Money, Greed, and God: Why Capitalism Is the Solution and Not the

Jay W Richards, PH.D.

ISBN 10: 0061375616 / ISBN 13: 9780061375613

Published by HarperCollins Publishers Inc, 2009

About this Item

Jay W Richards, PH.D., HarperCollins Publishers Inc. 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.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Money, Greed, and God: Why Capitalism Is the Solution and Not the
• Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Inc
• Publication Date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0061375616
• ISBN 13: 9780061375613
• Binding: Hardback
• Book Type: Hardback

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Synopsis

Christianity generally sees capitalism as either bad because it causes much of the world's suffering, or good because God wants you to prosper and be rich. But there is a large, growing audience of evangelical and mainline Christians who are deeply uneasy about how to follow Jesus's mandate to care for the poor and the environment while living with the excesses of capitalism. Now, a noted Christian scholar argues that there is a middle view that reveals Christianity cannot only accommodate capitalism, but Christian theology can help explain why capitalism works. By highlighting the most common myths committed by Christians when thinking about economics, such as 'capitalism is based on greed and over consumption' or 'if someone becomes rich that automatically means someone else will become poor,' Money, Guilt, 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.

About the Author

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.