A maverick's defense of freedom : selected writings and speeches of Benjamin A. Rogge

XIX, 418 S.

Includes bibliographical references and index. - Enth. 53 Beitr.

INDIVIDUAL LIBERTY, RESPONSIBILITY, AND THE MORALITY OF THE MARKET. The case for economic freedom -- The new conservatism -- The only economic system consistent with freedom and responsibility -- Intellectuals' curse of capitalism -- Voluntary organizations in the free society -- Speech in honor of Leonard Read's seventieth birthday -- The power of tomorrow: whither FEE? -- What are the duties of the state? -- Is economic freedom possible? -- THE ROLES OF ECONOMISTS. What economists can and cannot do -- When you see your economist -- Economists as freedom fighters -- The bicentennial of economic liberty -- EDUCATION. Education in a free society / with Pierre Goodrich -- Complexity in Hades -- The promise of the college -- What price education? -- Financing higher education -- Tenure -- Student power and all that -- Thursday chapel : Rogge raps pledge training -- Youth's cause -- Well, so you're a college graduate : what tricks can you do? -- All who play can win -- Speech in honor of Charles D. LaFollette on his retirement from Wabash's board of trustees -- It's nice, but it may never sell -- I remember ... -- An entry in the business citizenship competition -- Interview with Dr. Benjamin Rogge -- Economics in schools: discussion -- MICROECONOMICS, LABOR ISSUES, AND POLITICAL FOIBLES. The myth of monopoly -- Putty in the hands of the image-makers -- Debating the gold standard -- Job creation... whose job is it? -- People, problems, and progress -- Union wage hike: an economic yes and no -- Barriers on the road to employment -- Racial discrimination and the market place -- The welfare state against the Negro -- Motivation and the cost squeeze -- Of turnips and energy scarcity -- Yes, America, there is an energy problem, but... -- MACROECONOMICS : POLITICS AND FORECASTS. Keynesian policy -- Economics : some relationships of theory and practice -- The outlook for the American economy -- Misconceptions of the cause and cure of inflation -- Political incentives and continued inflation -- The political economy of inflation -- FOREIGN POLICY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. Should the United States be in Vietnam? -- East-West trade -- A letter from Sao Paulo : they've got an awful lot of Rogges in Brazil -- Haste makes waste in economic development -- The role of government in Latin American economic development.

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