In The Church and the Market: A Catholic Defense of the Free Economy; Thomas E. Woods Jr. makes a vigorous argument in favor of the market economy from a Catholic perspective. Filling a lapse in the debate on the role of religious thought in economic theory; Woods's uncompromising position; informed by the history of Catholic economic thought; shows that the long-seen contradiction between Catholic faith and support for the market economy does not exist. With attention to detail on almost all aspects of the free market; from the Federal Reserve System and inflation to antitrust legislation and labor issues; this book provides essential background for anyone interested in balancing issues of social conscience with modern economic principles.
#644011 in Books Arcadia Publishing 2008-06-02 2008-06-02Original language:EnglishPDF # 1 9.25 x .31 x 6.50l; .71 #File Name: 0738557633128 pages
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful. Lost CommunitiesBy Herman Rosenfeld"Jews of Weequahic" documents - in both text and photos - the heyday of the Jewish community of Newark; New Jersey. Covering the immediate pre- and post-war era and ending in 1967; this description of the life of a community centered in a given section of New Jersey's largest city is a deliciously nostalgic trip. Many such ethnic communities thrived in the post World War 2 boom period and then disappeared as a result of the upward social mobility of the professional and entrepeneurial classes among them; racism (which motivated them to move away from the "others" and kept the latter from adopting the suburban dream); the decay of urban life and the earliest stages of neoliberalism and de-industrialization (described in Philip Roth's "American Pastoral").For those who lived in such communities; such as me; it was a wonderful and heartening trip. But while it warmed the heart; it provided little illumination for the head. What it lacks is the kind of economic and political analysis that might help those who didn't live in such places - and the sons; daughters and grandchildren of those who did - try to make sense of the shell of urban life that marks the remains of these places; in cities across the US.I lived in Weequahic from my birth in 1949; until I went to college in the midwest in 1967 - two months after the riots ended Jewish life in that community. Living in a large Canadian city; Toronto; I still miss the life that this community offered and that is described in this photo essay.Herman Rosenfeld; Toronto0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Weequahic High School nostalgiaBy TIRED OF INSINKERATORGreat book about my high school and neighborhood. of course I love it.1 of 2 people found the following review helpful. Wish the photos were not portraitsBy ZostarI was a little disappointed in this book; in that I had hoped for more photographs of places; and less of people.
