Resources - Steven McMullen

By Steven C. McMullen In Education

Teacher Turnover, Composition, and Qualifications in the Year-Round School Setting

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By Steven C. McMullen In Ethics

Against Inefficacy Objections

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Ethics General Economics

Letter: Welcome Refugees into Ottawa County

In anticipation of the vote by the Ottawa County Commission regarding the resettlement of refugees, I wrote this letter. Because this same debate is happening in counties all over the country, I share it here publicly. Dear Commissioners, In the coming week, you will all…

Steven C. McMullenJanuary 26, 2020

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Animal Ethics Uncategorized

Is a Vegan Diet Scalable?

I was recently contacted by a person inquiring about whether vegan diets are scalable. Given what I wrote about how expensive veggie burgers are, it is a legitimate question. If the Beyond Burger costs $3 for each patty, how is this realistic for most of…

Steven C. McMullenJanuary 23, 2020

Animal Ethics Chapter

Property, Regulation, and Endangered Species Conservation

Today is the release date for The Routledge Handbook of Animal Ethics, edited by Bob Fischer. I am pleased to have contributed a chapter to this excellent collection. Having written and spoken about species conservation a number of times, I think this chapter is the…

Steven C. McMullenDecember 18, 2019

Ethics General Economics

Middle-Class Wage Stagnation?

Don Boudreaux, in a short essay for AIER, makes the case that while hourly wages are stagnant since the 1970's, people are actually better off. Let me take a minute to note that he is a little bit right, and also misses the boat. The…

Steven C. McMullenJuly 29, 2019

Ethics

New Book in Progress: Should Wealth Be Redistributed?: A Debate with James Otteson

I am happy to announce that Jim Otteson and I have just signed a contract with Routledge to work on Should Wealth Be Redistributed?: A Debate. The book will be a part of a new series, Little Debates about Big Questions, in which scholars engage…

Steven C. McMullenJuly 23, 2019

Book Reviews Fiction

Book Review: Fall by Neal Stephenson

Have you ever entertained the idea that we could "download" ourselves into a computer and then keep living in a digital world? Yeah, me too. What I imagine with great discomfort, Neal Stephenson brings to life in his latest book. The book starts with a…

Steven C. McMullenJuly 21, 2019

Articles & Essays Ethics General Economics Papers & Presentations Uncategorized

Objectivity and Ethics: Dialogue with Theologians: Part 5

This post is the fifth in a series about ethics, theology, and critiques of economic methodology. Each post is a portion of an early draft of a paper that is forthcoming in the Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies. Here is a table of contents for the…

Steven C. McMullenJune 25, 2019

Articles & Essays Ethics General Economics Papers & Presentations Uncategorized

Objectivity and Ethics: Dialogue with Theologians: Part 4

This post is the fourth in a series about ethics, theology, and critiques of economic methodology. Each post is a portion of an early draft of a paper that is forthcoming in the Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies. Here is a table of contents for the…

Steven C. McMullenJune 25, 2019

Articles & Essays Ethics General Economics Papers & Presentations Uncategorized

Objectivity and Ethics: Dialogue with Theologians: Part 3

This post is the third in a series about ethics, theology, and critiques of economic methodology. Each post is a portion of an early draft of a paper that is forthcoming in the Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies. Here is a table of contents for the…

Steven C. McMullenJune 25, 2019

Articles & Essays Ethics General Economics Papers & Presentations

Objectivity and Ethics: Dialogue with Theologians: Part 2

This post is the second in a series about ethics, theology, and critiques of economic methodology. Each post is a portion of an early draft of a paper that is forthcoming in the Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies. Here is a table of contents for the…

Steven C. McMullenJune 25, 2019

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A New Direction for Kuyperian Economics

A recent small conference hosted by the Journal of Markets and Morality inspired me to work out an argument that I started thinking through as I read some recent work on Neo-Calvinist economic thought. The result is this paper. I am already aware that there…

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Prostitution, State Violence, and Economic Opportunities: A Response to McMullen

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Polarization and the Academy

This post first appeared on CSR's Christ Animated Learning Blog. One of the clearest conclusions we can take away from the 2020 election season is that political and ideological polarization has continued to be one of the most powerful forces in our social life. In…