Archive for Donald B. Billings
Environmental Problems and Private Property
Dr. Barry Asmus is an economist and national speaker living in Phoenix, Arizona. Dr. Don Billings is Professor of Economics at Boise State University. This article is taken from their book, Crossroads: The Great American Experiment, published in 1984 by University Press of America. Reprinted by permission of the publisher. Self-interest aside, the environmental movement [...]
1Dec1985 | E. Barry Asmus | 0 comments | ContinuedHuman Nature and Human Action
Dr. Barry Asmus is an economist and national speaker living in Phoenix, Arizona. Dr. Don Billings is Professor of Economics at Boise State University. This article is taken from their book, Crossroads: The Great American Experiment, published in 1984 by University Press of America. Reprinted by permission of the publisher. “Why should [...]
1Oct1985 | E. Barry Asmus | 0 comments | ContinuedThe Morality of Capitalism
Dr. Barry Asmus is an economist and national speaker living in Phoenix, Arizona. Dr. Don Billings is Professor of Economics at Boise State University. This article is taken from their book, Crossroads: The Great American Experiment, published in 1984 by University Press of America. Reprinted by permission of the publisher. A powerful [...]
1Sep1985 | E. Barry Asmus | 0 comments | ContinuedAmerican Economic Progress
Dr. Barry Asmus is an economist and national speaker living in Phoenix, Arizona. Dr. Don Billings is Professor of Economics at Boise State University. This article is taken from their book, Crossroads: The Great American Experiment, published in 1984 by University Press of America. Reprinted by permission of the publisher. The English [...]
1Aug1985 | E. Barry Asmus | 0 comments | ContinuedThe Moral Case for Competitive Capitalism
Professor Billings is in the Department of Economics, School of Business, at Boise State University in Idaho. What is under attack is the capitalist system; and it is attacked mainly on ethical grounds, as being materialistic, selfish, unjust, immoral, savagely competitive, callous, cruel, destructive. If the capitalistic system is really worth preserving, it is futile [...]
1Jul1983 | Donald B. Billings | 4 comments | ContinuedThe World Economy at the Crossroad
Examining the United Nations call for a “new order” of trade between nations.
1Apr1979 | Donald B. Billings | 0 comments | ContinuedFree Trade, Freedom of Enterprise and All That
The case against protectionism.
1Feb1977 | Donald B. Billings | 0 comments | Continued-
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