Christianity & Capitalism

I'm going to go back a few years to a book by Jay W. Richards entitled, Money, Greed and God: Why Capitalism is the Solution and not the Problem. Jay is a clear writer, thinker, and speaker and has a humble, charming demeanor. He explains, persuasively, that Christianity and capitalism are not at odds with each other. In the book are several myths which he debunks about capitalism and then shows how it actually accords with Biblical teachings on economics. Jay himself has made a philosophical journey from socialism to being for free enterprise and he talks about how his views changed. I think this makes the book very relevant to the layman and shows that it's not a high-brow, stuffy book on abstract concepts but something that is very concrete and real. I particularly learned a lot from his chapter dealing with free trade and fair trade.

Here is a review and a talk he gave at AEI in Washington, D.C.:

http://blog.acton.org/archives/10317-review-money-greed-and-god.html