Profits and Prophets: Market Economics and Jewish Social Ethics

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By Nancy Ruth Fox ’75

Published Sept. 9, 2021

Fox’s book introduces the similarities and conflicts — potential, perceived, and real — between market economics and Jewish social justice. Analyzing minimum wage, immigration, and climate change from both perspectives, Profits and Prophets (Palgrave MacMillan) brings new insight to the economic relevancy of traditional Jewish social justice.

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