Sustainability and Transcendence in Business is a short book that seeks to
apply Jesus of Nazareth's teaching to business and, in doing so, challenge the
assumption that all business must necessarily be capitalist. It should take about an hour to read.
I hope that I am sufficiently clear that I am not in any way against the idea of private ownership of the provision of good and services or their circulation through society for profit. But I think that capitalism gives pre-eminence to money in a way that is ultimately self-defeating.
The alternative to capitalism is not communism: there are other alternatives within a system of private ownership and free trade, ones where the primary aim of business is not to maximise profit but to make sufficient money to live on by serving communities through trade.
The booklet is not principally for Christians but for anyone who is open to having their assumptions about business being challenged. I have circulated it to readers of Reflections on God and Money in the hope of stimulating reflection, discussion and feedback.
I hope that I am sufficiently clear that I am not in any way against the idea of private ownership of the provision of good and services or their circulation through society for profit. But I think that capitalism gives pre-eminence to money in a way that is ultimately self-defeating.
The alternative to capitalism is not communism: there are other alternatives within a system of private ownership and free trade, ones where the primary aim of business is not to maximise profit but to make sufficient money to live on by serving communities through trade.
The booklet is not principally for Christians but for anyone who is open to having their assumptions about business being challenged. I have circulated it to readers of Reflections on God and Money in the hope of stimulating reflection, discussion and feedback.
