The Puritan Critique of Modern Attitudes Toward Money Puritans are often charged with having been the origin of modern attitudes toward money. Upon scrutiny, the things ascribed to Puritans turn out to be secularized versions of something that the Puritans only accepted in a context of supreme allegiance to God and obedience to Christian moral standards.
Economics after God's Own Image Appaled by the slavery of the British working class, Chesterton joined Hilaire Belloc in promoting a brave new ideal. Chris Armstrong