The Morals of Markets and Related Essays

by H.B. Acton

Book Overview

Although the market economy is not as unpopular now as when Acton wrote The Morals of Markets, the morality of buying and selling has long bothered man's conscience. Defenses of capitalism often establish its efficiency or rely on a "that is the way human nature is anyway" argument. This book asserts that a free market is a necessary condition for the pursuit of moral excellence. Its analysis of the relation between capitalism...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0865971072
• ISBN13: 9780865971073
• Release Date: June 1993
• Publisher: Liberty Fund
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.84 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.5" x 8.2"
• Age Range: 18 to 10 years
• Grade Range: Postsecondary to Grade 5