Defending the Free Market: The Moral Case for a Free Economy

by Robert Sirico

Book Overview

Thirty years ago, the economic system of the Soviet empire--socialism--seemed definitively discredited. Today, the most popular figures in the Democratic Party embrace it, while the shapers of public opinion treat capitalism as morally indefensible.
Is there a moral case for capitalism? Consumerism is an appalling spectacle. Free markets may be efficient, but are they fair? Aren't there some things that we can't afford to leave to the vicissitudes...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1596983256
• ISBN13: 9781596983250
• Release Date: May 2012
• Publisher: Regnery Publishing
• Length: 213 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.1"