tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7038706923946698710.post8476793568723511156..comments2023-11-05T03:05:16.380-08:00Comments on No Useless Leniency: Notes on 'Capitalism as Religion'Benjaminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18237178500472453910noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7038706923946698710.post-47765333261932802462012-05-24T02:54:00.508-07:002012-05-24T02:54:00.508-07:00my view on Capitalism as Religion is not because i...my view on Capitalism as Religion is not because it has all the standard practices of Religions (Sins and attonement, worship, etc) - but because it is based totally on FAITH.<br /><br />Paper money is worthless unless we have FAITH in our Government to maintain its value; Trade will not happen unless we have FAITH in each other and in the power of Law not to screw us over.<br /><br />Keynes pointed out that Capitalism requires "animal spirit" to get itself out of depression. But I think what he mean is that in depression, people lose faith in the carrot and stick of capitalism.WHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03902048457948475925noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7038706923946698710.post-14553977895676621272008-12-18T05:21:00.000-08:002008-12-18T05:21:00.000-08:00ah, thanks, one for the reading listah, thanks, one for the reading listBenjaminhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18237178500472453910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7038706923946698710.post-75999938934724673712008-12-18T04:07:00.000-08:002008-12-18T04:07:00.000-08:00Obviously, Philip Goodchild's work in Captialism a...Obviously, Philip Goodchild's work in Captialism and Religion: The Price of Piety and Theology of Money are instructive here for a lengthy and systematic account of this relation.Alexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14929509373840313459noreply@blogger.com