The Spirit of Democratic Capitalism by Novak, Michael -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Title Copyright Dedication Contents Foreword Introduction: Capitalism, Socialism, and Religion—An Inquiry into the Spiritual Wealth of Nations

1 The Historical Achievements of Democratic Capitalism 2 From Practice to Theory

One: The Ideal of Democratic Capitalism

I What Is Democratic Capitalism? II Pluralism

1 Unitary Order 2 Not by Free Enterprise Alone 3 Pluralism in Politics 4 The Attempt to Christianize the System

III Emergent Probability IV Sin

1 Freedom and Sin 2 The Doctrine of Unintended Consequences 3 Virtuous Self-Interest

V Providence and Practical Wisdom

1 Time and Intelligence 2 The Market 3 An Invisible Hand? 4 Profit and Commercial Values 5 The Zero-Sum Society

VI Community

1 The Forgotten Theory 2 Community in Practice

VII The Communitarian Individual

1 “Das Anglo-Saxon Problem” 2 The Assault on the Bourgeoisie

VIII The Family

1 The Economic Order 2 The Political Order 3 The Moral-Cultural Order

IX Continuous Revolution

1 The Political System 2 The Economic System 3 The Moral-Cultural System

Two: The Twilight of Socialism

X The Transformation of Socialism XI Socialism as Highmindedness

1 What Went Wrong? 2 Definition by Contrast 3 From Economics to Politics 4 The Utility of the Rich

XII Income Distribution and Race

1 Income Distribution 2 The Economic Situation of Blacks

XIII The Transnational Corporation

Three: A Theology of Economics

XIV The Catholic Anti-Capitalist Tradition

1 A Theology of Economics 2 The Bias Against Democratic Capitalism

XV Christian Socialism in Europe

1 Historical Development 2 Christian Socialism in Europe 3 Moltmann’s Economics 4 Moltmann’s “Socialism”

XVI Guilt for Third World Poverty

1 Do Developed Nations Cause Poverty? 2 Latin Catholic Economics 3 The Center and the Periphery

XVII Liberation Theology XVIII A Theology of Development: Latin America

1 Dependency? 2 The Success of Latin America 3 The Failure of Latin America 4 The Crux

XIX From Marxism to Democratic Capitalism

1 The Early Years 2 The Lessons of Experience 3 “Capitalistic-Democratic Culture” 4 The Failures of Democratic Socialism

XX A Theology of Democratic Capitalism

1 The Importance of Ideals 2 Six Theological Doctrines 3 Under God

Notes Acknowledgments Afterword for the 1991 Edition Index