THOU SHALL PROSPER Ten Commandments for Making Money

Combining the 613 principles in the Torah with his down-to-earth understanding of economics and religion, Rabbi Lapin provides a formidable program of business enlightenment and financial advice. In the past forty years we’ve come to view businesses as greedy instead of benevolent. We think a successful business must be exploiting people and, thus, should give something back to society--like a penance! Rabbi Lapin counters that selling goods and services to people who need them is noble in itself and involves no inherent exploitation. More than a business lesson, this is an articulate examination of the social and economic traditions of the Jewish culture, which the author believes account for the prosperity of financially successful Jews. T.W. © AudioFile 2004, Portland, Maine [Published: OCT/ NOV 04]