Is the Market Moral: A Dialogue on Religion, Economics and Justice
In the great tradition of moral argument about the nature of the economic market, Rebecca Blank and William McGurn join to debate the fundamental questions—equality and efficiency, productivity and social justice, individual achievement and personal rights in the workplace, the costs and benefits of corporate and entrepreneurial capitalism. And they do so grounded in both economic sophistication and religious commitment. \ Rebecca Blank is an economist by training and describes herself as...
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While they both support market economics, Blank (economics, U. of Michigan) and McGurn (chief editorial writer for the Wall Street Journal) disagree about the role of government in regulating the market and the judgment of religion on human economic arrangements. In a series of back-and-forth essays, McGurn argues that markets are almost implicitly moral while Blank rejoins that markets, by themselves, are not adequate to supporting a Christian life. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
ForewordAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1Viewing the Market Economy Through the Lens of Faith11Markets and Morals57A Reply to McGurn91A Reply to Blank102Creating a Virtuous Economy111Creative Virtues of the Economy129Contributors145Index147
