REDISCOVERING VALUES On Wall Street, Main Street, and Your Street

The author, a Christian preacher and liberal political activist, argues that the current economic crisis calls us to rediscover humane social goals rather than remaining focused on money-making alone. He’s a quiet agitator, fluent in the language of moral populism, who believes that reverence for free markets needs to be balanced by civic and governmental responsibility for those among us who have the least. He says that social transformation begins with individual initiatives—organizing our families to pursue worthy goals, conserving energy, borrowing less, exercising more, making our communities more inclusive, and staying vigilant about elected officials. His pleasant but slow-paced reading needs more life but succeeds nonetheless in delivering ideas that promote a more balanced approach to money and wealth. T.W. © AudioFile 2010, Portland, Maine [Published: DECEMBER 2010]