George Mullen was one of the few vocal individuals at the peak of the markets to predict what became the 2007 – 2009 economic collapse, and subsequent Great Recession. In fact, he was the first to coin the term “Financial Tsunami” to describe the crisis he foresaw in the article “The Coming Financial Tsunami” published in 2005. This term took on a life of its own in 2008 when CNBC and Pimco bond-king Bill Gross began repeatedly using the term, followed by Lehman Brothers CEO Richard Fuld publicly blaming the Lehman bankruptcy on the“Financial Tsunami”. Soon thereafter, the likes of former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan, real estate mogul Sam Zell, and the Chinese government were all using the term to describe the economic collapse. Though most laughed or called Mullen an alarmist when these articles were first published, by 2007 no one was laughing anymore. Read for yourself:
- The Coming Financial Tsunami – The San Diego Union Tribune – June 9, 2005
- Welcome to the Bubble Economy – The San Diego Union Tribune – February 17, 2006 (co-authored with Tom Mullen)
- While Our Brightest Economists Failed, “Nobody” George Mullen Warned Us – Pasadena Sub Rosa – December 7, 2008
- Welcome to the Depression (Time to Realize Our Economic Plight) – The San Diego Union Tribune – March 6, 2009
- Tax Cuts = Job Creation – The San Diego Union Tribune – June 17, 2010
- Reigniting America’s Economic Engine – Townhall.com – January 19, 2016
- The New American Age of Peace, Prosperity, and Innovation – Townhall.com – June 12, 2018
- America’s Economic Engine Will Defeat the Coronavirus, Not Fear – Townhall.com – March 20, 2020
- Economic Suicide by Shutdown Will Not Cure the Coronavirus – Times of San Diego – April 6, 2020
- America’s Shutdown is Economic Hemlock – Townhall.com – April 14, 2020
- America’s Shutdown Over the Coronavirus Is Economic Hemlock – Times of San Diego – April 24, 2020
- America Should Demand $25 Trillion in Reparations from China – Townhall.com – February 18, 2021
Other noteworthy articles Mullen has authored include:
- Behold, the American Reformation is at Hand – StudioRevolution.com – October 10, 2024
- Citizens Are Stepping Up to Stop the Coronado Bridge ‘Suicide Machine’ – Times of San Diego – George Mullen, Bill Walton & Jack McGrory – February 20, 2024
- Homelessness Is an Emergency — Let’s ‘Parachute in’ Sunbreak Ranch at Brown Field – Times of San Diego – January 10, 2024 (co-authored w NBA legend Bill Walton)
- Stopping the Coronado Bridge Suicide Machine – Times of San Diego – George Mullen, Bill Walton & Jack McGrory – October 4, 2023
- Stopping the Coronado Bridge Suicide Machine – The Coronado News – George Mullen, Bill Walton & Jack McGrory – October 10, 2023
- It’s Past Time to Take Back San Diego from the Catastrophe of Homelessness – Times of San Diego – George Mullen, Bill Walton, Brian Caster, Richard Bailey, Rick Sweeney – April 20, 2023
- The Dilution Solution to Tijuana Sewage – Times of San Diego – February 14, 2023
- Sunbreak Ranch Is the Answer to San Diego — and America’s — Homeless Crisis – Times of San Diego – January 14, 2023 (co-authored w NBA legend Bill Walton)
- Protecting Big Blue While Putting the Screws to China – Townhall.com – May 25, 2022
- The Marine Corps Case for a Second Opening to San Diego Bay – Times of San Diego – May 3, 2022
- The U.S. Marine Corps Case For a Second Opening to San Diego Bay – Townhall.com – April 15, 2022
- Business Will Boom with a Second Opening to San Diego Bay – Times of San Diego – March 25, 2022
- Zelensky and Ukraine Should Hit Back with a Doolittle-Style Raid on Moscow – Townhall.com – March 18, 2022
- An Appeal to Elon Musk to Help Fix America’s Homelessness Crisis – Times of San Diego – February 17, 2022
- Let’s Brand San Diego and Tijuana as World ‘Cities of Life’ in 2024 – Times of San Diego – February 5, 2022
- The Environmental Case for Creating a 2nd Opening to San Diego Bay – Times of San Diego – November 28, 2021
- Protecting a Critical US Navy Base from the Rising Threat of China – Part 2 – Townhall.com – November 19, 2021
- Afghanistan Needs 100,000 U.S. Troops ASAP — Peggy Noonan is Dead Wrong – Townhall.com – August 23, 2021
- San Diego Bay Needs a Second Opening to Protect the U.S. Pacific Fleet – Times of San Diego – July 20, 2021
- Protecting a Critical U.S. Navy Base From the Rising Threat of China – Townhall.com – July 7, 2021
- Share a Square and Make the World a Better Place (satirical piece) – MuddyUm – April 21, 2021
- What If Big Tech Was Censoring Black Speech Instead of Conservative Speech? – Townhall.com – January 16, 2021
- Though Inglorious, Trump Remains One of the Most Effective Presidents in U.S. History – Townhall.com – January 10, 2021
- A Violent War Against the Tech Monopolies is on the Horizon – Townhall.com – November 16, 2020
- America’s Second Civil War Has Already Begun – Townhall.com – July 27, 2020
- Short-Term ‘Band-Aides’ Won’t End Homelessness, But Our Plan Will – Times of San Diego – July 22, 2020 (co-authored with Brian Caster)
- AHO Radio interview with guest George Mullen – AHO Radio – May 27, 2020
- How San Diego Downtown Breakfast Rotary Is Helping During The Coronavirus Crisis – Times of San Diego – May 9, 2020
- Downtown Breakfast Rotary Club Helps During Pandemic – The San Diego Union Tribune – Laura Groch – May 17, 2020
- Federal Leadership with Local Control Is a Bold New Homeless Strategy – Times of San Diego – March 5, 2020
- Federal Leadership, Local Control – A Bold New Homeless Strategy – Townhall.com – February 13, 2020
- The Case for a Federal Government Takeover of America’s Homeless Crisis – Townhall.com – December 3, 2019
- A Tale of Two Cities (San Diego v. Phoenix) – Times of San Diego – March 24, 2019
- How to Stop China, Lift Up Latin America, and Slash Illegal Immigration – Townhall.com – February 1, 2019
- How to Stop China’s Debt-Trap March to World Domination – Townhall.com – January 13, 2019
- Amending the U.S. Constitution to Protect our Republic – Townhall.com – November 15, 2018
- ‘City of Life’ Is San Diego’s True Identity – Times of San Diego – September 7, 2018
- A Bold Vision is Needed for San Diego’s Waterfront – IVN (Independent Voter Network) – July 10, 2018
- A Bold New Vision for San Diego’s Waterfront – Times of San Diego – July 9, 2018
- Lifesaving Solution for S.D. Coronado Bridge – San Diego Business Journal – May 14, 2018
- A Simple Solution to Preventing Suicides on the Coronado Bridge – Coronado Times – April 25, 2018
- A Simple Solution to Preventing Suicides on the Coronado Bridge – Times of San Diego – April 24, 2018
- Seeking Purpose in Times of Despair – PDF – January 10, 2016
- The Crisis On Our Streets – San Diego Business Journal – October 16, 2017 (co-authored with Brian Caster)
- Alternate Proposal Would Bring Homeless Tent To Brown Field – The San Diego Union-Tribune – Gary Warth – August 11, 2017
- KFMB 760 AM radio interview with Richard Muscio & Joe Vecchio – August 3, 2017
- A Proposal to Bring Life to San Diego’s Brand – San Diego Business Journal – May 22, 2017
- Sunbreak Ranch Could Be San Diego’s Homeless Solution – The San Diego Union-Tribune – February 9, 2017
(co-authored with Brian Caster) - How We Can Fund a ‘Sunbreak Ranch’ to House San Diego’s Homeless – Times of San Diego – February 19, 2017
(co-authored with Brian Caster) - Sunbreak Ranch KUSI interview with Sasha Foo – February 13, 2017
- KUSI SPECIAL REPORT on Sunbreak Ranch – February 23, 2017
- KOGO 600 AM radio interview with Carl DeMaio on Sunbreak Ranch – February 27, 2017
(segment begins at about minute 6:40…and extends to minute 24:30) - Hoteliers Don’t Drive San Diego Tourism – The San Diego Union Tribune – July 22, 2016 (co-authored with Jason Riggs)
- Balboa Park Perfect Home for Smithsonian West – San Diego Business Journal – April 18, 2016
- The Art of Terrorism – StudioRevolution – January 15, 2016
- The Art of Terrorism – PDF – January 15, 2016
- Seeking Purpose in Times of Despair – StudioRevolution – January 10, 2016
- Seeking Purpose in Times of Despair – PDF – January 10, 2016
- They’re Raping Our City Blind! (The Hotelier Cabal) – San Diego CityBeat – September 30, 2015
- George Mullen’s Hotelier Cabal interview with NBC’s Gene Cubbison – Politically Speaking – NBC San Diego – September 27, 2015
- Could So Cal Chargers Be Answer For San Diego? – The San Diego Union Tribune – January 17, 2015
- So Cal Chargers – A Win for All Stakeholders – January 22, 2015
- Waterfront Delays vs. Eiffel Tower – Comment to Bob Nelson article – The San Diego Union Tribune – January 17, 2015
- A Bold Vision for Balboa Park Centennial Celebration – The San Diego Union Tribune – March 6, 2014
- Balboa Park Jubilee Should Be A Sweet Piece of Cake (Mullen quoted) – The San Diego Union Tribune – Logan Jenkins – March 6, 2014
- More on the Dark Side of Balboa Park (Mullen quoted) – San Diego Free Press – February 25, 2014
- It’s Time to Dissolve the Tourism Authority – Voice of San Diego – October 21, 2013
- Crashing the Hotelier’s Cabal – Voice of San Diego – April 9, 2013
- Welcome to the Hotelier’s Cabal – Voice of San Diego – March 19, 2013
- San Diego Hoteliers Meet Their Waterloo – Voice of San Diego – March 5, 2013
- Mullen’s Rebuttal in Newsweek – Newsweek Magazine – September 24, 2012
- The City: San Diego – Newsweek Magazine – September 24, 2012
- San Diego’s Time to Rise in 2015 – Voice of San Diego – February 7, 2012
- Moving Forward in Forefathers’ Footsteps – The San Diego Union Tribune – July 16, 2011
- A Sailing Start to the Park’s Centennial – The San Diego Union Tribune – May 26, 2011 (co-authored with Ester Araujo Garcia de Paredes)
- Target Mona Lisa – screenplay – Terrorism + Art collide in an international political thriller (written from 2004 – 2009)
- Move Chargers to Del Mar Fairgrounds – The San Diego Union Tribune – July 12, 2009
- KUSI News TV interview – July 13, 2009
- Letters to the Editor – The San Diego Union Tribune – July 14, 2009
- XX1090AM Radio Interview– July 17, 2009
- Where’s the Vision San Diego? (Caretaking Versus Envisioning) – Voice of San Diego – December 3, 2007 (co-authored with Steve Francis – 2008 San Diego mayoral candidate and Chairman of AMN Healthcare, a NYSE listed company)
- Iraq: The Way Out – The San Diego Transcript – January 11, 2007 (co-authored with Bob Witty – former Editor of Copley News Service and former Associate Editor of The San Diego Tribune)
- I urge your support for ‘City of Life’ – G & L Times – Nicole Murray-Ramirez – October 26, 2006
- Crusader wants to change ‘America’s Finest City’ to ‘City of Life’ – San Diego Business Journal – Connie Lewis – July 31, 2006
- A “Tyrannical Minority” – New Oxford Review – September 2006 (co-authored with David P. Schippers – One of America’s foremost constitutional trial attorneys who previously worked for U.S. Attorney General Robert Kennedy. Though a Democrat, Mr. Schippers was Chief Counsel to the U.S. House of Representatives in the successful 1998 Impeachment Trial of President Bill Clinton.)
- A Purely Secular Argument Against Abortion – New Oxford Review – November 2002
- A Purely Secular Argument Against Abortion, Part II – December 2002
- New Definition of Person – December 2002
- Noteworthy Endorsements regarding the “irrefutable argument” – 2002
- Letter from David Schippers – America’s foremost Constitutional trial attorney and prominent life-long Democrat – February 11, 2002
- Letter from Karl Rove – Senior Advisor to President Bush – June 11, 2002
- Letter from Senator Jesse Helms – Senator from North Carolina (1973 – 2003) – July 24, 2002
- Letter from President Larry Arnn – President of Hillsdale College – June, 6, 2002
- Palestinians Should Adopt Peaceful Civil Disobedience – The San Diego Union Tribune – December 17, 2001
- Welcome to the CyberNation of Freedom – January 1, 2000
- Liberation of the Individual (introduction) – January 1, 2000
- Liberation of the Individual (full document) – January 1, 2000
- CyberNation Freedom Test – January 1, 2000
- CyberNation featured on Microsoft website – Summer 2000
- Wired magazine – Burn This – October 2000
- Forbes Magazine – This Guy Wants to Overthrow the Government – September 8, 1997
- Mullen’s American Language Dictionary (written years before texting and text-speak) (written half tongue-in-cheek) – May 3, 1997
- Mullen’s comments on O.J. Simpson verdict – U.S. News & World Report – October 23, 1995
- Will Jordan Be Saddam’s Next Target? – The Arizona Republic – November 12, 1994
- Peace in the Middle East – Book – Ican Press, 1994 – Mullen spent considerable time in the Middle East doing archaeological work in the 1980’s and 1990’s. The experience prompted him to author this comprehensive peace proposal for ending the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
- Endorsement Letter from M.I.T.’s Noam Chomsky – October 5, 1993
- Chomsky Named World’s Top Intellectual – October 18, 2005
- An Israeli-Palestinian Peace Proposal – Al Fajr Jerusalem Palestinian Weekly – April 27, 1992 (The heated response to this article prompted the 1994 Peace in the Middle East book. Several key proposal points in the article sparked an uproar within the Al Fajr readership and Palestinian community. It was so controversial that Al Fajr took the unprecedented step of publishing a disclaimer note in the subsequent May 11th issue.)
- Disclaimer Note from Al Fajr to Readership – Al Fajr Jerusalem Palestinian Weekly – May 11, 1992
- Background on Al Fajr – Jerusalem Post Magazine – 1992
- Letter from U.S. President Ronald Reagan – November 29, 1988
(After Mullen’s lengthy trips to the Middle East)