Nonicoclolasos

PJ skriver idag om Wilhelm Röpke som en möjlig förebild för kristdemokraterna. Kanske det. Det finns dock en sak som skrämmer mig med Röpke, vilket framgår av denna anekdot:

“In 1947, two titans of 20th-century economic theory, Ludwig von Mises and Wilhelm Röpke, met in Röpke’s home of Geneva, Switzerland. During the war, the Genevan fathers coped with shortages by providing citizens with small garden allotments outside the city for growing vegetables. These citizen gardens became so popular with the people of Geneva that the practice was continued even after the war and the return to abundance. Röpke was particularly proud of these citizen farmers, and so he took Mises on a tour of the gardens. ‘A very inefficient way of producing foodstuffs!’ Mises noted disapprovingly. ‘Perhaps so, but a very efficient way of producing human happiness’ was Röpke’s rejoinder.”

Jo, ni läste rätt: Röpke talar sig varm för trädgårdsodling! Se tidigare inlägg om naturen här, här och här.