Archive for Category: "Economics"
The Church and the Libertarian
This is a book by a Catholic, addressed to Catholics, over issues which concern Catholic doctrine. Therefore, it should be read by as many non-Catholics as possible. This is not only because the issues are of universal significance, but also because this book is a superb example of how reasoning that includes the moral and supernatural orders enlightens and completes the natural order.
The Future of the Christian Voluntary Sector
Perhaps the most important aspect of the guilds was the way they promoted works of charity in a poor society where the poor would otherwise have starved.
A Time to Rebuild on Firmer Foundations
Faced with an unprecedented economic crisis, many may be willing to consider ideas and principles which under more prosperous times were ignored. The Catholic philosophical and intellectual tradition offers a comprehensive system of economic thought which provides much material for critiquing the reigning economic philosophy and identifying within it the causes of the current crisis. It also [...]
The National Vice and the Kingship of Christ
Our system is ill because it ignores the only principles which can give rise to a healthy one; that is, the principles of Catholic social teaching, as expounded in Catholic philosophy and the papal encyclicals on the subject. Catholics, even traditionalists, all too frequently ignore this teaching, as though it were merely opinion with no binding authority on Catholics.
Island Hopping to Distributism
Whenever large tasks are undertaken correctly, they are taken in this manner, by prioritizing and making gains step by step, even if the gains added up do not equal the overall objective; they may in fact lead to it.
Chemical or Organic? The Problem of Modern Agriculture
Not only do small farmers need Distributism in agriculture; the world needs it, as well. We’re not only wiping out our small farmers with our current methods, we’re also wiping out our soil and the rest of our natural world.
Mondragón and the Global Economic Meltdown
From a standing start in 1956, the MCC has grown to the point where by mid-2008 it was the seventh largest business group in Spain. Annual sales increased between 2006 and 2007 by 12.4 per cent to some $US20 billion, and overall employment by 24 per cent, from 83,601 to 103,731.
Doing God’s Work at Goldman
Perhaps Jesus should apologize to the money-changers. After all, at least they were dealing in real money, no matter how predatory their exchange rates. But our bankers create money to make “products” that have no meaning in terms of real production.
More State Capitalist Duplicity
But, just when we all thought it couldn’t, it gets even better. GM has recently applied for another government loan, this time from the Department of Energy.