The Humane Economist: A Wilhelm Röpke Reader AU2024SPEAKER Using the moral philosophy of

Using the moral philosophy of Thomas Aquinas

and barrel to the socialist program—The Road to Serfdom was seen as heretical for its passionate warning against the dangers of state control over the means of production

once taken for granted in our culture

as the best hope for a better world

The Humane Economist: A Wilhelm Röpke Reader AU2024SPEAKER Using the moral philosophy ofNobel laureate Friedrich Hayek once warned that the economist who is only an economist is likely to become a nuisance if not a positive danger. As an economist and theorist of liberalism, Wilhelm Rpke was acutely aware of this danger. His combined commitments to sound economic analysis, the importance of social institutions, and the moral and religious framework of the Christian tradition make him a unique figure in the history of economic and social