Economics
Wilhelm Roepke on Liberty, Responsibility, and the Crisis of our Time
ABSTRACT
The colloquium explored Roepke’s views on the dangers of collectivism and welfare state, the nature of modern democracy, and the incompatibility between economic collectivism and political freedom that together constituted a crisis when Roepke was writing in 1950.
READING LIST
Conference Readings
Roepke, Wilhelm. A Humane Economy: The Social Framework of the Free Market, Third Edition. Wilmington: ISI Books, 1998.
Roepke, Wilhelm. The Social Crisis of Our Time. New Brunswick, New Jersey: Transaction Publishers, 1992.
Röpke, Wilhelm. The Moral Foundations of Civil Society. New Brunswick, New Jersey: Transaction Publishers, 1995.