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THE MARKET ECONOMY AND THE TEACHINGS OF THE CHRISTIAN GOSPEL
Author(s) -
Aitken Jonathan
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
economic affairs
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.24
H-Index - 18
eISSN - 1468-0270
pISSN - 0265-0665
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-0270.2004.00468.x
Subject(s) - materialism , gospel , economy , world economy , market economy , economics , political economy , political science , philosophy , theology , law
The reality of the market economy is not an economy in which Christian values are generally evident. Although there are many prominent Christian capitalist writers, the real world is a world of rather more materialistic values. It does not have to be like that. It is possible for people to take Christian values out into the world of business and prosper.