Capitalism and progress: a diagnosis of Western society

B. Goudzwaard, Josina Van Nuis Zylstra

Wedge Pub. Foundation, 1979 - Business & Economics - 270 pages

What people are saying

Review: Capitalism and Progress: A Diagnosis of Western Society (Biblical & Theological Classics Library)

User Review  - Joel Blunt - Goodreads

Good analysis of the linkage between the west's faith in progress and capitalism. However, his solution is impractical and ethnocentric.

Review: Capitalism and Progress: A Diagnosis of Western Society (Biblical & Theological Classics Library)

User Review  - matthew kaemingk - Goodreads

Interested in a balanced, historical, and Christian evaluation/critique of capitalism? This book is IT. Goudzwaard is an economist who specializes in economic history, theory, and Christian ethics.

Contents

• THE RAZING OF: 1
• THE BARRIER OF CHURCH AND HEAVEN: 10
• THE BARRIER OF FATE AND PROVIDENCE: 16

Bibliographic information

• Title: Capitalism and progress: a diagnosis of Western society
• Authors: B. Goudzwaard, Josina Van Nuis Zylstra
• Publisher: Wedge Pub. Foundation, 1979
• ISBN: 0802818099, 9780802818096
• Length: 270 pages
• Subjects: Business & Economics / Economics / General; Business & Economics / Free Enterprise; Capitalism; Civilization, Occidental; Civilization, Western; Conservation of natural resources; History / Civilization; Progress