Archive for Benjamin A. Rogge
The Case for Economic Freedom
Dr. Benjamin A. Rogge (1920-1980) was dean and professor of economics at Wabash College in Indiana and long a trustee of FEE. This lecture, printed in The Freeman in 1963, was delivered at several FEE seminars and on other occasions. It sets forth the Rogge ideal of the unmixed free economy. My economic philosophy is [...]
1Mar1997 | Benjamin A. Rogge | 0 comments | ContinuedThe Foundation for Economic Education: Success or Failure?
Dr. Rogge (1920-1980) was Dean and Professor of Economics at Wabash College in Indiana and a long-time trustee of FEE. This essay is an adaptation of his remarks at FEE’s twenty-fifth anniversary celebration in 1971. The question before us is this: Has the Foundation for Economic Education, in its first twenty-five years, succeeded in its [...]
1May1996 | Benjamin A. Rogge | 1 comment | ContinuedThe Case for Economic Freedom
My economic philosophy is here offered with full knowledge that it is not generally accepted as the right one. On the contrary, my brand of economics has now become Brand X, the one that is never selected as the whitest by the housewife, the one that is said to be slow acting, the one that [...]
1Feb1981 | Benjamin A. Rogge | 0 comments | ContinuedYes, America, There Is an Energy Problem, BUT…
Putting me problem in perspective, to seek a market solution.
1Nov1977 | Benjamin A. Rogge | 0 comments | ContinuedThe Businessman and Free Enterprise
Some suggested ways to help preserve a climate in which business may function.
1Feb1976 | Benjamin A. Rogge | 0 comments | ContinuedNo New Urban Jerusalem
A persuasive appeal to leave to the market the knotty problems of urban renewal.
1Mar1975 | Benjamin A. Rogge | 0 comments | ContinuedThe Libertarian Philosophy
Dr. Rogge explains his points of departure from conservatives, modern liberals, and the New Left.
1Oct1969 | Benjamin A. Rogge | 0 comments | ContinuedStudent Power and All That
The Professor offers some ideas on who ought to be in charge on campus.
1Sep1969 | Benjamin A. Rogge | 0 comments | ContinuedChristian Economics: Myth or Reality?
Dr. Rogge, Professor of Political Economy at Wabash College, presented this paper at a Seminar on Economics and Ethics at Valparaiso University, February 19, ¹965, sponsored by The Lutheran Academy for Scholarship and printed here with their permission. I wish to begin my discussion with some questions. What can we find in the Bible on [...]
1Dec1965 | Benjamin A. Rogge | 2 comments | ContinuedThe Labor Monopoly
Professor Benjamin Rogge finds in compulsory unionism perhaps the most flagrant current example of the abuse of government-granted monopoly power.
1Dec1964 | Benjamin A. Rogge | 2 comments | ContinuedThe Case for Economic Freedom
My economic philosophy is here offered with full knowledge that it is not generally accepted as the right one. On the contrary, my brand of economics has now become Brand X, the one that is never selected as the whitest by the housewife, the one that is said to be slow acting, the one that [...]
1Sep1963 | Benjamin A. Rogge | 0 comments | ContinuedProfits
Dr. Rogge is Dean and Professor of Economics at Wabash College, Crawfordsville, Indiana. This article is from an address before the National Association of Manufacturers’ Clergy-Industry Relations Committee and Clerical Advisory Council. By any measure one can conceivably use, profits have been shrinking in recent years. Profits after taxes in 1941 constituted 9 per cent [...]
1Aug1963 | Benjamin A. Rogge | 1 comment | ContinuedThe Case for Economic Freedom
Dr. Rogge is Dean and Professor of Economics at Wabash College, Crawfordsville, Indiana. My economic philosophy is here offered with full knowledge that it is not generally accepted as the right one. On the contrary, my brand of economics has now become Brand X, the one that is never selected as the whitest by the [...]
1Jul1963 | Benjamin A. Rogge | 0 comments | ContinuedIs Economic Freedom Possible?
A careful examination of the charge that a free society would be controlled by private monopoly.
1Apr1963 | Benjamin A. Rogge | 0 comments | ContinuedWho’s to Blame?
This article is from a chapel talk delivered by Dr. Rogge at Wabash College where he serves as Dean. In some 63.7 per cent of all interviews in my office, the person across the desk is there to tell me who’s to blame. and in 99.6 per cent of the cases where that is the [...]
1Jan1961 | Benjamin A. Rogge | 1 comment | Continued-
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