But feelings such as these should not overwhelm our sober observation that there are no alternatives to sound economic principles such as the profit motive, rational self-interest, and the divisions of labor. Sound economic principles must be defended and explained, and the reader should understand that virtually no improvement is possible on these ideas. But fortunately, the ideas outlined and defended above do not preclude
Christian charity, as Dr. Stanciu suggests. In fact, charity serves a vital purpose in any economy. Something that Dr. Stanciu neglected to observe is that charitable donations in America increase yearly, and last year they surpassed a staggering $400 billion dollars.[5] If this is not evidence of the compatibility of Christian charity and capitalism, I don’t know what is.
Fascinating rebuttal to an earlier piece.
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