Jerry z muller biography

Jerry Muller's books, articles, and current research are on the border between history, social science, philosophy, and public policy.
JERRY Z. MULLER.
PERSONAL: Born June 7, 1954, in Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada; son of Henry (an entrepreneur) and Bella (a homemaker and bookkeeper; maiden name, Zucker).

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Muller, Jerry Z(ucker) 1954-

PERSONAL: Born June 7, 1954, in Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada; son of Henry (an entrepreneur) and Bella (a homemaker and bookkeeper; maiden name, Zucker) Muller; married Sharon Sachs (an archivist), August 8, 1976; children: Elisha, Sara, Joseph. Education: Brandeis University, B.A., 1977; Columbia University, M.A., 1978, Ph.D., 1984. Religion: Jewish. Hobbies and other interests: Listening to jazz piano music.

ADDRESSES: Home—11610 Yeatman Terr., Silver Spring, MD 20902. Offıce—Department of History, Catholic University of America, 620 Michigan Ave. NE, Washington, DC 20064-0001; fax: 202-319-5569. E-mail—[email protected].

CAREER: Catholic University of America, Washington, DC, assistant professor, 1984-90, associate professor of history, 1990-96, professor, 1996—. Harvard University, teaching fellow, 1983. Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs, Jerusalem, Israel, visiting scholar in residence, 1993-94.

MEMBER: American Historical Association, German Studies Association, Jewish Studies Association, Ramsey Colloquium of I

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Jerry Z. Muller

Jerry Z. Muller (* 1954^[1]) ist ein US-amerikanischerHistoriker und emeritierter Professor der Katholischen Universität von Amerika.^[2]

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Muller studierte an der Brandeis University, wo er 1977 seinen Bachelor-Abschluss im Fach Geschichte machte. Danach studierte an der Columbia University. Hier machte er seinen Master-Abschluss, ferner wurde 1984 er ebendort zum Ph.D.promoviert. Seine anschließende akademische Laufbahn verbrachte er ab Herbst 1984 an der Katholischen Universität von Amerika, wo er zunächst Assistant Professor, dann Associate und ab 1996 Ordinary Professor war. Seit 2020 ist Muller dort Emeritus Professor.

Muller schrieb seine Doktorarbeit bei Fritz Stern.^[3] Thema seiner Arbeit war Hans Freyer.^[4]

2022 legte Muller eine vielbeachtete Biografie über Jacob Taubes vor, deren Ursprünge in den frühen 2000er Jahren liegen.^[5]^[6] Taubes selbst hatte er 1980 persönlich in Jerusalem getroffen.^[7]

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Jerry Z. Muller is professor of history at the Catholic University of America and the author of many books, including The Mind and the Market and Capitalism and the Jews (Princeton).

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Too many metrics are killing productivity

During the great famine in China, local officials yanked plants out of the ground and raced ahead of Mao’s itinerary to plant them at his next stop, thus fooling the chairman into thinking bumper crops were everywhere. They kept their jobs and their heads, but as a result, Mao declared there was no famine and refused to release government stores of rice to the starving. Fifty million died. This is the poster child for metrics.

The Tyranny of Metrics show more is an anecdote-filled examination of how industry, services and government have gone overboard with self-defeating metrics. Muller comes at it from a personal angle as well as a piece of research. He is a history professor, bogged down in the mindless world