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<p>The rapid spread of the liberal market order across the globe poses a host of new and complex questions for religious believers&mdash;indeed, for anyone concerned with the intersection of ethics and economics. Is the market economy, particularly as it affects the poor, fundamentally compatible with Christian moral and social teaching? Or is it in substantial tension with that tradition? In&#160; Wealth, Poverty, and Human Destiny, editors Doug Bandow and David L. Schindler bring together some of today&rsquo;s leading economists, theologians, and social critics to consider whether the triumph of capitalism is a cause for celebration or concern. Michael Novak, Richard John Neuhaus, Max Stackhouse, and other defenders of democratic capitalism marshal a number of arguments in an attempt to show that, among other things, capitalism is more Christian in its foundation and consequences than is conceded by its critics&mdash;that, as Stackhouse and Lawrence Stratton write, &ldquo;the roots of the modern corporation lie in the religious institutions of the West, &rdquo; and that, as Novak contends, &ldquo;globalization is the natural ecology&rdquo; of Christianity. The critics of liberal

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Author
Doug Bandow, David Schindler, David L. Schindler
Publisher
Intercollegiate Studies Institute (ORD)
Published
2014
Language
EN
ISBN
9781497646803
Category
nonfiction
Subjects
History, Economics, Humanities

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