LA Times—Anglican and Roman Catholic leaders say the market is lacking morals

Posted by Kendall Harmon

In the midst of a global recession, religious leaders are looking beyond the recent regulatory fixes and bailouts aimed at repairing an ailing financial system.

They are questioning the underlying assumptions of a market economy that they say has lost its moral bearings.

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Filed under: * Anglican - Episcopal- Anglican: Latest NewsArchbishop of Canterbury Episcopal Church (TEC)Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori* Economics, PoliticsEconomyCorporations/Corporate LifeCredit MarketsStock Market* Religion News & CommentaryOther ChurchesRoman CatholicPope Benedict XVI

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LA Times—Anglican and Roman Catholic leaders say the market is lacking morals

Posted by Kendall Harmon

In the midst of a global recession, religious leaders are looking beyond the recent regulatory fixes and bailouts aimed at repairing an ailing financial system.

They are questioning the underlying assumptions of a market economy that they say has lost its moral bearings.

Read it all.

Filed under: * Anglican - Episcopal- Anglican: Latest NewsArchbishop of Canterbury Episcopal Church (TEC)Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori* Economics, PoliticsEconomyCorporations/Corporate LifeCredit MarketsStock Market* Religion News & CommentaryOther ChurchesRoman CatholicPope Benedict XVI

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Posted July 13, 2009 at 9:51 am [Printer Friendly] [Print w/ comments]



1. Dan Crawford wrote:

After several classes in economics, I was under the distinct impression that one of the glories of the free market was that it had no moral bearings: that the happiness of shareholders and the profit was all that mattered. I see that verified every day. The few exceptions prove the rule.

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