Archive for F. A. Harper
The Roots of Economic Understanding
The game of economics in the United States is something like a ball game where the home team fails to score. The record shows a lack of economic understanding. Despite the abundance of material splendor parading before us in the show of ostentatious consumption, we seem to be losing most of our games in terms [...]
1May2005 | F. A. Harper | 0 comments | ContinuedA Page on Freedom: Number 10
Morals and the Welfare State Stealing and coveting are condemned in the Decalogue as violations of the basic moral code. It follows, then, that the concepts of stealing and coveting presume the right to private property, which then automatically becomes an implied part of the basic moral code. But where does private property come from? [...]
1Aug1984 | F. A. Harper | 0 comments | ContinuedMorals and Liberty
Testing the Welfare State idea against five fundamental ethical concepts.
1Jul1971 | F. A. Harper | 3 comments | ContinuedInflation
Unfortunately, it is necessary to keep on explaining and trying to combat the harmful consequences of the political propensity to inflate.
1Nov1967 | F. A. Harper | 0 comments | ContinuedCan Wage and Price Controls Cure Inflation?
Dr. Harper, for years a member of the staff of the Foundation for Economic Education, continues his research, writing and teaching as Executive Vice President of the Institute for Humane Studies at Stanford, California. Continuing inflation inevitably poses the question: Are wage and price controls effective medicine for the illness? Does the bottle contain a [...]
1Oct1965 | F. A. Harper | 0 comments | ContinuedOn Breeding Prosperity
Dr. Harper is Secretary of the Institute for Humane Studies at Stanford, California. The population explosion in our country and around the world is commonly met with mixed emotions. On the one hand, there is the discomfort of being so pressed together that we stand on each other’s feet, elbow our way through crowded subways, [...]
1Aug1963 | F. A. Harper | 1 comment | ContinuedHarmony Out of Chaos
Dr. Harper, of the Institute for Humane Studies, is temporarily Visiting Lecturer in Social Philosophy at Wabash College. These are troubled and confused times. This observation may safely be made at any time, as perhaps the most permanent statement one can make about the affairs of this life as they appear to most of us. [...]
1Jan1963 | F. A. Harper | 0 comments | ContinuedCan Wage and Price Controls Cure Inflation?
Dr. Harper, formerly Professor of Marketing at Cornell University and for years a member of the staff of the Foundation for Economic Education, continues his research and writing from Atherton, California. Continuing inflation inevitably poses the question: Are wage and price controls effective medicine for the illness? Does the bottle contain a potent remedy, or [...]
1Jul1959 | F. A. Harper | 0 comments | ContinuedFighting Fires Privately
An economic analysis of the case for
1Aug1958 | F. A. Harper | 0 comments | ContinuedOrganized Incentives Not to Work
Dr. Harper is a member of the staff of the Foundation for Economic Education. When visiting Sweden recently to study the impact of their advancing socialism, I was surprised to find almost universal acceptance of the principle of paying workers on a piecework basis. and I recall that early in World War II a political [...]
1May1958 | F. A. Harper | 0 comments | ContinuedTraining the Young To Be Capitalists
Dr. Harper is a member of the staff of the Foundation for Economic Education. It is a tragic fact that there are so few real believers in capitalism among the younger generation of Americans. Surveys of opinions and beliefs of high school students reveal this clearly, showing how most of them believe private capitalism to [...]
1Apr1958 | F. A. Harper | 0 comments | ContinuedSacred Cows and Bruised Shins
Dr. Harper is a member of the staff of the Foundation for Economic Education. Many Libertarians have scars on their shins, suffered from trying — in a certain way — to kick around some popular socialist sacred cows. Experience is one way to learn how to avoid some of the bruises, but we may [...]
1Mar1958 | F. A. Harper | 0 comments | ContinuedOn Sharing Profits
Dr Harper is a member of the staff of the Foundation for Economic Education. Much ado is adrift about profit sharing, or more specifically the extent to which employees should share in profits. How can a sound decision be arrived at? What is the principle involved? The first step is to separate the matter of [...]
1Jan1958 | F. A. Harper | 0 comments | ContinuedWhy Wages Rise: 12. Riding The Waves Of Business
In the previous article, the problem of pricing one’s work was discussed. It was shown that wages are a price, subject to all the influences and characteristics that affect any other price. Price has an important function to perform. It equates the wanting of things with the supplying of things. The two are in balance [...]
1Feb1957 | F. A. Harper | 0 comments | ContinuedPhilosophy Through the Bars
Great works of literature have been written by men who used wisely their time in prison.
1Feb1957 | F. A. Harper | 0 comments | ContinuedWell, I’ll Be Switched!
A bit of speculation concerning human relations.
1Jan1957 | F. A. Harper | 0 comments | ContinuedWhy Wages Rise: 11. Pricing an Hour of Work
Dr. Harper is a member of the staff of the Foundation for Economic Education. In earlier articles in this series, attention was focused on the fact that the general level of real wages is determined by what is produced; that inflating pay beyond this point raises prices but does not raise the worth of the [...]
1Jan1957 | F. A. Harper | 0 comments | Continued-
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