There is no single Jewish economic ethic that one could say is plainly authorized by the traditional sources of Judaism. Jews, religious and secular alike, have been capitalists and communists, liberals and conservatives, propertarian minarchists and libertarian socialists. They have found support for these positions in Jewish sources when they wanted it, rejected such support when it seemed unnecessary or unwelcome, and rebelled against the tradition when it seemed to authorize an opposing position from their own.
Nevertheless, the Tanakh, the Talmuds, and the commentators continue to offer both spiritual sustenance and profound frustration to Jewish thinkers who seek guidance […]
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