In the midst of a global recession, religious leaders are looking beyond the recent regulatory fixes and bailouts aimed at repairing an ailing financial system.
They are questioning the underlying assumptions of a market economy that they say has lost its moral bearings.
After several classes in economics, I was under the distinct impression that one of the glories of the free market was that it had no moral bearings: that the happiness of shareholders and the profit was all that mattered. I see that verified every day. The few exceptions prove the rule.