De Pree's Connection To Christianity: Chapter Analysis

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To begin, my least favorite part of this chapter is its connection to Christianity. I am not a very spiritual person at all, and I think there a many different ways in which capitalism could be discussed with out talking about religion. With this being said, this chapter did make a few good points. The point that impressed me the most was the part about how capitalisms main flaw is that it has been exclusive. Meaning, that the rich get richer and the poor get poorer. I think this idea is incredibily important because with out understanding the system as a whole, it is very difficult to understand its functionality. One thing that surprised me was that at the end of the chapter De Pree states that hes not even sure if his approaches will work

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