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Roger Koppl

Affiliation: Fairleigh Dickinson University

Roger Koppl is a Professor of Economics and Finance in the Silberman College of Business and Director of the Institute for Forensic Science Administration (IFSA).

Professor Koppl earned his Ph.D. and M.A. in Economics from Auburn and New York Universities, and B.A. in Economics and Mathematics from Cleveland State University.

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Roger Koppl's Latest Articles | 10

Four Ways that the State Creates Inequality in America Today

Mar 30, 2013| 1

Income inequality matters. Let me say that again so you know I meant it: Income inequality matters. This statement may be surprising coming from a self-described... Read »

Is Justice Roberts a Big Player?

Jul 9, 2012| 

The Supreme Court upheld “Obamacare” because Chief Justice Roberts changed his mind. (It seems that “Obamacare” is no longer a pejorative.)  In this curious... Read »

Oslo and Multiculturalism

Jul 26, 2011| 

The terrible Oslo killings by Anders Breivik have appropriately prompted discussion of the political implications of his act and his manifesto.  Multiculturalism... Read »

Hayden’s Straw Man Argument on “Interrogation Deniers”

Jun 3, 2011| 1

In a Wall Street Journal op ed of 2 June 2011, General Michael Hayden, director of the CIA from 2006 to 2009, compares “interrogation deniers” to “birthers”... Read »

Emergency Rooms Just Encourage Drunk Driving

Dec 9, 2010| 

I do not understand why so many pro-market commenters are opposed to extending unemployment relief.  The supposedly killer, knockdown, unanswerable argument is... Read »

Arizona Law a Blow to Liberty

Apr 30, 2010| 6

Kris Kobach defends Arizona’s new immigration law, SB 1070, in yesterday’s New York Times. He says, “Presumably, the government lawyers . . . will actually... Read »

Time for a Truth Commission

Apr 12, 2010| 2

London’s The Times reports on evidence suggesting “George W. Bush ‘knew Guantánamo prisoners were innocent.’” (HT: Radley Balko) Supposedly, Bush, Cheney,... Read »

Liberty by Design

Mar 4, 2010| 

Those of us who love liberty and fear the state support “deregulation.” We want to unwind the bramble of regulations constraining the dynamic entrepreneurial... Read »

Politics in One Lesson

Oct 5, 2009| 

It is better to signal goodness than to do good. That’s it. That’s the lesson. (Thanks to Steve Horwitz for the title of this post.) Democratic politics is... Read »

Thomas Friedman is Wrong

Sep 14, 2009| 

Thomas Friedman defends “one-party autocracy” as represented by China. Presumably, his defense is a sardonic. He is trying to smack down the Republican Party... Read »

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