Summary Of Cavanaugh's Consumed '

One of the main ways that Cavanaugh interacts with the situations, which he explains, is through critique. Throughout his work Being Consumed, William Cavanaugh, a Catholic theologian, communicates his sincere desire for Christians to live responsibly in the world God created by explaining the interaction between theology and economics. Cavanaugh specifically uses examples of the free market, consumerism, globalization and the failures of current economic practices in his explanations of theology and economics. He seems to quite a broad audience but may specifically be targeting an audience who is interested not simply theology or economics, but really how they have effect on one another.
One specific point that Cavanaugh addresses concerning economics and the free market is the concept of scarcity and human desire. Economics operates under the idea of scarcity of resources, the thought process of “we will never have enough” the difficulty with that is that human desire is not scarce, in reality it goes on forever (Kindle Loc. 65). Cavanaugh sustains this idea throughout his writing as he discusses whether or not he believes the free market is actually something that can be rightly considered free. His opinion turns out to be that economy actually leaves consumer vulnerable and susceptible to economic
The globalization of the world has in certain ways connected humanity across a larger spectrum and in others made humanity much more detached. Cavanaugh mentions that consumers are no longer connected to that whom produces the products, which are consumed (Kindle Loc. 669). In the past there was connection because there were farms or small town shops and there were faces to be connected to the work that was being done. Now because of the mentality of scarcity, the emphasis has shifted to cheap labor and high