Academic History

• PhD  The University of Missouri-Columbia, 1969
• MS   University of Illinois, 1967
• BS    University of Illinois, 1963

Expertise

• Capitalism
• Rural vs. Urban Cultures
• Economics

Awards

• Distinguished Faculty Service Award, 2002
• Leadership, National 4-H Club Congress
• Catholic Church's National God-Home-Country Award and Medal
• Outstanding Young Man of America

Selected Publications

• Wayne H. Oberle, "Two Tough Steps Toward An Economics of Peace Through Development: The Discovery and Acknowledgment of the Anti-Development Mercantile Bias of Economic Theory and U.S. Farm & Trade Policies," Social Science Perspectives Journal, Vol. 1, No. 3, pp. 9-23, Dec., 1987.
   
• Wayne H. Oberle, a book review of David A. Reed's The Winnowing: Economic Change in Rural America (1989), pp. 513-515 in May, 1990 issue of American Journal of Agricultural Economics.
   
• Wayne H. Oberle, a book review of Rene` Schwok’s U.S.-EC Relations in the Post-Cold War Era: Conflict or Partnership?, pp. 86-90, Spring, 1994, Vol. XI, # 1, European Studies Journal.
   
• Wayne H. Oberle, a book review of Gail L. Cramer & Clarence W. Jensen’s text, Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness, pp. 217-220, Feb., 1995, American Journal of Agricultural Economics.
   
• Wayne H. Oberle, a book review of Jane Adams’ The Transformation of Rural Life: Southern Illinois, 1890-1990, pp. 809-811, Aug., 1995 (Vol. 77), American Journal of Agricultural Economics.
   
• Wayne H. Oberle, 6 book reviews on international agriculture, global economics, and/or foreign policy in European Studies Journal (beginning in 2001).
   
• Wayne H. Oberle, “The Economic Principles of Dr. W. Edwards Deming,” published in The Proceedings of The 11^th International Research Seminar of The Deming Institute at Fordham University (New York City, Feb., 2005)
   
• Wayne H. Oberle, Bahram Adrangi, Fola Odebunmi, and Kambiz Raffiee, Principles of Microeconomics, a digital, website-based textbook (El Cajon, CA: National Social Science Press).  Spring, 2007.
   
• Wayne H. Oberle, “The Failure of Anti-Developmental Economic Growth: The Time to Produce Development by Choosing Win-Win Over Win-Lose Economics,” to be published by the strictly refereed national academic journal, National Social Science Journal (forthcoming, fall, 2007 or winter, 2008).
   
• Wayne H. Oberle, “Using A Power Structure Grid to Build a Culture, Theory, and Reality of Peace: Insights into Adam Smith Problems from Deming’s Sugar-Beet Errors,” to be published by the National Social Science Journal (forthcoming, fall, 2007 or winter, 2008)
   
• Campbell, R.R. and Oberle, W.H. (1967) Beyond the Suburbs: The Changing Rural Life. Lucas Brothers, Columbia Press. (textbook)
   
• Oberle, W.H. "A Definition of Development." Journal of Community Development Society. Spring, 1974. 5(1):61-71.
   
• Oberle, W.H. "Family Income and Status Orientations of Ozarks Youth." Youth and Society. Sept. 1974; 6(1):91-103.
   
• Oberle, W.H. "Social Participation of the Poor in the Ozarks: Some Implications for Development." Journal of Community Development Society. Spring, 1975.

Work in Progress

• Extending Dr. Deming’s Theory of Quality through a continuation of his “red bead” research; explaining why economic theorists, policy-makers, and ordinary people need a Power Structure Grid to overcome the analytical and policy limits of supply and demand in a post-9/11 world—teasing out the need for win-win economic principles and win-win interpersonal relationships in order to make the world a better, more peaceful place; the old vs. new language of economics; getting beyond our denial of our neglect of poor & needy people.

Selected Conference Proceedings

• Presented an invited October, 1997 lecture, "The Dream and the Failure: New Poverty in America" and led two breakout sessions for "Bridging the Gaps," the 4th Annual Humanities Conference, Moline, IL.
   

• Presented an invited March, 1993 lecture, "Peace and the Environment: What's the Connection?" at the 9th Annual Quad City Conference on Peace and Security, "Living Green in our Community: Policy, Peace and The Environment". Davenport, IA.
   

• Presented a paper, "Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs: A Fresh Look Using Rudolf Bahro's Green Perspective," for the October, 1992 annual meeting of the European Studies Conference and a paper, "Restructuring America's 'Capitalism' for the 21st Century" at spring 1993 national meeting of National Social Science Association held at San Francisco, CA and a paper, "Greener Markets: Tax, Welfare and Corporate reform to Transform Capitalism," at its fall, 1993 national meeting.
   

• Presented a paper, “Going Beyond Economic Man: Demonstrating the Importance of Qualitative Variation in Five Real-World Types of Decision-Makers for Quality Output, Development, and An Economics of Peace,” at the April, 2007 meeting of the National Social Science Association (Las Vegas, Nevada).

   

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