Wealth, poverty and human destiny / Doug Bandow and David L. Schindler, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bandow, Doug.

Schindler, David L., 1943-2022.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Capitalism--Religious aspects--Christianity.

Capitalism.

Capitalism--Moral and ethical aspects.

Economics--Religious aspects--Christianity.

Economics.

Economics--Moral and ethical aspects.

Wealth--Religious aspects--Christianity.

Wealth.

Wealth--Moral and ethical aspects.

Poverty--Religious aspects--Christianity.

Poverty.

Poverty--Moral and ethical aspects.

Physical Description:

ix, 538 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Wilmington, Del. : ISI Books, 2003.

Summary:

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.

Contents:

1 Creating and Distributing Wealth: Whose Responsibility? / Peter J. Hill 1

2 The Poverty of Liberal Economics / Adrian Walker 19

3 Catholic Social Teaching, Markets, and the Poor / Michael Novak 51

4 Catholic Social Teaching and the Global Market / D. Stephen Long 77

5 The Unfreedom of the Free Market / William T. Cavanaugh 103

6 Individualism, the Market, and Christianity: Can the Circle Be Squared? / Samuel Gregg 129

7 The "Bourgeois Family" and the Meaning of Freedom and Community / David Crawford 155

8 Making Room in the Inn: Why the Modern World Needs the Needy / Jennifer Roback Morse 179

9 International Markets, International Poverty: Globalization and the Poor / Daniel T. Griswold 213

10 Wealth, Happiness, and Politics: Aristotelian Questions / V. Bradley Lewis 241

11 "We Are Not Our Own": George Grant's Critique of Science, Technology, and Capitalism / Arthur Davis 271

12 The Liberalism of John Paul II and the Technological Imperative / Richard John Neuhaus 289

Editor's Response: The Conundrum of Capitalism and Christianity / Doug Bandow 307

Editor's Response: "Homelessness" and Market Liberalism: Toward an Economic Culture of Gift and Gratitude / David L. Schindler 347

Appendix A The Total Economy / Wendell Berry 415

Appendix B Capitalism, Civil Society, Religion, and the Poor: A Bibliographical Essay / Max L. Stackhouse, Lawrence M. Stratton 431.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [469]-520) and index.

ISBN:

1882926838

OCLC:

52926564