Was the Good Samaritan a Bad Economist?

Inbunden, Engelska, 2021

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In Was the Good Samaritan a Bad Economist? Charles K. Wilber argues that the American economy has not only failed to overcome poverty, it has generated extreme inequality that in turn restricts social mobility and further marginalizes the poor. Wilber argues that economic theory is permeated with ethical values and any economics must be so; that human behavior is more complex than the economists’ simple self-interest model; that people are also driven by deeply embedded moral values; that markets require intervention to create equity; and that Catholic social thought provides the perspective and values to develop a more relevant social economics. The author takes that modified economics and uses it to analyze specific social problems: labor markets, poverty, inequality, financial crisis, and development. Wilber next focuses on the important role of families, labor unions, parishes, and small Christian communities, such as the Catholic Worker movement, as mediating institutions in the economy. He concludes with a final look at the questions, "Was the Good Samaritan a Bad Economist?".

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2021-05-11
Mått166 x 228 x 26 mm
Vikt585 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor266
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN9781793637000

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Part One: Foundations1 The Good Samaritan and Catholic Social Thought2 Economic Theory Requires Moral Values 3 Individual Actors Have Moral Values4 Markets Require Intervention5 Moral Theories and Justice6 Catholic Social Thought and the Common GoodPart Two: Applications7 Economics of Labor Markets and Theory of the Gift8 The Causes of Poverty9 Pope Francis and Inequality10 The Economy as a Casino: Ethics and the Global Financial Crisis11 Integral Human Development Part Three: Whither the Future12 The Economy, the Family and Mediating Institutions13 Distributism and the Catholic Worker Movement14 Wisdom and the Christian Economist

Wilber presents a persuasive case that values can and should make a real difference in economics. Both the duty to respect the dignity of one’s neighbors and the Good Samaritan’s compassionate care for a wounded stranger should energize today’s economic policies. This is a creative and critical synthesis of economic analysis, Christian theology, and Catholic social ethics. Economists, theologians, and church leaders will learn much from it.