Part I. Poverty is on the run -- Part II. Enrichment didn't come for the reasons you imagine -- Part III. It came because ideas, ethics, rhetoric, and ideology changed -- Part IV. The causes of the causes were not racial or ancient.

Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Part I. Poverty Is on the Run -- 1. Liberalism Liberated -- 2. It's the End of the World as They Knew It, and You Should Feel Pretty Good -- 3. Nostalgia and Pessimism Worsen Poverty -- 4. Under Liberalism the Formerly Poor Can Flourish Ethically and Spiritually...

The Abrahamic doctrine of liberty of the will can allow liberalism in the economy. For a century or so in academic theology, and stretching back to the early church and such revivals as the Radical Reformation, numerous Christian writers have denied such a liberalism. In the past century, for...