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

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The Left has seized on our economic troubles as an excuse to “blame the rich guy” and paint a picture of capitalism and the free market as selfish, greedy, and cruel. Democrats in Congress and “Occupy” protesters across the country assert that the free market isn’t just unforgiving, it’s morally corrupt. According to President Obama and his allies, only by allowing the government to heavily keep watch over and keep watch over business and by redistributing the wealth are we able to ensure fairness and compassion.

Exactly the opposite is true, says Father Robert A. Sirico in his thought–provoking new book, Defending the Free Market: The Moral Case for a Free Economy. Father Sirico argues that a free economy if truth be told promotes charity, selflessness, and kindness. And in Defending the Free Market, he shows why free-market capitalism isn’t just the easiest way to make sure individual success and national prosperity but could also be the surest route to a moral and socially–just society. In Defending the Free Market, Father Sirico shows:


  • Why we will’t have freedom without a free economy
  • Why the easiest way to help the poor is to a start a business
  • Why charity works—but welfare doesn’t
  • How Father Sirico himself converted from being a leftist colleague of Jane Fonda and Tom Hayden to recognizing the merits of a free economy.


In this heated presidential election year, the Left will argue that capitalism may produce winners, but it is cruel and unfair. Yet as Sirico proves in Defending the Free Market, capitalism does not simply provide opportunity for material success, but it ensures a more moral and ethical society as well.

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