THE ECONOMIC SYSTEM: THE EVANGELICAL BASIS OF A SOCIAL MARKET ECONOMY

In: The review of politics, Band 43, Heft 3, S. 355-380

Abstract

NOVAK PROPOSES A HYPOTHESIS THAT CAPITALISM-AN ECONOMIC SYSTEM BASED UPON MARKETS & INCENTIVES-HAS, LIKE DEMOCRACY, EVANGELICAL ROOTS, BREATHING VITAL AIR FROM A MORAL-CULTURAL SYSTEM BASED ON POWERFUL IDEAS ABOUT THE COMMUNITARIAN INDIVIDUAL, THE SOCIAL NATURE OF HUMAN LIFE, EMERGENT PROBABILITY AND SIN.