Freedom and Economic Order - Paperback

by Linda C. Raeder (Author)

Freedom and Economic Order is the second of three volumes comprising a comprehensive study of Freedom and American Society. Volume II examines the relation of freedom to the economic arrangements of society. It examines capitalism and the market process; socialism and the planned economy; the Marxist critique of capitalism; and the conceptions of justice and social justice correlative to capitalism and socialism, respectively.

Author Biography

Linda C. Raeder is Professor of Politics at Palm Beach Atlantic University, West Palm Beach, FL. She is the author of numerous scholarly publications, including a monograph on the religious thought of J.S. Mill, chapters and articles on Hayek, Burke, Marx, Augustine, Voegelin, and related subjects. She received the Ph.D. in politics and American government from The Catholic University of America and serves as both associate editor of the academic journal Humanitas (Washington DC) and senior fellow at the James Madison Institute in Tallahassee. In 2017 she was recipient of the Charles and Hazel Corts award for outstanding teaching.