Faithful economics : 25 short insights / Daniel K. Finn.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Finn, Daniel K., 1947-

Contributor:

JSTOR (Online Service)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Economics--Religious aspects--Christianity.

Economics.

Economics--Moral and ethical aspects.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (viii, 203 pages)

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis : Fortress Press, 2021.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Fresh Ideas at the Intersection of Faith and Economics, Faithful Economics is the ideal guide for navigating the complex ethical questions raised by life under capitalism. Presented in short, engaging chapters, this incisive book illuminates the issues, explains the questions, and offers the reader a fresh understanding of how our faith and our economic lives intersect. Book jacket.

Contents:

Part I: Catholic Social Thought on Economic Life :

1. The Moral Ecology of Markets

2. What Is a Sinful Social Structure?

3. On Badminton, Lobbying, and the Importance of Rules

4. The "Logic of Gift" in the Market

5. The Development of Moral Doctrine on Economic Life

6. What Ancient Monks Can Teach Us about Economic Life Today

7. Jobs and the Just Wage

8. John Locke's 99 Percent Challenge to Catholic Social Thought on Property

9. The Misunderstanding in "Self-Interest Rightly Understood"

10. Nine Libertarian Heresies That Tempt Neoconservative Catholics to Stray from Catholic Social Thought

11. On the Failure of the Amoral Defense of Markets

Part II: Understanding Economic Life :

12. The Five Problems of Economic Life

13. Consumer Complicity in Global Markets: How Buying Here Causes Injustice There

14. What You Should Learn from Economics

15. What You Should Not Learn from Economics

16. How Economics Lost Its Humility

17. Let's Stop Bad-Mouthing Power

18. Republican Social Thought

19. Pre-K Education

20. Why We Need a Tax You've Never Heard Of: Smart for One, Dumb for All

21. Understanding Scarcity: How Being Poor Is like Being Too Busy

22. Mining: The Industry Everybody Loves to Hate

23. Is Cargill Killing Off the Family Farm?

24. Targeting Religious Voters: Caveat Credens

25. The Fourteen Causes of a Financial Crisis

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. New York Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781506472805

150647280X

Publisher Number:

40030841797

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.