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'''Frederick Nymeyer''' (November 12, 1897 – February 18, 1981) was an industrialist and businessman from [[South Holland, Illinois]], and a vocal advocate of early [[libertarianism]] and [[Austrian economics]].

Nymeyer founded the [[Libertarian Press]] and was largely responsible for bringing the economic writings of [[Eugen von Böhm-Bawerk]] to the United States. A personal friend of [[Ludwig von Mises]], Nymeyer was also an eager proponent of [[Austrian economics]].

His writings evidence both a commitment to free market principles and a devotion to his Dutch [[Calvinist]] faith. His most thorough work, ''Minimal Religion,'' posits the incompatibility of [[socialist]] ethics with the [[Christianity|Christian]] faith. In ''Social Action, Hundred Nineteen,'' he argued forcefully against the [[Social Gospel|social gospel]]. ''Progressive Calvinism,'' later renamed ''First Principles in Morality and Economics,'' was a periodical authored by Nymeyer. Directed primarily at an audience of Dutch Reformed youth, the publication linked Christian principles to libertarian political theory.

Nymeyer’sNymeyer's writings also touch on [[Theology|theological]] ideas. In the heated debate over Common Grace, Nymeyer sided against the official position of his denomination ([[Christian Reformed Church in North America|Christian Reformed Church]]), accepting instead a position similar to that advocated by [[Herman Hoeksema]] and the Protestant Reformed Churches.

==References==

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* {{cite book|authorlink1=Jörg Guido Hülsmann|last1=Hülsmann|first1=Jörg Guido|title=Mises: The Last Knight of Liberalism|date=October 18, 2007|publisher=[[Ludwig von Mises Institute]] (Mises Daily)|___location=[[Auburn, Alabama]]|isbn=978-1933550183|url=https://mises.org/library/birth-movement|chapter=19: Birth of a Movement|access-date=April 19, 2016|archive-date=April 12, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160412234400/https://mises.org/library/birth-movement|url-status=dead}}

* {{cite web|last1=Pardo-Guerra|first1=Juan Pablo|title=Making markets: infrastructures, engineers and the moral technologies of finance |website=Socializing Finance |date=2013|url=https://socfinance.files.wordpress.com/2013/08/pardo_guerra-130729-making-markets-nyse-workshop.pdf}}

* {{cite web|last1=Terrell|first1=Timothy D.|title=Frederick Nymeyer: A Pioneer of Christian Libertarianism|url=http://chalcedon.edu/faith-for-all-of-life/law-and-liberty/frederick-nymeyer-a-pioneer-of-christian-libertarianism/|website=Chalcedon: Law and Liberty|publisher=[[Chalcedon Foundation]]}}

== External links ==

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* [https://www.contra-mundum.org/eng-nymeyer.htm Progressive Calvinism archives]

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* [http://www.libertarianpress.com/aboutus.php Libertarian Press, Inc.]

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[[Category:Economists from Illinois]]

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