Defending the Free Market
The Moral Case for a Free Economy
Published on 7. June 2012
Book
Hardback
256 pages
978-1-59698-325-0 (ISBN)
Description
The Left has seized on our economic troubles as an excuse to ?blame the rich guy" and paint a picture of capitalism and the free market as selfish, greedy, and cruel. Democrats in Congress and ?Occupy" protesters across the country assert that the free market is not only unforgiving, it's morally corrupt. According to President Obama and his allies, only by allowing the government to heavily control and regulate business and by redistributing the wealth can we ensure fairness and compassion.
Exactly the opposite is true, says Father Robert A. Sirico in his thought?provoking new book, Defending the Free Market: The Moral Case for a Free Economy. Father Sirico argues that a free economy actually promotes charity, selflessness, and kindness. And in Defending the Free Market, he shows why free-market capitalism is not only the best way to ensure individual success and national prosperity but is also the surest route to a moral and socially?just society. In Defending the Free Market, Father Sirico shows:
Why we can't have freedom without a free economy
Why the best way to help the poor is to a start a business
Why charity works?but welfare doesn't
How Father Sirico himself converted from being a leftist colleague of Jane Fonda and Tom Hayden to recognizing the merits of a free economy.
In this heated presidential election year, the Left will argue that capitalism may produce winners, but it is cruel and unfair. Yet as Sirico proves in Defending the Free Market, capitalism does not simply provide opportunity for material success, but it ensures a more ethical and moral society as well.
Exactly the opposite is true, says Father Robert A. Sirico in his thought?provoking new book, Defending the Free Market: The Moral Case for a Free Economy. Father Sirico argues that a free economy actually promotes charity, selflessness, and kindness. And in Defending the Free Market, he shows why free-market capitalism is not only the best way to ensure individual success and national prosperity but is also the surest route to a moral and socially?just society. In Defending the Free Market, Father Sirico shows:
Why we can't have freedom without a free economy
Why the best way to help the poor is to a start a business
Why charity works?but welfare doesn't
How Father Sirico himself converted from being a leftist colleague of Jane Fonda and Tom Hayden to recognizing the merits of a free economy.
In this heated presidential election year, the Left will argue that capitalism may produce winners, but it is cruel and unfair. Yet as Sirico proves in Defending the Free Market, capitalism does not simply provide opportunity for material success, but it ensures a more ethical and moral society as well.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Washington DC
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Laminated cover
Dimensions
Height: 236 mm
Width: 158 mm
Thickness: 22 mm
Weight
398 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-59698-325-0 (9781596983250)
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05/2012
Regnery Publishing
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Person
Rev. Robert A. Sirico is a Roman Catholic priest and the president and co-founder of the Acton Institute, a think-tank dedicated to promoting a free-market economic policy framed within a moral worldview. He is the author of several books, including Defending the Free Market: The Moral Case for a Free Economy, and his writings have been featured in the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, Forbes, the London Financial Times, and National Review, among numerous other publications. Fr. is regularly called upon to discuss economics, civil rights, and issues of religious concern and has provided commentary for CNN, ABC, the BBC, NPR, and CBS' 60 Minutes.