Markets display both the virtues and vices of a people. It is important to avoid the temptation to either idolize the market or to suppose that virtue is something that can be politically implemented by bureaucrats. Strengthening the moral content of a people through civil society is the best response to vice, rather than burdensome regulation that inhibits human freedom and stifles innovation and creativity.
Further Reading:
The Good of Affluence
by John R. Schneider
The Moral Potential of Big Business
by Rev. Gerald Zandstra
Transparency and Honesty: Foundations of the Free Market
by Phillip W. De Vous
The Mystery and Morality of Markets—Explained!
by Rev. Robert A. Sirico
The Moral Nature of Free Enterprise
by Thomas Carl Rustici
Recovering the Moral Foundations of Economics
by Prof. E. Calvin Beisner
Profits and Morals: A Non-Catholic Assessment of Centesimus Annus
by Larry Reed
Economic Crime and the Necessity of Morality
by Prof. Mark Elliot
Capitalism Must Seize the High Ground
by Rev. Robert A. Sirico
How to be a Moral Investor (PDF)
by Samuel Gregg