Includes bibliographical references and index.

Is capitalism a good economic system? -- What are some concerns about capitalism? -- Is capitalism to blame for the global financial crisis? -- Does the public good warrant government intervention in capitalism?

Overview : capitalism / Jim Stanford -- Capitalism is the most moral system / Craig Biddle -- The free market has promoted virtues / Deirdre McCloskey -- Capitalism is practical and moral / Robert W. Tracinski -- The capitalist wage system entails exploitation / Rick Wolff -- The values of neoliberal capitalism have had terrible consequences / Michael Leon Guerrero -- Consumerist capitalism needs fundamental change / Benjamin R. Barber -- Capitalism is at odds with democracy / Michael Parenti -- Capitalism promotes prosperity, democracy, and peace / Erich Weede -- Capitalism causes poverty / Tony Wilsdon -- Capitalism has lifted billions out of poverty / Jonah Goldberg -- Capitalism uses disasters to engage in economic engineering / Naomi Klein -- Free-market capitalism is not implemented through coercion / Johan Norberg -- Capitalism caused the global financial crisis / Michael Heinrich -- The financial crisis shows the failure of financial capitalism / Saskia Sassen -- Too little regulation caused the financial crisis / Jacob Weisberg -- Laissez-faire capitalism is not responsible for the financial crisis / George Reisman -- The free market did not cause the financial crisis / Thomas E. Woods Jr. -- Altruism caused the financial crisis / Richard M. Salsman -- Government intervention caused the global financial crisis / Yaron Brook and Don Watkins -- Government intervention in health care is preferable / Ian Williams -- Social Security should be run by the government / Institute for America's future -- Government intervention in health care violates rights / Leonard Peikoff -- Social Security should be eliminated / Alex Epstein -- Government intervention in the capitalist system is immoral / Arthur C. Brooks.