Category Archives: Economics

What’s Wrong with Capitalism? A Review

Posted on January 5, 2013 by

The goal of the Church and Postmodern Culture Series is to examine some aspect of postmodern theory and determine what it might mean for the church. In this, the latest book in the series, theologian Daniel M. Bell, Jr. mines … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Fixing the Moral Deficit

Posted on April 30, 2012 by

In his newest book, Fixing the Moral Deficit: A Balanced Way to Balance the Budget, Ron Sider writes that there are three crises facing America today: a deficit crisis, a poverty crisis, and a justice crisis. Seen together, these three … Continue reading →

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Michael Lewis’s Financial Disaster Tourism

Posted on March 5, 2012 by

In January I posted on Moneyball, because I had just read the book and watched the movie. I’ve grown to appreciate the writing of Michael Lewis as a result, and over the past few months I have read the series … Continue reading →

Posted in Economics, Europe

What Communism and Capitalism Have in Common

Posted on February 21, 2012 by

I am continuing to listen to Victor Shepherd’s lectures on the Theology of the Human Person, and from time to time he critiques non-Christian ideologies. I was particularly struck by this part of a lecture on various kinds of perfectionism: … Continue reading →

Posted in Economics

Moneyball: The Book and Movie

Posted on February 6, 2012 by

Michael Lewis certainly has a sense for a good story. Lewis is the author of The Blind Side and Moneyball, among other books, and the thread that seems to run through his work is an interest in value and a … Continue reading →

Posted in books, Economics

Book Review: Doing Virtuous Business

Posted on March 29, 2011 by

This book is Theodore Roosevelt Malloch’s argument that capitalism is most successful when it is conducted in a virtuous way. Virtuous enterprise, according to Malloch, both makes the world a better place and makes businesses more successful (7). In fact, … Continue reading →

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Review of The Battle, With Reference to WORLD Magazine’s Endorsement of It

Posted on September 12, 2010 by

I am not a regular reader of WORLD magazine, but when I picked up a copy of it a few weeks ago and saw that it was their yearly “books issue,” I was curious to see what they had named … Continue reading →

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June 2010: Books Read

Posted on July 4, 2010 by

1. Letters and Papers from Prison by Dietrich Bonhoeffer. I’d had this book on my shelf for a while, and after reading Eric Metaxas’ excellent biography last month, I decided to stay in the mental world of Bonhoeffer for a … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Mind Your Own Mortgage

Posted on June 19, 2010 by

Mind Your Own Mortgage is a tract for the times. It was written in light of the recent financial meltdown, and seeks to get the U.S. economy in better shape by encouraging people to get their home economies in better … Continue reading →

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March 2010: Books Read

Posted on May 2, 2010 by

1. Pudd’nhead Wilson by Mark Twain. I’m a big fan of Mark Twain. As a fan of Twain’s, I have already read his most well-known works, like Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn. I have also read Roughing It, Life on … Continue reading →

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