The Morals of Markets and Related Essays
Acton, H B / Gordon, David![The Morals of Markets and Related Essays](https://support.digitalhusky.com/media/annotations/sorted/231/23129199/CHSBZCOP0323129199.jpg)
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 and moral vir...