Money, Greed, and God - Why Capitalism is the Solution and Not the Problem

“Money, Greed, and God is both thoughtful and important.” Informationen zum Autor Jay W. Richards, Ph.D., O.P., is a Research Assistant Professor in the Busch School of Business at The Catholic University of America, a Senior Fellow at the Discovery Institute, and Executive Editor of The Stream . He is author or editor of more than a dozen books including two New York Times bestsellers. His book Money, Greed, and God was a winner of a 2010 Templeton Enterprise Award. Klappentext Does capitalism promote greed? Can a person follow Jesus's call to love others and also support capitalism? Was our recent economic crisis caused by flaws inherent to our free market system? Jay Richards presents a new approach to capitalism, revealing how it's fully consistent with Jesus's teachings and the Christian tradition, while also showing why this system is our best bet for renewed economic vigor. The church is bombarded with two competing messages about money and capitalism: wealth is bad and causes much of the world's suffering wealth is good and God wants you to prosper and be rich Richards exposes these myths, and other common misconceptions about capitalism, and reveals the surprising ways that capitalism is, in fact, the best system to respond to the biblical mandates of alleviating poverty and protecting the environment. Money, Greed, and God equips readers to take practical steps in their own lives to conduct business, worship God, and serve others without falling into the "prosperity gospel" trap. Zusammenfassung In Money, Greed, and God: Why Capitalism is the Solution and Not the Problem , Senior Fellow at the Discovery Institute Jay W. Richards and bestselling author of Indivisible: Restoring Faith, Family, and Freedom Before It's Too Late and Infiltrated: How to Stop the Insiders and Activists Who Are Exploiting the Financial Crisis to Control Our Lives and Our Fortunes , defends capitalism within the context of the Christian faith, revealing how entrepreneurial enterprise, based on hard work, honesty, and trust, actually fosters creativity and growth. In doing so, Money, Greed, and God exposes eight myths about capitalism, and demonstrates that a good Christian can be a good capitalist. ...

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Jay W Richards, Jay W. Richards
• Verlag: Harper Collins Usa
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 05.05.2009
• EAN: 9780061375613
• ISBN: 978-0-06-137561-3
• Seiten: 272
• Abmessung: 140 mm x 210 mm x 24 mm
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Religion/Theologie; Personal finance, Science: general issues, Christianity, Religious ethics, Religion and Politics, Christian life and practice, Personal religious testimony and popular inspirational works, Relating to Christian people and groups, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS: Economics / Theory, PHILOSOPHY: Religious, ECONOMICS: SOCIAL, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS: Business Ethics, ECONOMICS: GENERAL, RELIGION: Religion, Politics & State, RELIGION: POLITICS AND RELIGION, RELIGION: Philosophy, RELIGION: Ethics, RELIGION: Christian Living / Stewardship & Giving, Economics / General, Economics / Social, Religion / Politics & Religion