{"product_id":"was-the-good-samaritan-a-bad-economist-9781793637000","title":"Was the Good Samaritan a Bad Economist?","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e In Was the Good Samaritan a Bad Economist? Charles K. Wilber argues that the American economy has not only failed to overcome poverty, it has generated extreme inequality that in turn restricts social mobility and further marginalizes the poor. Wilber argues that economic theory is permeated with ethical values and any economics must be so; that human behavior is more complex than the economists’ simple self-interest model; that people are also driven by deeply embedded moral values; that markets require intervention to create equity; and that Catholic social thought provides the perspective and values to develop a more relevant social economics. The author takes that modified economics and uses it to analyze specific social problems: labor markets, poverty, inequality, financial crisis, and development. Wilber next focuses on the important role of families, labor unions, parishes, and small Christian communities, such as the Catholic Worker movement, as mediating institutions in the economy. He concludes with a final look at the questions, \"Was the Good Samaritan a Bad Economist?\".\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart One: Foundations\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1 The Good Samaritan and Catholic Social Thought\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2 Economic Theory Requires Moral Values \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3 Individual Actors Have Moral Values\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e4 Markets Require Intervention\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e5 Moral Theories and Justice\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e6 Catholic Social Thought and the Common Good\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart Two: Applications\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e7 Economics of Labor Markets and Theory of the Gift\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e8 The Causes of Poverty\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e9 Pope Francis and Inequality\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e10 The Economy as a Casino: Ethics and the Global Financial Crisis\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e11 Integral Human Development \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart Three: Whither the Future\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e12 The Economy, the Family and Mediating Institutions\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e13 Distributism and the Catholic Worker Movement\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e14 Wisdom and the Christian Economist \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Lexington Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51042672345431,"sku":"9781793637000","price":76.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781793637000.jpg?v=1750955116","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/was-the-good-samaritan-a-bad-economist-9781793637000","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}