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Setting the scene for the book, the increased complexity of the dialogue between religious ethics of the Abrahamic religions of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam and participants in a free market is highlighted. The blurred boundaries between virtues and vices, the transition from static to dynamic economies, and the debate between the open and closed global orders are identified as issues to be dealt with.
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Jechoutek, K.G. (2018). Prologue. In: Religious Ethics in the Market Economy. Humanism in Business Series. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-76520-4_1
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