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| | BOOKS: Catholicism, Protestantism And Capitalism, by Amintore Fanfani - 6 November 2004 |
 | | Fanfani takes us through Christian history, from the early Fathers to his own day, identifying and analysing judgments, observations, and critiques by numerous Christian leaders and authorities on the subjects of trade, commerce, manufactures, crafts, usury, banking, and the social, legal and religious institutions in operation, or influential, during the various stages of capitalism's development. |
 | | Fanfani is interested in the phenomenon of capitalism, in its beginnings, the ways it developed, the places where it first started and took root, and whether there were unique factors or favourable circumstances which allowed the spread of capitalist economic activities and supportive ideas in some places but not in others. |
 | | Fanfani saw the endless debates about change and the phenomenon of change to be as much about a battle of ideas and opposing mindsets as of blind economic forces, or of superior ways of achieving economic growth and capital accumulation. |
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