Capitalism involves struggle, but it has an invisible heart beating at its core that transforms people's lives. If you give it the chance. Look at the full picture and you get a very different perspective. ~ The Invisible Heart, by Russell Roberts

Do homeless people have the right to use the money given to them to buy drugs? Do CEOs fire people for kicks? Why are more and more businesses moving their production out of the United States and into foreign countries? Is it ethical to pay foreign workers far less than a US worker would demand? Is the minimum wage law really helping the working man?

In Russell Roberts' The Invisible Heart: An Economic Romance, all of these questions and  much more are addressed in a discussion format between the characters of two young people who both have a passion for what they do and what they believe.  Roberts packs the facts of an economic textbook into a well-written novel. Of the two central characters, Laura would not call herself a socialist per se -- just as many in our society wouldn't out and out call themselves socialists, and truly do not think they are. But Sam has no scruples about calling himself a capitalist, and the discussions he and Laura share are incredible to explain the entire economic process to the reader.