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Overview
In Wealth, Poverty, and Human Destiny, editors Doug Bandow and David L. Schindler bring together some of today'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 - that, as Stackhouse and Lawrence Stratton write, "the roots of the modern corporation lie in the religious institutions of the West," and that, as Novak contends, "globalization is the natural ecology" of Christianity.Synopsis
The rapid spread of the liberal market economy throughout the world poses a host of new and complex questions for the consideration of religious believers, as well as anyone concerned with the intersection of ethics and economics. Is the liberal market order, particularly as it affects the poor, fundamentally compatible with Christian moral and social teaching? Or is it in some ways in substantial tension with that tradition? In Wealth, Poverty, and Human Destiny, editors Doug Bandow and David L. Schindler bring together some of today's leading economists, theologians, and social critics-including Wendell Berry, Michael Novak, Richard John Neuhaus, and Max Stackhouse-to consider whether the triumph of capitalism is a cause for celebration or concern. The contributors' fresh, insightful examinations should provoke a healthy debate about the intertwined issues of the market, human freedom, the family, technology, and religion.
Doug Bandow, Senior Fellow at the Cato Institute, is a nationally syndicated columnist. Formerly Special Assistant to President Reagan, Bandow is the author of Beyond Good Intentions: A Biblical View of Politics and The Politics of Envy: Statism as Theology. David L. Schindler is Dean and Gagnon Professor of Fundamental Theology at the John Paul II Institute for Studies on Marriage and Family. A member of the Pontifical Council for the Laity, he is the editor of Communio: International Catholic Review and the author of Heart of the World, Center of the Church: Communio Ecclesiology, Liberalism, and Liberation.