My Kingdom is Not of This Market

Many good things in life: love, kindness, free speech, private property, public goods, generosity, responsible and representative government, justice. A good theory starts with as few terms as possible and excogitates all others. We could start with private property and market freedom and go from there. Some do. But how does that sort with altruism? Beneficence? Caritas, or the teachings of Jesus? What are the obligations of wealth in a neoliberal economy? Bill Schambra, Dick Cornuelle and Lenore Ealy may help us articulate a new contempt for wealth and power, Contemptus Mundi. Once they clear it with Candidia Cruikshanks at Rooster Foundation. I hear she loves Jesus too.