Religion and the Rise of CapitalismBy: Benjamin M. Friedman From one of the nation's preeminent experts on economic policy, a major reassessment of the foundations of modern economic thinking that explores the profound influence of an until now unrecognized forcereligion. "Friedman has given us an original and brilliant new perspective on the terrifying divisions of our own times. No book could be more important. George A. Akerlof, Nobel Laureate in Economics Critics of contemporary