The Meaning of Wealth
Keynes' and Ryan help us to answer such questions as "what is the meaning of wealth?" And "what is its purpose and how much is necessary?" These are fundamental questions that need to be answered afresh in every age. And for liberals in America, we also need to answer "what is the relationship between wealth creation and liberty? Our answers to these questions have everything to do with the political viability of the Left - religious or otherwise. Both economists - one a British atheist and the other, an Irish-American Catholic priest - understood the elements of economic justice. And although Keynes arrived at his views from different |