The Spirit of Democratic Capitalism

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Dedication
Contents
Foreword
Introduction: Capitalism, Socialism, and Religion—An Inquiry into the Spiritual Wealth of Nations
	1 The Historical Achievements of Democratic Capitalism
	2 From Practice to Theory
One: The Ideal of Democratic Capitalism
	I What Is Democratic Capitalism?
	II Pluralism
		1 Unitary Order
		2 Not by Free Enterprise Alone
		3 Pluralism in Politics
		4 The Attempt to Christianize the System
	III Emergent Probability
	IV Sin
		1 Freedom and Sin
		2 The Doctrine of Unintended Consequences
		3 Virtuous Self-Interest
	V Providence and Practical Wisdom
		1 Time and Intelligence
		2 The Market
		3 An Invisible Hand?
		4 Profit and Commercial Values
		5 The Zero-Sum Society
	VI Community
		1 The Forgotten Theory
		2 Community in Practice
	VII The Communitarian Individual
		1 “Das Anglo-Saxon Problem”
		2 The Assault on the Bourgeoisie
	VIII The Family
		1 The Economic Order
		2 The Political Order
		3 The Moral-Cultural Order
	IX Continuous Revolution
		1 The Political System
		2 The Economic System
		3 The Moral-Cultural System
Two: The Twilight of Socialism
	X The Transformation of Socialism
	XI Socialism as Highmindedness
		1 What Went Wrong?
		2 Definition by Contrast
		3 From Economics to Politics
		4 The Utility of the Rich
	XII Income Distribution and Race
		1 Income Distribution
		2 The Economic Situation of Blacks
	XIII The Transnational Corporation
Three: A Theology of Economics
	XIV The Catholic Anti-Capitalist Tradition
		1 A Theology of Economics
		2 The Bias Against Democratic Capitalism
	XV Christian Socialism in Europe
		1 Historical Development
		2 Christian Socialism in Europe
		3 Moltmann’s Economics
		4 Moltmann’s “Socialism”
	XVI Guilt for Third World Poverty
		1 Do Developed Nations Cause Poverty?
		2 Latin Catholic Economics
		3 The Center and the Periphery
	XVII Liberation Theology
	XVIII A Theology of Development: Latin America
		1 Dependency?
		2 The Success of Latin America
		3 The Failure of Latin America
		4 The Crux
	XIX From Marxism to Democratic Capitalism
		1 The Early Years
		2 The Lessons of Experience
		3 “Capitalistic-Democratic Culture”
		4 The Failures of Democratic Socialism
	XX A Theology of Democratic Capitalism
		1 The Importance of Ideals
		2 Six Theological Doctrines
		3 Under God
Notes
Acknowledgments
Afterword for the 1991 Edition
Index