Usury: Profit On A Loan
Usury is the sin of charging a profit or gain for the loan of something which is consumed in use such as money.
A Time to Rebuild on Firmer Foundations III
Just price theory is not solely a matter of divine law; it is part of the natural law as evidenced by the fact that even pagan Roman law recognized it.
The Economists Are Beginning to Crack
The small crack in the faith of modern economists is just the first step in a long journey to seeing what is truly necessary for economic stability.
A Time to Rebuild on Firmer Foundations II
Liberal Catholics who hold Capitalism to be an article of the faith love property, believing that it proves that the Church supports the Capitalist ethic.
The Education of E.F. Schumacher
Few realized when "Small is Beautiful" was published that E.F. Schumacher’s economic theories were underpinned by solid religious foundations.
A Time to Rebuild on Firmer Foundations
How much should the government exercise its monopoly over interference with economic activity? Capitalists say not at all and Communists say all the time.
Island Hopping to Distributism
“Island hopping” a third-party into existence takes time and patience, perhaps at a local level before acquiring state and later national recognition.
Doing God's Work at Goldman
Nothing is quite as boring as reading about a banking crisis, unless it is reading about somebody else's banking crises.
The Market and the Moral Man
The "market" is a-moral, it is not moral in itself or immoral. It is a tool, and it must be controlled by a user as all tools.
Big Business Squashes Your Rights
It is common thinking among conservatives that the government getting too big is the problem, but big business can be just as bureaucratic and invasive as big government.
Benedict on Business: What's Love Got to Do With It?
Pope Benedict XVI's new encyclical insists that proper economics is based not only on the virtue of justice, but on the supernatural virtue of love!
Slave-Made Goods by Country: A List from the Department of Labor
The most effective pressure on slave drivers is likely to come two places: within their own country, and from the multinational corporate buyers.
An Introduction to Distributism
John Médaille's classic "An Introduction to Distributism" features the fundamental questions and answers that intrigued the start of a movement.
A Giant Among Catholic Economists
Pesch begins with a consideration of the nature of man and his relation to the world, which is something today's conventional economists rarely consider.