The Morality of Capitalism, Or, Why Free Markets are Even Better Than You Might Think
Peter Robinson ·
Dec 24, 2010 at 2:22am
From a reader up in Canada, another link to a fascinating book on the connection between free markets and virtue, The Morality of Capitalism. This splendid little volume contains essays such as “The Moral Element in Free Enterprise,” by Friedrich Hayek, “The Bible and Entrepreneurs,” by Rev. Robert Sirico, and—Congressman Paul Ryan, call your office—“The Immorality of Government-Mandated Health Care” by Paul A. Cleveland. The entire book is just…there. Online. Printable. And free.
For Christmas tomorrow, you could do a lot worse than to give the link to some young socialist in your life who could still be saved.
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Jun '10
Re: The Morality of Capitalism, Or, Why Free Markets are Even Better Than You Might Think
Peter, your link doesn't seem to work. From the source code I get:
http://fee.org/wp-content/files/Religion-and-Capitalism.pdf"
Can you please check it.
Re: The Morality of Capitalism, Or, Why Free Markets are Even Better Than You Might Think
It works for me, but it's very slow to load: I think all of Ricochet is trying to open it at once.
Jun '10
Re: The Morality of Capitalism, Or, Why Free Markets are Even Better Than You Might Think
Thank you, Claire, and Merry Christmas (if that's not inappropriate?).
Oct '10
Re: The Morality of Capitalism, Or, Why Free Markets are Even Better Than You Might Think
Yeah, I'm seeing the book "Religion and Capitalism" too. Is that the right book? I thought I saw posted in another thread.
Re: The Morality of Capitalism, Or, Why Free Markets are Even Better Than You Might Think
Of course it's not inappropriate. (This does remind me of wondering how to phrase a holiday invitation to a Benetton-ad-diverse group of friends here a few years ago; I finally decided on "We're having a monotheism dinner.")
Re: The Morality of Capitalism, Or, Why Free Markets are Even Better Than You Might Think
Ah, you're right! Here's the correct link:
http://fee.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/moralityofcapita00editguat.pdf
May '10
Re: The Morality of Capitalism, Or, Why Free Markets are Even Better Than You Might Think
Thanks Peter and Claire, downloaded and saved! I shall read it out by the lagoon (the S family is celebrating Christmas with family who conveniently live in Hawaii).
Oct '10
Re: The Morality of Capitalism, Or, Why Free Markets are Even Better Than You Might Think
The older I get the less hope I have of ever converting a socialist…
On the other side of the coin of free-markets and virtue is the connection between socialism and individual/social corruption. Concerning this, Claire Berlinksi gave a brilliant talk to the Heritage Foundation about her Thatcher biography and the Stepping Stones report. As she spoke, I thought to myself, “Yes! This needs to be said. Yes! This is correct and this case needs to be made to the electorate.” What do I find posted on the web but a clip of her talk which is characterized as extremist. I watch this clip and I’m at a loss as to what’s wrong with it.
Things like this lead me to think that liberals and conservatives think so differently that it’s really hard to find common ground.