Archive for Edward P. Coleson
Christian Principles and Public Policy
Sound national policy rests upon high moral principlesand common sense.
1Feb1979 | Edward P. Coleson | 2 comments | ContinuedThe Spirit of ’46
History reminds us that constructive change is possible at a time of economic and political turmoil.
1Nov1976 | Edward P. Coleson | 0 comments | ContinuedThe Reformation and Economic Development Today
A study of the record of industrial development from a Christian point of view.
1Jun1973 | Edward P. Coleson | 0 comments | ContinuedCreeping Capitalism: Is Free Enterprise Coming Back?
Examining present prospects for a renewal of freedom as a parallel to Britain’s rejection of mercantilism in the century after Adam Smith.
1Oct1972 | Edward P. Coleson | 0 comments | ContinuedWhen Men Appeal from Tyranny to God
A bicentennial for the men behind the freeing of slaves in England.
1Jun1972 | Edward P. Coleson | 0 comments | ContinuedFree Enterprise, Peace and Plenty
Malthusian problems seem to multiply in proportion as we return to mercantilism and other protectionist policies.
1Jun1970 | Edward P. Coleson | 1 comment | ContinuedFreedom: "The Wave of the Future"?
The history of great movements, from the planting of an idea until its flowering as a major force among men, suggests that around the next corner may be the age of freedom.
1May1968 | Edward P. Coleson | 0 comments | ContinuedThe Post Mortem on the Lister Centennial
Speaking of anniversaries, Professor Coleson recalls a few that many of us have forgotten and reminds us of others free men should cherish.
1Aug1967 | Edward P. Coleson | 0 comments | ContinuedEconomic Development of Emerging Nations
Dr. Edward Coleson of Spring Arbor College shares his experiences and deep reflections on the “Economic Development of Emerging Nations.”
1May1967 | Edward P. Coleson | 0 comments | ContinuedThe Frontier is Freedom
Dr. Coleson is Professor of Economics at Spring Arbor College in Michigan. In the report of the Superintendent of the Census for 1890 appeared the remark that at long last the frontier was gone, that while there were still pockets of unsettled territory, there could hardly be said to be a frontier line anymore. Thus [...]
1Mar1965 | Edward P. Coleson | 0 comments | ContinuedLets Wreck the Gray Train
Dr. Coleson is Professor of Economics at Spring Arbor College in Michigan. This is a slight condensation from an article which appeared in the August 1962 issue of The Flying A magazine of the Aeroquip Corporation. A Proposal to Stop Piling Burdens on an Already Overloaded Conveyance. Let’s wreck the "gravy train" before it ruins [...]
1Oct1962 | Edward P. Coleson | 0 comments | ContinuedFreedom Productivity and Progress
Dr. Coleson is Professor of Economics at Spring Arbor College in Michigan. Emersion once remarked that if a man made a better mousetrap the world would beat a path to his door, but he neglected to mention what some of the folks would do when they got there. It is to be expected that the [...]
1Jul1962 | Edward P. Coleson | 0 comments | ContinuedRats, Fleas and Falacies
Dr. Coleson is Professor of Economics at Huntington College, Indiana. The end of all flesh was at hand. Europe and the world were dying and there was no one to bury the dead. Ghost ships drifted aimlessly at sea, for all the crew had perished. A goose girl found herself mistress of the manor with [...]
1Jan1961 | Edward P. Coleson | 0 comments | ContinuedWhat Science and Engineering Cannot Do
Dr. Coleson is Professor of Economics at Taylor University, Upland, Indiana. During World War II in Europe, the belligerents on both sides performed miracles of production to try to keep their forces in the field and supply the general population with at least enough to keep soul and body together. This seems all the more [...]
1May1960 | Edward P. Coleson | 5 comments | ContinuedScientific Free Enterprise
Dr. Coleson is Professor of Economics at Taylor University, Upland, Indiana. A lot of so-called liberals have talked about "scientific socialism" so long now that the world has well-nigh fallen for the delusion that socialism is, indeed, scientific. While certainly a number of scientists, engineers, and technicians have had a distressing affinity for socialist and [...]
1Apr1960 | Edward P. Coleson | 0 comments | ContinuedThe Complex World of Claudius Ptolemy
A study in reasoning, developed to help science students understand the political economy.
1Apr1959 | Edward P. Coleson | 1 comment | Continued-
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