Archive for William R. Hawkins

Capital, Deficits and Full Employment

William R. Hawkins is Assistant Professor of Economics, Radford University, Radford, Virginia. In the Fall of 1982, as inflation rates continued to drop, the public shifted its concern from rising prices to rising unemployment. The concern was real, as unemployment reached lev els unequaled since the Great Depression of the 1930s. Of course the media [...]

1Mar1983 | | 2 comments | Continued

Reaffirming Freedom of the Seas

William R. Hawkins is Assistant Professor of Economics, Radford University, Radford, Virginia. Freedom of the seas is one of the oldest principles of international law. It is the right to navigate through the global expanse of the oceans as one sees fit, carrying what cargo one wishes. It is also the right to extract resources [...]

1Mar1982 | | 4 comments | Continued

Reindustrialization: The Capital Question

Mr. Hawkins is a lecturer in economics and history at the University of North Carolina in Asheville. Reindustrialization. The term is imposing. It conjures up the image of a devastated economy and of a rebuilding effort of massive proportions. Indeed, the effort has been likened to that of the Marshall Plan which helped rebuild Europe [...]

1Jun1981 | | 0 comments | Continued

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