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SCHOLARS &
FELLOWS
Christopher DeMuth
D. C. Searle Senior Fellow
RESOURCES
RESEARCH AREAS
- American government and politics
- Regulatory policy
- Law and economics
Contact
E-mail: cdemuth@aei.org
Phone: 202-862-5895
Fax: 202-862-5921
Assistant: Kimberly Hudson
Assistant E-mail: kimberly.hudson@aei.org
Assistant Phone: 202-862-5897
Biography
Christopher DeMuth was president of AEI from December 1986 through December 2008. Previously, he was administrator for information and regulatory affairs in the Office of Management and Budget and executive director of the Presidential Task Force on Regulatory Relief in the Reagan administration; taught economics, law, and regulatory policy at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University; practiced regulatory, antitrust, and general corporate law; and worked on urban and environmental policy in the Nixon White House.
Experience
- President of AEI, December 1986-December 2008
- Visiting Committee, University of Chicago Law School, 1998-2001; Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, 1995-98
- Editor-in-Chief and Publisher, Regulation magazine, 1986
- Administrator, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, 1981-84
- Executive Director, Presidential Task Force on Regulatory Relief, White House, 1981-83
- Lecturer in Public Policy, Kennedy School of Government; Director, Harvard Faculty Project on Regulation, Harvard University, 1977-81
- Staff Assistant to the President, White House, 1969-70
- Director, State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company, 2004-present
- Chairman of the Board, Clean Burn, Inc., and Millcreek Manufacturing Company, 1993-present
- Director, Insurance Services Office, 1992-96
- Managing Director, Lexecon Inc., 1984-86
- Associate General Counsel, Consolidated Rail Corporation, 1976-77
- Attorney, Sidley & Austin, 1973-76
Education
J.D., University of Chicago Law School, 1973 A.B., Harvard University, 1968
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A tribute to Irving Kristol by Christopher DeMuth and excerpts from one of the first speeches Irving Kristol gave in association with AEI.
Much has been made of Irving Kristol's maestroship of an intellectual movement that enlarged and transformed American conservatism. Interestingly, his exertions had no comparable or even discernable influence on American liberalism.
Bradley Lecture
June 8, 2009
Virtually every action of any consequence, private as well as public, has some consequences that were not part of the purpose of the action.
AEI Annual Dinner
March 11, 2009
Christopher DeMuth introduces the 2009 Irving Kristol Lecture by Charles Murray.
AEI Online
December 18, 2008
President George W. Bush reflects on his years in the White House as his second term draws to a close.
AEI Chairman's Dinner
December 11, 2008
A valedictory address from outgoing AEI president Christopher DeMuth.
AEI Annual Dinner, Irving Kristol Lecture
March 5, 2008
Christopher DeMuth and James Q. Wilson's remarks before John Howard's 2008 Irving Kristol Lecture.
AEI Online
December 28, 2007
In October 2007, Christopher DeMuth, president of AEI since December 1986, announced that he intended to relinquish his position before the end of 2008.
The inside story of why think tanks matter and what AEI has accomplished over the past twenty-one years.
Amicus brief on the Writ of Certiorari to the Court of Appeals of Kentucky.
AEI Annual Dinner
March 7, 2007
Christopher DeMuth, Reuel Marc Gerecht, and James Q. Wilson's remarks before Bernard Lewis's 2007 Irving Kristol Lecture.
AEI Online
February 8, 2007
Christopher DeMuth responds to Senators Sanders, Feinstein, Leahy, and Kerry on the climate controversy.
John Bolton's past record of achievement and the imperative need for his future success argues for an affirmative Senate vote at the earliest possible moment.
As we pass the twenty-fifthanniversary of the August 1981 tax cuts, it is appropriate to assess Reagan’s economic record.
The recent case of Ayaan Hirsi Aliillustrates the ominous potential of liberal institutions to undermine themselves by being used for illiberal ends.
Fundación para el Análisis y Estudios Sociales
May 18, 2006
The governments of the United States and Western Europe collaborated successfully for many decades during the Cold War, but they now often disagree.
AEI Annual Dinner
March 2, 2005
Christopher DeMuth, James Q. Wilson, and José María Aznar introduce the 2005 Irving Kristol Lecture by Mario Vargas Llosa.
The author protests the abuse of Anatol Lyabedzka, a leading advocate for democracy in Belarus, by the regime of Belarus leader Alexander Lukashenko.
AEI Bradley Lecture
October 4, 2004
Growing competition has swept away long-entrenched monopolies in private markets. Now it is the turn of the most powerful and entrenched monopolies: the monopolies of government.
War mobilization can lead to incontinent government growth, jeopardizing the economic dynamism upon which a successful war effort ultimately depends.
AEI Annual Dinner
February 10, 2004
Christopher DeMuth's welcoming remarks at AEI's 2004 Annual Dinner.
Robust, growing, resilient economies have been critical to success in long-term security confrontations in the past, and they are likely to be of greater importance in the war on terror.
AEI-Brookings Joint Center Distinguished Lecture
December 4, 2003
Christopher DeMuth's introduction of Associate Justice Stephen Breyer.
AEI event on climate change
November 19, 2003
Christopher DeMuth's welcome to the Return to Rio conference.
Washington Post
August 27, 2003
AEI Annual Dinner
February 28, 2003
AEI presentation on Taiwan
September 24, 2002
Speech presented by Christopher C. DeMuth at a reception in honor of Madame Chen Wu, Sue-Jen, First Lady of the Republic of China on Taiwan.
AEI Dinner Honoring the Installation of Elliott Banfield's Drawings Landmarks of Washington, D.C.
September 11, 2002
AEI Dinner Honoring the Installation of Elliott Banfield's Drawings
September 11, 2002
AEI Online
September 1, 2002
The Wall Street Journal
July 8, 2002
CEDAW promotes the notion that rights are things that exist in the abstract--manna from globocrats, NGOs and activist lawyers rather than the responsibilities of nation-states and their political leaders.
This issue introduces the Environmental Policy Outlook, a monthly essay on trends and controversies in environmental policy.
AEI Annual Dinner
February 13, 2002
Dinner for AEI Trustees and Scholars
December 7, 2001
The principle of regression to the mean is one of the most powerful in the universe, and a reliable humbler of enthusiasts and declinists.
AEI Annual Dinner
February 13, 2001
The Weekly Standard
October 30, 2000
Environmental quality in Texas has improved under Governor Bush by virtually every useful measure.
The Washington Times
July 31, 2000
American conservatives have opposed the growth of government regulation in principle but accommodated that growth in practice.
The Australian
May 23, 2000
Demuth on the prosperity and freedom of Western civilization.
The Australian Financial Review
May 23, 2000
The Centre for Independent Studies
May 18, 2000
Americans are today the richest, freest people the world has ever known.
2000 Francis Boyer LectureAEI Annual Dinner
February 15, 2000
Today's most serious problems are in important respects the result of our prosperity--the characteristic problems of a super-affluent, mass-upper-middle-class society.
Weekly Standard
June 21, 1999
The court found that EPA's standards amounted to an expression of bureaucratic willfulness, rather than an application of the Clean Air Act.
The constitutional problem would be solved if EPA set standards that balanced health benefits against the costs of achieving them.
Washington Times
April 13, 1999
China's deployment of more than 100 additional ballistic missiles is a sobering reminder that the Taiwan Relations Act has a very serious purpose.
AEI Annual Dinner
February 25, 1999
AEI President Christopher DeMuth introduces Francis Boyer Award Michael Novak at the 1999 AEI Annual Dinner, providing an overview of his many years of influence.
AEI Online
December 10, 1998
AEI Annual Dinner
December 7, 1998
Business Council of Williamsburg, Virginia
October 9, 1998
To grasp the importance of developments in genetics and biotechnology in the year 1998, one really must go back to the year 1820.
The tax that pays for a program to hook up libraries and schools to the Internet is hampered by confused economicsand is probably unconstitutional.
Wealth, freedom, and equality of richest, freest, and most egalitarian societiescause the welfare state to unravel.
Wall Street Journal
February 15, 1996
Mark Helprin makes a powerful case for the candidacy of Sen. Dole (“Let Dole Lead,” Feb. 2), but slips on an important detail in the debate over the flat tax.
AEI Annual Dinner
December 6, 1995
Wall Street Journal
November 3, 1995
Letter to editor finds that article on Woodson andLoury’s resignations fromAEI over The End of Racism seemed a bit off balance to this participant-observer in the affair.
Wall Street Journal
November 16, 1994
Letter to the editor of the Wall Street Journal regarding coverage of Charles Murray's The Bell Curve.
Milwaukee Journal
November 14, 1994
Policy Review
April 1, 1992
AEI Annual Dinner
January 1, 1970
Events [List all]
The Victory of the Cross
November 9, 2009
Former Speaker of the House and AEI scholar Newt Gingrich will discuss how, in addition to the political, economic, and military factors that contributed to the defeat of Soviet communism, spiritual factors were also decisive in achieving victory.
Competition as an Ethical and Political Value
July 16, 2009
Christopher DeMuth delivers the first lecture of AEI's Free Enterprise Lecture Series.
Unintended Consequences and Intended Non-Consequences
June 8, 2009
Deregulation under Bush 43: Myths and Realities
May 6, 2009
This event will discuss the myths and realities of deregulation during the Bush 43 years.
On the Ropes: What William F. Buckley Jr. Can Teach Today's Conservatives
March 3, 2009
Panelists will discuss the continuing impact of Buckley's thought and the future of American conservatism.
Life Without Lawyers
January 27, 2009
Presidential Command
January 26, 2009
Building a Foundation for the Future
December 18, 2008
The Role of the U.S.-Japanese Alliance in a New Era
October 31, 2008
The End of the American Era: Looking Ahead
October 22, 2008
No One Sees God: The Dark Night of Atheists and Believers
September 9, 2008
A Speech by Attorney General Michael Mukasey
July 21, 2008
A Magnificent Catastrophe: The Tumultuous Election of 1800, America's First Presidential Campaign
June 6, 2008
Geoengineering: A Revolutionary Approach to Climate Change
June 3, 2008
Does World War II Still Have a Meaning?
May 5, 2008
Understanding America: The Anatomy of an Exceptional Nation
April 22, 2008
Is Death Really Different? Reflections on Death Penalty Litigation
April 7, 2008
What if Reagan Had Not Run and the Soviet Union Still Existed?
March 12, 2008
F. A. Hayek, Spontaneous Order, and the Mirage of Social Justice
March 10, 2008
Annual Dinner 2008
March 5, 2008
Gaining Ground: New Reforms from Old Europe
February 20, 2008
"Old Europe"--the Western European and Scandinavian countries--has become, to some critics, a symbol of economic stagnation and political gridlock. But in recent years, many European countries have adopted reform policies that will surprise many Americans. Indeed, Western Europe is fast becoming a land of "new ideas" from which American policymakers can learn.
The Future of Urban School Reform
February 13, 2008
Science versus Anti-Science: From Washington to the Classroom
February 11, 2008
Real Change: From the World That Fails to the World That Works
February 7, 2008
Poland and the Future of Transatlantic Relations
January 31, 2008
The Reluctant Realism of George H. W. Bush
January 14, 2008
Extremism
December 18, 2007
Surrender Is Not an Option
November 13, 2007
Understanding Political Violence and Repression in Our Times
November 6, 2007
George W. Bush and the Future of Conservatism
November 5, 2007
Czar Reed and the Rise of the American Empire He Didn't Want
October 9, 2007
The Suicide of Reason
September 26, 2007
Russia on the Eve of Elections: Continuity or Change?
September 18, 2007
Not Playing the Game: How Winston Churchill Came to Power
September 10, 2007
The United Nations and Taiwan Democracy
September 6, 2007
Divesting from Iran: A Briefing from State and Federal Legislators
July 26, 2007
The Capitalist Foundations of America
May 14, 2007
Russia's Revolution: Essays 1989-2006
May 14, 2007
The Russian Economy: “Irrational Exuberance” in an Election Year? With Yegor Gaidar, Former Prime Minister of the Russian Federation
April 25, 2007
The Forgotten Man: How Election 1936 Defines Election 2008
April 9, 2007
Attraction and Abandonment: Political Morality and Communist Ideals
March 12, 2007
Defending Human Dignity
February 5, 2007
The Poverty Issue at the End of History
January 8, 2007
The Ugly Americans: How Not to Lose the Global Culture War
December 4, 2006
The Black-White IQ Gap: Is It Closing? Will It Ever Go Away?
November 28, 2006
The Wars on Terror
November 13, 2006
Liberal Reform in an Illiberal Regime
November 13, 2006
The Collapse of the Soviet Union: Lessons for Contemporary Russia
November 13, 2006
Andrew W. Mellon: An Extraordinary Life
October 12, 2006
The World Trading System after the Collapse of Doha: The WTO, Developing Countries, and Regionalism
October 3, 2006
New Foundations of Cost-Benefit Analysis
September 20, 2006
Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili at AEI
July 6, 2006
Securing Our Borders
June 29, 2006
A Better Bargain: Overhauling Teacher Collective Bargaining for the 21st Century
March 29, 2006
Implementing the National Security Strategy
January 17, 2006
The Moral Consequences of Economic Growth
January 9, 2006
Proportional Representation: Path to Democracy?
December 6, 2005
Transforming the U.S.-Japanese Alliance
October 25, 2005
Solidarity Twenty-Five Years On
August 30, 2005
Skills, Ownership, and Economic Security
July 12, 2005
Energy Issues in U.S.-PRC Relations
May 9, 2005
What Does Homeland Security Spending Buy?
April 14, 2005
The Patent System and the New Economy
March 10, 2005
Making the Endangered Species Act Work for Both Species and Landowners
March 1, 2005
The Case for Democracy
November 10, 2004
Competition in Government
October 4, 2004
The Universal Hunger for Liberty
September 29, 2004
Sarbanes-Oxley: A Review
May 5, 2004
The Evolution of U.S.-Japan Relations
April 29, 2004
Should Conservatives Favor Same-Sex Marriage?
April 15, 2004
Serious Intelligence Reform
March 5, 2004
Beyond Therapy: Biotechnology and the Pursuit of Happiness
December 9, 2003
Economic Reasoning and Judicial Review
December 4, 2003
The Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy and How It Grew
November 3, 2003
The Road Ahead
October 22, 2003
No Excuses
October 20, 2003
Relaunching the Transatlantic Partnership
October 2, 2003
Skepticism and Freedom
June 9, 2003
Diversity in America
June 9, 2003
Lessons from the Demise of Détente
June 2, 2003
Prospects and Politics of a U.S.-Taiwan Free Trade Agreement
June 2, 2003
The New Antitrust Paradox
April 21, 2003
The Worldwide Campaign against Pharmaceutical Innovation
March 18, 2003
Annual Dinner 2003
February 26, 2003
The Best of Both Worlds
February 13, 2003
The Rule of Lawyers
January 21, 2003
The Skeptical Conservative
November 4, 2002
Bubbleology
October 25, 2002
Productivity in the Twenty-first Century
October 23, 2002
Darwinian Politics
October 21, 2002
Ehud Olmert
October 11, 2002
An Unlikely Conservative
October 8, 2002
Taiwan's Democratic Development
September 24, 2002
The Real World War II
May 31, 2002
Transatlantic Relations after September 11
April 24, 2002
Winning the War against Terror
April 10, 2002
The Future of Policing after September 11
March 11, 2002
Regulating Air Pollutants from Power Plants
February 19, 2002
Telecommunications Policy as Trade Policy
December 12, 2001
The United States and Cuba
December 10, 2001
Torts and Terror
December 4, 2001
On Two Wings
December 4, 2001
Elections in Taiwan
December 3, 2001
Free Trade, Sovereignty, Democracy
November 14, 2001
The Joy of Freedom
October 19, 2001
Broadband Access--Competition, Regulation, and Consumer Welfare
July 12, 2001
U.S. Climate Policy
June 26, 2001
ROK-U.S. Alliance
June 11, 2001
Are We All "Compassionate Conservatives" Now?
June 7, 2001
Listening to China
May 14, 2001
Genetic Engineering
April 17, 2001
Korea Policy Challenges for the New Administration
March 13, 2001
The Prospect of Peace on the Korean Peninsula
March 8, 2001
Toward the Creation of a Cross-Straits Common Market
January 22, 2001
Japan Policy Challenges for the New Administration
December 1, 2000
The New Politics of Prosperity
November 16, 2000
The Mystery of Capital
September 28, 2000
The War against Boys
June 21, 2000
Tocqueville on American Character
June 20, 2000
Post-Election Taiwan
May 5, 2000
PNTR and the Future of U.S.-China Relations
May 5, 2000
Annual Dinner 2000
February 15, 2000
Is Manliness A Virtue?
October 14, 1997
Speeches and Testimony [List all]
Unintended Consequences and Intended Non-Consequences
Bradley Lecture
June 8, 2009
Virtually every action of any consequence, private as well as public, has some consequences that were not part of the purpose of the action.
Irving Kristol Award and Lecture for 2009
AEI Annual Dinner
March 11, 2009
Christopher DeMuth introduces the 2009 Irving Kristol Lecture by Charles Murray.
A Conversation with President Bush
AEI Online
December 18, 2008
President George W. Bush reflects on his years in the White House as his second term draws to a close.
Remarks of Christopher DeMuth at the AEI Chairman's Dinner
AEI Chairman's Dinner
December 11, 2008
A valedictory address from outgoing AEI president Christopher DeMuth.
The Irving Kristol Award and Lecture for 2008
AEI Annual Dinner, Irving Kristol Lecture
March 5, 2008
Christopher DeMuth and James Q. Wilson's remarks before John Howard's 2008 Irving Kristol Lecture.
Supreme Court Amicus Brief in Davis v. Kentucky Department of Revenue
Amicus brief on the Writ of Certiorari to the Court of Appeals of Kentucky.
Irving Kristol Award and Lecture for 2007
AEI Annual Dinner
March 7, 2007
Christopher DeMuth, Reuel Marc Gerecht, and James Q. Wilson's remarks before Bernard Lewis's 2007 Irving Kristol Lecture.
Some Trans-Atlantic Challenges
Fundación para el Análisis y Estudios Sociales
May 18, 2006
The governments of the United States and Western Europe collaborated successfully for many decades during the Cold War, but they now often disagree.
Irving Kristol Award and Lecture for 2005
AEI Annual Dinner
March 2, 2005
Christopher DeMuth, James Q. Wilson, and José María Aznar introduce the 2005 Irving Kristol Lecture by Mario Vargas Llosa.
Competition in Government
AEI Bradley Lecture
October 4, 2004
Growing competition has swept away long-entrenched monopolies in private markets. Now it is the turn of the most powerful and entrenched monopolies: the monopolies of government.
Welcoming Remarks by Christopher DeMuth
AEI Annual Dinner
February 10, 2004
Christopher DeMuth's welcoming remarks at AEI's 2004 Annual Dinner.
Economic Reform as a Security Strategy
Robust, growing, resilient economies have been critical to success in long-term security confrontations in the past, and they are likely to be of greater importance in the war on terror.
Economic Reasoning and Judicial Review
AEI-Brookings Joint Center Distinguished Lecture
December 4, 2003
Christopher DeMuth's introduction of Associate Justice Stephen Breyer.
Return to Rio
AEI event on climate change
November 19, 2003
Christopher DeMuth's welcome to the Return to Rio conference.
Christopher DeMuth's Introduction of President Bush
AEI Annual Dinner
February 28, 2003
Taiwan's Democratic Development
AEI presentation on Taiwan
September 24, 2002
Speech presented by Christopher C. DeMuth at a reception in honor of Madame Chen Wu, Sue-Jen, First Lady of the Republic of China on Taiwan.
Landmarks of Washington, D.C. (Introduction of Elliott Banfield)
AEI Dinner Honoring the Installation of Elliott Banfield's Drawings Landmarks of Washington, D.C.
September 11, 2002
Landmarks of Washington, D.C. (Introduction of Daniel Patrick Moynihan)
AEI Dinner Honoring the Installation of Elliott Banfield's Drawings
September 11, 2002
About Norman Podhoretz (Opening Remarks)
AEI Annual Dinner
February 13, 2002
Remarks at a Dinner for AEI Trustees and Scholars
Dinner for AEI Trustees and Scholars
December 7, 2001
The principle of regression to the mean is one of the most powerful in the universe, and a reliable humbler of enthusiasts and declinists.
Be Not Afraid (Welcoming Remarks)
AEI Annual Dinner
February 13, 2001
Remarks at the Opening Dinner
The Centre for Independent Studies
May 18, 2000
After the Ascent
2000 Francis Boyer LectureAEI Annual Dinner
February 15, 2000
Today's most serious problems are in important respects the result of our prosperity--the characteristic problems of a super-affluent, mass-upper-middle-class society.
God's Country
AEI Annual Dinner
February 25, 1999
AEI President Christopher DeMuth introduces Francis Boyer Award Michael Novak at the 1999 AEI Annual Dinner, providing an overview of his many years of influence.
Remarks at AEI Chairman’s Dinner
AEI Online
December 10, 1998
Freedom and Vigilance (Introductory Remarks)
AEI Annual Dinner
December 7, 1998
Biology and Society--1820, 1998, and Beyond
Business Council of Williamsburg, Virginia
October 9, 1998
To grasp the importance of developments in genetics and biotechnology in the year 1998, one really must go back to the year 1820.
Introduction of James Q. Wilson
The Cultural Contradictions of Conservatism (Welcoming Remarks)
AEI Annual Dinner
December 6, 1995
Leadership and Progress (Introductory Remarks)
AEI Annual Dinner
January 1, 1970
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