” LUISS, Rome, Italy, November 18, 2019
“Planned Grandparenthood: On Thinking Transgenerationally,” Institute for Humane Studies, Arlington, VA, June 18, 2019.
“The Use and Abuse of Metrics in Higher Education,” California State University, Long Beach, March 28, 2019
“The Tyranny of Metrics,” Annual Governance Conference, Department of the Treasury, Oslo, Norway, January 23, 2019.
World Economic Forum, Dalian, China, July 1-3, 2019. Panel “What If You Could Live to 150?”
Presentation begins at 11:00 minutes
Books
Lectures
As the economic system under which you live, capitalism shapes the marketplaces that determine where you live and work, how much you are paid, what you can buy, what you can accumulate toward your retirement, and every other aspect of a society based on monetary exchanges for goods and services....
Videos & Podcasts
The Family and the Market
"The Tyranny of Metrics" on Econtalk
“The Tyranny of Metrics” on UnSILOed with Greg LaBlanc