Americans generally belittle the role of ethnic nationalism in politics. In this timely and powerful book, jerry muller uncovers the damage our obsession with metrics is causingand shows how we can begin to fix the problem. Designing the decent society prineton, 1995, and editor of conservatism. All content in this area was uploaded by jerry muller on oct 05, 2017. Capitalism and the jews isbn 9780691144788 pdf epub jerry z. Ranging across an ideological spectrum that includes hobbes, voltaire, adam smith, edmund burke, hegel, marx, and matthew arnold, as well as twentiethcentury communist, fascist, and neoliberal intellectuals, historian jerry muller. Minh to there is an enduring power of ethnic nationalism, and muller sees this as a source of conflict the americans view ethnonationalism discomforting, and this is a product of culture immigrants usually come to the united states and try to adapt to the culture those who have lived in nations for very long. Hans freyer and the deradicalization of german conservatism princeton, 1987, adam smith in his time and ours. Muller, professor of history at the catholic university of america and author of the mind and the market. The tyranny of metrics after extensive discussions at several lengthy meetings, and deep deliberations by its elected part. His writing has appeared in the new york times, the wall street journal, the times literary supplement, and foreign affairs, among other publications. Full online, free pdf download growth in a traditional. Muller is a professor for the history department in the catholic university of america with four videos in the cspan video library.
The uses and misuses of metrics in higher education jerry z. Pdf capitalism and inequality what the right and the left. Muller capitalism has never been a subject for economists alone. Listen to an audio recording or read a transcript of the program. Hans freyer and the deradicalization of german conservatism are available from princeton in paperback. The rise of antichrist audiobook download 9781414324883 by tim lahaye, jerry b. Produced by johns hopkins university press in collaboration with the sheridan libraries. As chair of the history department at the catholic university of america, jerry muller found himself and his school devoting more and more precious time and resources to performance measurement and reporting. The enduring power of ethnic nationalism in the spring 2008 issue of foreign affairs argued that this ethnic disaggregation. Capitalism in western thought, reports on how capitalism inevitably increases inequality because competition results in winners and losers. Autobiography of george muller or a million and a half in answer to prayer. Books by jerry z muller pdf epub download the tyranny of.
Designing the decent society and the other god that failed. Uploaded by tracey gutierres on september 10, 2014. How the obsession with quantifying human performance threatens our schools, medical care, businesses, and government today, organizations of all kinds are ruled by the belief that the path to success is quantifying human performance, publicizing the results, and dividing up the rewards. His teaching and research are situated on the borders between history, social science, philosophy, and public policy and examine topics such as capitalism, nationalism, and conservatism. Studies in the political thought and culture of the bonn republic, new york 2003, p. Lecture 12 reading summary us and them the enduring power. Over the past few decades, formal institutions have increasingly been subjected to performance measurements that define success or failure according to narrow and arbitrary metrics. Muller is the author of many books, including the mind and the market. Hans freyer and the deradicalization of german conservatism, adam smith in his time and ours. Jul 25, 2012 but the subject has been addressed jess often by mainstream historians than by antisemites or apologists. Recent political debate in the united states and other advanced capitalist democracies has. Muller s comments about metric fixation in his illuminating new book, the tyranny of metrics. How the obsession with quantifying human performance threatens business, medicine, education, governmentand the quality of our livestoday, organizations of all kinds are ruled by the belief that the path to success is quantifying human.
In the tyranny of metrics, jerry muller has brought to life the many ways in which numerical evaluations result in deleterious performance. Muller is professor of history at the catholic university of america, author of the other god that failed. In other words, an american conservative today is not the same as a french one from 200 years ago. Proin gravida dolor sit amet lacus accumsan et viverra justo commodo. But the subject has been addressed less often by mainstream historians than by antisemites or apologists. Apr 23, 2018 the tyranny of metrics is a pearl of a book. Muller argues persuasively in his introduction that conservatism is best understood as a particularistic ideology rooted in place and time rather than a universal one adhering to a set of platonic ideals. Measuring, mismeasuring, and measuring the wrong thing newberry.
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In thinking about capitalism, awardwinning intellectual historian and professor jerry z. In this installment of conversations at the newberry, carl bialik and jerry muller discuss our societys increasing obsession with quantifying performance in all walks of life. In this book jerry muller, a leading historian of capitalism, separates myth from reality to explain why the jewish experience with capitalism has been so important and complexand so ambivalent. Hans freyer and the deradicalization of german conservatism are available from princeton in. An anthology of social and political thought from david hume to the present princeton university press, 1997 learn more. As chair of the history department at the catholic university of america, jerry muller found himself and his school devoting more and more precious time and resources to. Muller is professor of history at the catholic university of america in washington, d. The result is a tyranny of metrics that threatens the quality of our lives and most important institutions. Muller, us and them the enduring power of ethnic nationalism, 87 foreign aff. In an election year, some outcomes are unpredictable, but one is inevitable. Measuring, mismeasuring, and measuring the wrong thing.
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