Thought for the Week: Capitalism and peace

G Gordon Steel considers capitalism and peace in the 'Thought for the Week'

by G Gordon Steel 21st October 2016

For many years Quakers have consistently said that one of our aims in working for peace is to seek to identify the causes of strife and war. Sutton Meeting’s Tuesday Group recently looked at two books that come together to throw light on this: Fields of Blood: Religion and the History of Violence by Karen Armstrong and Quakernomics: An Ethical Capitalism by Mike King. Some views that arise from this comparison can be summarised in six points.