Dr. Paul Mueller - Popular Writing

2026

a. Picked up by Real Clear Markets

b. Also highlighted on Power Line

6) Fusionism: Past, Present, and Conservative Liberal Future; White Paper (2/3)

7) Proxy Advisors Pay the Price for Their ESG Crusade; w/ Tom TDE (2/12)

2025

1) Has Generation Z Gotten a Raw Economic Deal?; TDE (1/1)

a. Republished at The Epoch Times (1/10)

2) Virtuous Living, Not Just for Philosophers; University Bookman (1/5)

3) The Children of Elites Are in Trouble; American Spectator (1/9)

4) Zuckerberg, other moguls, say they are backing off DEI but are they for real?; Fox News (1/17)

5) Tariffs Reduce U. S. International Influence; WEX (1/18)

6) Davos Does Damage Control; TDE (1/23)

a. Picked up by Real Clear Policy

b. Tweeted by Steve Forbes

c. Picked up by Ground News

7) A Better Alternative to Davos Elitism; American Spectator (1/26)

8) Trump’s tariffs Could Undo His “America First” Agenda; The Hill (1/28)

9) Why a Ground Game is Needed to Defeat DEI: TDE (2/13)

10) The States’ War on ESG; TDE (2/19)

11) Drill, Baby, Drill – But What About the Electrical Grid?; American Spectator (2/25)

12) Should Conservatives Play ESG Politics?; Real Clear Markets (2/26)

13) Trump Needs a Clearer Tariff Strategy; Washington Examiner (3/6)

14) The Committee to Destroy the World (Economy); TDE (3/11)

a. A Sustainability Manager Not Needed; Herald Democrat (3/13)

15) Tariffs, a Solution in Search of a Problem; American Spectator (3/14)

16) Presidents Are Not Economic Magicians; American Spectator (4/1)

17) Tariff Delay Opportunities and Risks; American Spectator (4/10)

18) Hands Off the University, Indeed; TDE (4/18)

a. Government officials shouldn’t restrict housing deeds; Herald Democrat (4/18)

19) Business and Human Flourishing; Law and Liberty (4/21)

20) What Scrooge Effect? Americans Keep Giving, Despite the Welfare State; TDE (4/24)

a. Picked up at RealClearMarkets

21) Cultivating Virtue Through Business; TDE (5/2)

22) Klaus Schwab’s Departure Could Herald a New Spontaneous Global Order; TDE (5/6)

23) Trump’s Underwhelming UK Deal; American Spectator (5/13) with Dave H.

24) Trump’s Unforced Trade Errors; National Review (5/16) with Dave H.

25) Could Adopting Collectivist Activism Undo Classical Liberalism?; TDE (5/19)

26) How Currency Shapes Global Trade: Exchange Rates, Investment, and Stability; Explainer (5/24)

a. Picked up by Real Clear Markets

27) DEI is a Con: Five Hallmarks of a Hustle; TDE (5/27)

28) Sunnova Bankruptcy Signals Tough Times for Solar; TDE (6/18)

a. Picked up by Epoch Times (6/28)

29) The Worst Thing about Trump’s Tariffs; Civitas (6/18)

a. Picked up by Real Clear Markets

b. Federal Budget Cuts Are Necessary; Herald Democrat (6/26)

30) Why We Should Be Good Bankers; University Bookman (6/28)

31) Central Banks and Inflation; The Centre for Enterprise, Markets, and Ethics (6/30)

32) What the End of the Chevron Doctrine Means; AIER Explainer (7/1)

33) GDP Is Not the Problem, Government Regulations Are; National Review with Dave Hebert (7/9)

34) The Trump Roller Coaster Ride; American Spectator (7/15)

35) Our Freedom to Work and Worship Depend on Religious Liberty Protections; Institute for Faith, Work, and Economics (7/23)

a. Mischaracterizations Are Unhelpful; Leadville Herald (7/24)

36) States Should Protect Religious Liberty Like It Is 1993; Civitas (7/31)

37) IOUs to Inflation: the Realistic Limits of Magic Money Theory; TDE (7/31)

a. Picked up at Epoch Times (8/14)

38) The Gimmicks of Trump’s Trade Deals; American Spectator (8/11)

39) Why Collectivism is Surging; Law and Liberty (8/19)

40) Trump Plays for all the Federal Reserve Marbles; TDE (8/25)

41) The Trump Administration is on a Crash Course with Itself; American Spectator (9/5)

42) What Kind of Community Will Triumph?; Center for Religion, Culture, and Democracy (9/11)

43) How Do Communities Form?; TDE (9/18)

44) Trump can help – but states must lead on religious liberty; American Habits (9/22)

45) Industrial Policy: A Global Review; Civitas Outlook (9/22)

46) How Does the Federal Reserve Set Interest Rates?: AIER Explainer (9/26)

47) Shutdowns as Political Theater; Law and Liberty with Dave Hebert (10/3)

a. Picked up by RealClear Policy and commented on at Café Hayek

48) The Fed Cuts, But the Market Shrugs; TDE (10/15)

49) Liberty, Risk, and Permission to Live Dangerously; TDE (10/20)

50) The Ex-Communist Who Invented Modern Conservatism; TDE (11/4)

a. Civility Matters; Leadville Herald (11/7)

51) Why Do We Let the Feds Control Air Travel?; American Spectator (11/10)

52) COP 30 Misses the Point: Give Indigenous People Ownership, Not Handouts; TDE (11/21)

53) The Revenge of the Supply Siders; Civitas (12/17)

a. Picked up by RCM

54) The Return of Quantitative Easing; TDE (12/17)

a. Picked up by RCM

b. Taxpayers Shouldn’t Fund Pet Projects; Leadville Herald (12/18)

2024

Writing

1. A Short ESG Guide – Political Problems; AIER Column (1/5)

o picked up by Real Clear Policy, ActivistPost.com, and here

2. A Short ESG Guide – Philosophical Problems; AIER Column (1/12)

o picked up by Real Clear Policy

3. Here are Three Things that Could Derail the US Economy in 2024; Daily Caller (1/15)

o Picked up by Total News

4. Davos Elites Go Green and Make Green; Washington Examiner (1/17)

o Picked up by John Locke Foundation & Real Clear Markets

5. A Short ESG Guide – Concluding Thoughts; AIER column (1/19)

6. Time to Exercise the “Nuclear Option” on ESG; Washington Examiner (2/12)

o Picked up by Real Clear Energy

7. A Tale of Two Economies; AIER column (2/12)

8. Energy security requires government to get out of the way; Washington Examiner (2/14)

9. Climate Activists’ Stupidity and Narcissism Go Way Beyond Powdering the Constitution; Daily Caller (2/16)

10. The Carbon Offset Dilemma; AIER column (2/25)

11. What Caused American Economic Stagnation?; Law & Liberty book review (3/5)

o Picked up by Real Clear Markets

12. A Healthy Culture in a Healthy Economy; Law and Liberty (3/25);

o Picked up by Real Clear Markets, Real Clear Policy, and Minding The Campus, & Real Clear Health

13. Green Graft? SEC’s new rules rain cash on Democratic donors; The Blaze (4/5)

14. ESG Puppeteers; AIER (4/18)

o Picked up by Real Clear Policy

o Picked up by Eurasia Review

15. Review of Smithian Liberalism; University Bookman (4/27)

16. The Ratchet Effect of the Fed’s Balance Sheet; AIER column (5/3)

o Picked up by Real Clear Markets

o Picked up by Independent Institute

17. Florida’s Faux-Meat Ban Slaughtered Free Enterprise; AIER column (5/3)

o Picked up by Eurasia Review

18. Federal Reserve is giving your money away and it could destroy more than your wallet; Fox Business (5/7)

o Reposted at AOL

19. Climate “Reparations” Numbers Are Rigged; AIER column (5/10)

o Picked up by RealClear Policy & Markets, and a half dozen others

20. When Ideological Bubbles Trump Economic Thinking; AIER column (5/17)

o Picked up by Real Clear Markets, Zero Hedge, and a few others

21. Texas Continues to Push Back Against ESG; AIER column (5/23)

22. States’ greedy lawsuits against oil will hurt us all; The Blaze (6/14)

23. Don’t Trust ESG Ratings; Washington Examiner (6/27)

24. The Threats Posed by Environmental, Social, and Governance Policies; AIER White Paper (7/12)

25. Religious Liberty in the States; Law and Liberty (7/19)

26. Republicans Should Push to Export Energy, Not Emissions; The Blaze (7/29)

o Picked up by DNYUZ

27. Brave Cities Book Review; Journal for Religion, Culture, and Democracy (7/30)

o Local Government Needs Greater Efficiency; Leadville Herald (8/1)

28. Trillion-Dollar Surprise in the Inflation Reduction Act; TDE (8/8)

o Picked up in Real Clear Markets, Real Clear Policy, and Golden Eagle

29. The Federal Reserve and Pandora’s Box; TDE (8/16)

o Picked up in Real Clear Markets

30. A Harris Administration Will Create the United States of California; American Spectator (9/5)

31. The Fed’s Balance Sheet Feeds Bailout Culture; TDE (9/6)

32. Selling a House in New Jersey: a Personal Story of Transaction Costs; TDE (9/12)

33. Presidential Character: The Virtues; Religion & Liberty online (9/19)

34. The Incoherence of ESG: Why It Ought to be Disaggregated; AIER White Paper (9/25)

o Belt-tightening is advisable rather than tax increases; letter to editor Herald Democrat (9/26)

35. Import German Cars, Not German Policies; American Spectator (10/6)

36. There is No Housing Shortage in the U. S.; TDE (10/17)

o Measure 4A is Misguided; The Leadville Herald (10/24)

37. A PhD and Eight Kids; TDE (10/24)

38. The Retreat of DEI in Corporate America; TDE (11/6)

o Picked up by The Epoch Times

39. Gold-Backed or Bust; TDE (11/14)

40. Green Activists Are Coming for Your Money; TDE (11/18)

41. Green policies fuel riches for elites, pain for the rest; The Blaze (11/19)

42. The Real Climate Change Disaster; The American Spectator (11/19)

43. Republicans should reform America’s environmental policy; Washington Examiner (11/20)

o Tax Increases Alone Won’t Solve Long-Term Problems; Leadville Herald (11/20)

44. Helping Middle America Means Getting D.C. Out of the Way; The American Conservative (11/22)

45. Not Your Grandfather’s Environmentalism; TDE (11/25)

46. Giving Thanks for Fossil Fuels; TDE (11/27)

47. Cultivating Market Societies; Law and Liberty (12/5)

o Council should target moderate budget growth; Leadville Herald (12/19)

48. Modern Monetary Theory and the Challenge of Endogenous Money Supply; TDE (12/31)

2023

Writing

1. Confusing Liberty with Power; AIER column (9/9)

2. “Here’s What Many Get Wrong About The 2008 Financial Crisis” Daily Caller (9/16)

3. “Wishful (Protectionist) Thinking” AIER column (9/28/23)

4. “Uncle Sam has a Credit Card Problem” Daily Caller (9/29/23)

5. “The ESG Bait and Switch” Washington Examiner (9/30/23)

6. Executive Order on AI Response – AIER column (11/2)

7. A Short ESG Guide – Introduction; AIER column (11/5)

8. “An Apology for the Rules-Based Order” Law & Liberty (11/6)

9. A Short ESG Guide – Terms; AIER column (11/12)

10. A Short ESG Guide – History; AIER Column (11/19)

11. A Short ESG Guide – Advocates; AIER Column (11/30)

o picked up by Real Clear Policy

12. The Totalitarianism of Climate Alarmists; Washington Examiner (12/1)

13. A Short ESG Guide – Goals; AIER Column (12/4)

o picked up by Real Clear Policy; and Public; and RNPrime;

14. California’s Environmental Road to Poverty; Daily Caller (12/9)

o Picked up here and here

15. No Justification for Green Energy Subsidies; Washington Examiner (12/14)

16. A Short ESG Guide – Finance; AIER column (12/13)

o Picked up by John Locke Foundation

17. A Short ESG Guide – Legislation; AIER column (12/21)

18. A Short ESG Guide – Economic Problems; AIER column (12/29)

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