God is a Capitalist by McKinney, Roger -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Preface Introduction Chapter 1 – What is capitalism?

The hockey stick The role of institutions Bourgeois values Zombie theories

Colonialism Education Commercialization Genetics Institutions Science

A definition of capitalism

Chapter 2 – How individualism broke the envy barrier

The myth of primitive innocence Politics and envy Education and envy Kibbutzim – equality on steroids How the west won Envy’s resurrection day Individualism domesticated envy Culture rules Pseudo-individualism New Institutional School Changing rhetoric Conclusion

Chapter 3 – The Torah economy

The Egyptian economy

Pharaoh The Egyptian economy in light of economic history

The rule of law The Israeli economy

Revelation Image of God No king Courts and law Property Jubilee The economy under the judges The economy under the kings

Which economic system?

Chapter 4 – The dark ages

The monarchy’s legacy Greece Rome The immaculate conception of individualism Pre-industrial Europe Peasants The nobility Urban life The Church The University of Salamanca

Chapter 5 – The Dutch Republic

The republic Leonardus Lessius The first modern capitalist nation Pre-tribulation Birth pains The golden age Military innovations Freedom Dutch ingenuity Society – wages, poverty, education and morality Christianity’s contributions Calvin was not the father Dutch influence

Chapter 6 – Fading Empires

The French and English respond Legacy in the British colonies The Catholic Counter Reformation Spanish decline The Ottoman Empire Istanbul Honorable wealth Ottoman economic mind Ottoman superiority Ottoman agriculture Seventeenth century Eighteenth century Nineteenth century Early twentieth century The myth of Muslim supremacy Living the legacy What went wrong?

Chapter 7 – The envy barrier resurrected and the decline of capitalism

Adam Smith was a Christian Atheism and human nature Saint-Simon – father of modern socialism Socialism’s success in Germany Twilight of freedom Christianity’s vital role

Chapter 8 – Christian Capitalism

Human nature Poverty

Charity helps, a little But the Bible condemns the rich

The Biblical attitude to wealth Biblical government Christian money Inequality Progressive taxation Libertarianism and conservatism Immigration International trade War

Chapter 9 – Romans thirteen

What does Paul mean by submit? What authority do rulers have? Paying taxes God’s laws vs. man’slegislation Why did Paul write this? The difference between government and the state

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