Fr. Z Reviews “Defending the Free Market”
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Fr. Z Reviews “Defending the Free Market”

Fr. John Zuhlsdorf has reviewed Defending the Free Market: The  Moral Case for Free Economy at his popular blog, “What Does the Prayer Really Say”.

This is a timely book, given that we are in a crucially important election cycle in the USA.  Profoundly different visions are on ballot in November.  A major dimension of the different visions involves contingent choices concerning the economy, and therefore jobs, entitlements, etc.  In the last chapter Sirico describes the fictive homo economicus, a the cold and selfish caricature of someone advancing “free market” ideas.

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Elise Hilton

Communications Specialist at Acton Institute. M.A. in World Religions.