Albino Barrera

Economic Compulsion and Christian Ethics

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Produktbeschreibung

Barrera addresses adverse effects of market operations on individuals from the viewpoint of Christian ethics.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 268
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. Juli 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 440g
• ISBN-13: 9780521043571
• ISBN-10: 0521043573
• Artikelnr.: 23073462

Autorenporträt

Professor Albino Barrera teaches in both theology and economics at Providence College. His most recent book is Modern Catholic Social Documents and Political Economy published in 2001.

Inhaltsangabe

General editor's preface
Preface
Part I. The Nature and Dynamics of Economic Compulsion: 1. Markets and coercive pecuniary externalities
2. The regressive incidence of unintended burdens
Part II. Setting the Moral Baseline and Shaping Expectations: 3. Economic security as God's twofold gift
4. Retrieving the biblical principle of restoration
Part III. Contemporary Appropriation: 5. Economic rights-obligations as diagnostic framework
6. Application: the case of agricultural protectionism
7. Summary and conclusions
References
Index.