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Review of Capitalism and the Jews by Jerry Muller in Truthdig ..

It’s hard to imagine a more provocative title than “Capitalism and the Jews.” … The title of Muller’s provocative series of essays comes from Milton Friedman, the apostle of free markets … Muller is compelled by the multiple facets of Jewish influences on and attitudes toward capitalism. Jews were central to the formation of capitalism before the 19th century. They have been central to its defense, and they have been central to movements that have rejected it, communism in particular. They have embraced it, and rejected it, nurtured it and fled from it

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