Doug Bandow

Wealth, Poverty, and Human Destiny Doug Bandow

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.