Lucid Economist

Why Wages Rise, by F. A. Harper. 124 pp. Irvington-on-Hudson, N.Y.: Foundation for Economic Education. $1.50

In a way, the title of this lucid book is misleading, for some of Dr. Harper’s keenest insights deal with related, but much wider, themes. Dr. Harper is one of the few economists who pursue the logic of the free market consistently and champion it without reserve. He trenchantly riddles the fallacy of trying to stabilize business fluctuations; points up the consequences of human variation; and touches on compulsory child unemployment as a cause of juvenile delinquency. Perhaps his best chapter deals with “The Cost of Being Governed”; in this Dr. Harper dissects the nature of government and its compulsory levies for everyone’s “protection.”

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Murray N. Rothbard

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Why Wages Rise, by F. A. Harper. 124 pp. Irvington-on-Hudson, N.Y.: Foundation for Economic Education. $1.50

In a way, the title of this lucid book is misleading, for some of Dr. Harper’s keenest insights deal with related, but much wider, themes. Dr. Harper is one of the few economists who pursue the logic of the free market consistently and champion it without reserve. He trenchantly riddles the fallacy of trying to stabilize business fluctuations; points up the consequences of human variation; and touches on compulsory child unemployment as a cause of juvenile delinquency. Perhaps his best chapter deals with “The Cost of Being Governed”; in this Dr. Harper dissects the nature of government and its compulsory levies for everyone’s “protection.”