Floyd Arthur Harper Quotes

United States, Economist
February 7, 1905 – April, 21, 1973.

Floyd Arthur "Baldy" Harper was an American academic, economist and writer who was best known for founding the Institute for Humane Studies in 1961. Baldy Harper was born and raised in Middleville, Michigan and graduated from Michigan State University. He went on to obtain a doctorate in agricultural economics from Cornell University.Economist Herbert J. Davenport was influential to Harper during his time at Cornell.

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Both fact and logic seem to me to support the view that savings invested in privately owned economic tools of production amount to an act of charity. And further, I believe it to be - as a type - the greatest economic charity of all.

Floyd Arthur Harper
- Believe
- Support
- Charity
Not in government or force, not in slavery or war, but in the creative, and thereby spiritual, power of freedom, shall our inspiration be found.

Floyd Arthur Harper
- Power
- War
- Freedom

Capital formation is the greatest charity of all.

Floyd Arthur Harper
- Charity
- Formation
It seems that wherever the Welfare State is involved, the moral precept, "Thou shalt not steal," becomes altered to say: "Thou shalt not steal, except for what thou deemest to be a worthy cause, where thou thinkest that thou canst use the loot for a better purpose than wouldst the victim of the theft."

Floyd Arthur Harper
- Purpose
- Moral
- Liberty