PDF-(BOOK)-The Poisoned Spring of Economic Libertarianism: Menger, Mises, Hayek, Rothbard:

We gain by not treating one another as neighbors Labor is the most scarce of all the primary means of production Simply think of the state as a criminal band The writers of these remarks are among the defunct economists whose ideology has dominated the past few decades Their thoughts and the policies that spring from them have brought us high unemployment glaring inequalities exorbitant debts social disintegration industrial decay deteriorating public services and most recently the monstrous crash of 2008 Here is a book that exposes and explains the underlying ideology of the neoconservative movement obsessed with financial deregulation unshackled competition maximization of profits and shrinkage of the public sector This neoconservative movement writes author Angus Sibley has fooled a great many people by the simple expedient of claiming that it alone supports true freedom while its political rivals favor policies that lead inevitably to totalitarian dictatorship In reality the author says such talk is nonsensical Many free democratic countries have long pursued socially progressive policies without degenerating into dictatorship Meanwhile in the AngloSaxon countries especially what neoconservatives call freedom has turned out to be the liberty of wealthy capitalists to subvert the political process to dominate economic decisionmaking and generally to take advantage of everyone else Moreover despite its unChristian behavior this group has succeeded in persuading certain churches to lend it their support and even argues that its ideology is compatible with the teachings of the Roman Catholic Church This book offers a critique of the libertarian Austrian school of freemarket economics from experience of realworld economic life and also from the wisdom traditions of Judaism and Christianity and especially from Catholic Social Teaching It draws upon the authors professional experience in economics and his theological knowledge to show how libertarian economic theory and practice as proposed by the Austrian school are radically challenged by Catholic teaching The author profoundly critiques the major libertarian theorists of the Austrian school namely Carl Menger Ludwig von Mises Friedrich von Hayek and Murray Rothbard In addition he reports on several Catholic thinkers who have defended or written positively about the Austrian school or its theorists These include Michael Novak of the American Enterprise Institute Robert A Sirico of the Acton Institute for the Study of Religion and Liberty and Thomas E Woods Jr of the Ludwig von Mises Institute He concludes the book by asking the serious question of whether a supposedly Catholic defense of libertarian economics does not actually constitute an understanding of the human person and human society that is heretical to the Catholic tradition Angus Sibleys book is published by Pax Romana Catholic Movement for Intellectual and Cultural Affairs USA the US intellectualprofessional federation of the worldwide Pax Romana movement devoted to the study and promotion Catholic social teaching The books Preface is written by Joe Holland President of Pax Romanas US intellectualprofessional federation Partnering in publishing the book are two US organizations equally committed to Catholic Social Teaching and especially to its defense of labor unions namely Catholic Scholars for Worker Justice and the Catholic Labor Network . 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