Humane Economy

';A Humane Economyis like a seminar on integral freedom conducted by a professor of uncommon brilliance.' Wall Street Journal';If any person in our contemporary world is entitled to a hearing it is Wilhelm Rpke.' New York TimesA Humane Economyoffers one of the most accessible and compelling explanations of how economies operate ever written. The masterwork of the great twentieth-century economist Wilhelm Rpke, this book presents a sweeping, brilliant exposition of market mechanics and moral philosophy.Rpke cuts through the jargon and statistics that make most economic writing so obscure and confusing. Over and over, the great Swiss economist stresses one simple point: you cannot separate economic principles from human behavior.Rpke's observations are as relevant today as when they were first set forth a half century ago. He clearly demonstrates how those societies that have embraced free-market principles have achieved phenomenal economic successand how those that cling to theories of economic centralization endure stagnation and persistent poverty.A Humane Economyshows how economic processes and government policies influence our behavior and choicesto the betterment or detriment of life in those vital and highly fragile human structures we call communities.';It is the precept of ethical and humane behavior, no less than of political wisdom,' Rpke reminds us, ';to adapt economic policy to man, not man to economic policy.'