Archive for P. Dean Russell
Jobsand How Not to Increase Them
When jobs are plentiful, all other domestic problems of a nation can be solved. But when jobs are scarce, other problems automatically become worse—especially social problems. The individual who cannot find a job will eventually become either hopeless or desperate. If hopeless, he degenerates into a permanent liability on society. If desperate, he is a [...]
1Feb1982 | P. Dean Russell | 1 comment | ContinuedIdealism and Students
Dr. Russell is Professor of Management, School of Business Administration, The University of Wisconsin at La Crosse. College students tend to be highly idealistic. Most of them truly want to help their fellow men and women. They want to do something worthwhile with their lives. That’s good, of course; for if we aren’t idealistic in [...]
1Aug1980 | P. Dean Russell | 0 comments | ContinuedThe Good-People Syndrome
Dr. Russell is Professor of Management, School of Business Administration, University of Wisconsin st La Crosse. Do you remember when we Americans thought of the Ayatollah Khomeini as a good man trying to help his people who were suffering under a dictatorial government? He was in exile in France, and he was getting a great [...]
1Jul1980 | P. Dean Russell | 0 comments | ContinuedExploitation And Freedom
Dr. Russell Is Professor of Management, University of Wisconsin at La Crosse. He values his freedom of speech, and looks to the market economy as the first line of defense. After two years of unemployment, 58-year-old Vincent Sgroi found a job answering the night-phone in a police station in New York City. While Mr. Sgroi [...]
1Jun1980 | P. Dean Russell | 0 comments | ContinuedIn Defense of Government
Dr. Russell is Professor of Management, University of Wisconsin at La Crosse. Some of the worst evils in this world are committed by persons on government payrolls. This includes the official acts of the agents of Genghis Khan, Stalin, and Hitler—as well as those of the Shah and the Ayatollah Khomeini in Iran. It also [...]
1May1980 | P. Dean Russell | 0 comments | ContinuedHow to Produce Human Beings
Dr. Russell, Professor of Management, University of Wisconsin at La Crosse, also gains economic insight from his observation of people and conditions around the world. A feature of our tour of a collective farm in China was a visit to the home of a worker. To my astonishment, our host had five children. I wondered [...]
1Mar1980 | P. Dean Russell | 0 comments | ContinuedEducation and Grades
A call for voluntary methods and open competition in teaching and learning.
1Dec1979 | P. Dean Russell | 0 comments | ContinuedThe Illusion Behind Government Aid
Trying to live at the expense of others wrecks the productive market economy.
1Nov1979 | P. Dean Russell | 0 comments | ContinuedWhat’s in It for Us?
Helpful suggestions on how to promote the free market.
1Sep1978 | P. Dean Russell | 0 comments | ContinuedSome Ideas About Business
Explaining to the customers and other beneficiaries the facts about business profits.
1Feb1978 | P. Dean Russell | 0 comments | Continued-
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