A humane economy : the social framework of the free market / Wilhelm Röpke ; with a new introduction by Samuel Gregg.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Röpke, Wilhelm, 1899-1966, author.

Contributor:

Gregg, Samuel, writer of introduction.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Technology and civilization.

Economic policy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (22 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Wilmington, Delaware : ISI Books, 1960.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"A Humane Economy is like a seminar on integral freedom conducted by a professor of uncommon brilliance." --Wall Street Journal "If any person in our contemporary world is entitled to a hearing it is Wilhelm Röpke." --New York Times.

Contents:

Intro

Chapter I-REAPPRAISAL AFTER FIFTEEN YEARS

Personal

Old and New Vistas

Market Economy and Collectivism

Chapter II-MODERN MASS SOCIETY

Mass and World Population

Mass-Acute and Chronic

Mass Culture

Mass and Society

Boredom and Mass Society

Chapter III-THE CONDITIONS AND LIMITS OF THE MARKET

Social Rationalism

The Spiritual and Moral Setting

Nobilitas naturalis

The Asymmetry of the Market Economy

The Political Framework of the Market Economy

Chapter IV-WELFARE STATE AND CHRONIC INFLATION

Limits and Dangers of the Welfare State

The Problem of Social Security in a Free Society

The Welfare State on the International Plane

The Theoretical Background of Chronic Inflation

The Nature of Chronic Inflation

Wage Inflation

Conclusions and Prospects

Chapter V-CENTRISM AND DECENTRISM

The Dividing Lines in Social Philosophy and Economic Policy

The Web of Human Relations

International Centrism

Reckoning Without Man

NOTES.

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781497636422

1497636426