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Faithful Economics : 25 Short Insights
Title
Faithful Economics : 25 Short Insights / Daniel K. Finn.
ISBN
9781506472805
1506472796
150647280X
9781506472799
Publication
Minneapolis, MN : Fortress Press, [2021]
Manufacture
Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2021
Copyright Notice Date
©[2021]
Physical Description
1 online resource (224 pages).
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Access is available to the Yale community.
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Summary
"Careful moral reflection and action are important across all of modern life, but they are especially critical when it comes to our place as individuals and communities in matters of economics. We know intuitively that our daily decisions about money and markets have a deep impact on others, but it is easy to become overwhelmed and confused or, worse, to feel as if our actions don't make a difference. Faithful Economics is the ideal guide for navigating this complex arena and coming to a deeper understanding of how our faith and our economic lives intersect. In twenty-five short lessons, each digestible in one brief sitting, the author explores a wide range of topics from lobbying and just wages to globalization and Catholic social teaching. Each section illuminates the issues, explains the questions, and leaves the reader with clarity and understanding. An ideal book for students, curious readers, and all who want to understand their place as a faithful participant in economic life." -- Provided by publisher.
Variant and related titles
Project MUSE complete collection 2021.
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
July 17, 2023
Contents
Introduction
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
Acknowledgments
Notes
Index.
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