The Social Crisis of Our Time

by Arthur E. Morgan, Wilhelm Roepke

Overview

Roepke's The Social Crisis of Our Time is a series of blasts against the "malformations" of economics: the Nazi and Communist forms of collectivism both come in for severe criticism. Roepke shows the process by which the Western liberal tradition itself makes possible these rebellions against open economic systems. The drive toward social welfare, full employment policies, and the state management of fiscal fluctuations all lead away from free societies no less than market economies.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781560005803
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	01/30/1991
Series:	The Library of Conservative Thought
Edition description:	REV
Pages:	296
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Wilhelm Roepke was an economist and an author. He also wrote The Social Crisis of Our Time and International Order and Economic Integration.

Table of Contents

Introduction to the Original Edition; One: Interpretation and Inventory; I: Seed and Harvest of Two Centuries; II: Political Systems and Economic Systems; III: The Splendor and Misery of Capitalism; Two: Action; I: Aberrations and Blind Alleys; II: Basic Questions of Reform; III: Avenues of Approach and Examples

Editorial Reviews

Wilhelm Roepke presents a realistic assessment of our times. . . .His great message is that of competition within the framework of ethical economic behavior, of social and economic justice, of human dignity and decency, and of community and solidarity.” —The Review of Social Economy

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