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Robert M. Whaples

Robert M. Whaples, professor of economics, has taught at Wake Forest University since 1991. He is a research fellow at the Independent Institute and co-editor of the Independent Review, a quarterly journal which publishes scholarship at the intersection of economics, political science, history, law, and philosophy. He has recently co-edited four books – Future: Economic Peril or Prosperity?, The Routledge Handbook of Modern Economic History, The Routledge Handbook of Major Events in Economic History, and The Economic Crisis in Retrospect: Explanations by Great Economists. Another book he edited, Pope Francis and the Caring Society, will be published later this year. He is also book review editor for EH.net, a website dedicated to making economic and business history accessible to the public. He teaches Introduction to Economics at WFU, as well as courses in the economics of entrepreneurship, environmental/natural resource economics, and current economic issues. His course Modern Economic Issues (2007), which includes 36 thirty-minute lectures, is available on CD and DVD from The Teaching Company.

Articles by Robert M. Whaples

An Inside Perspective on Radicals’ Treatment of Wake Forest’s Eudaimonia Institute

Jul 10, 2017 · Robert M. Whaples

Last fall Wake Forest University announced a $4.2 million donation to fund “the study of human flourishing” at the university’s newest institute—the Eudaimonia Institute (EI). Although it took people a … Continue reading “An Inside Perspective on Radicals’ Treatment of Wake Forest’s Eudaimonia Institute”