Buy Junk or Starve!
One need simply wander through a shopping mall to conclude that many of the products of human industry are really just junk.
The Problem Is Not Too Many People
The notion that fewer people is necessarily better for economic growth is simply wrong and is based on neither facts nor logic.
A Distributist Looks at Capitalism and Socialism
Distributism offers another way, an economic system which will place fewer obstacles for fallen humanity to put first things first.
Neither Statism Nor Individualism
Attractive as this might be, I do not think we can accept a point of view that sees the state as an evil, even a necessary evil.
Centesimus Annus Part II
Part II of Thomas Storck's review of Centesimus Annus.
The Superficiality of "Left" & "Right"
We must discover that real Catholic politics are outside the Lockean spectrum, and we must learn to see ourselves as neither right nor left-Lockeans.
Centesimus Annus Part I
In some quarters Centesimus Annus was hailed as a new direction in papal social teaching, and even as a repudiation of past doctrine.
Sollicitudo Rei Socialis
Unlike previous encyclicals, Sollicitudo Rei Socialis was issued to commemorate the twentieth anniversary of Paul VI's Populorum Progressio.
John Paul II, Laborem Exercens
Pope John Paul intended to issue Laborem Exercens on May 15, 1981, the ninetieth anniversary of Rerum Novarum.
From Pius XII Through Paul VI
When Paul VI (1963-1978) succeeded to the papacy it was in the midst of the most noteworthy ecclesiastical event of the 20th century.
Catholic Social Teaching: Pius XI
The next topic that Pius XI takes up is the immense one stated in the title of the encyclical, the reconstruction of the social order.
Catholic Social Teaching: St. Pius X Through Pius XI
Pius' great achievement in the social field was Quadragesimo Anno, issued on the precise day, May 15, exactly forty years after Rerum Novarum.
From the Beginnings Through Leo XIII
Leo XIII restored the confidence of the Catholic world and began to reinvigorate the Church with an energy that lasted up into the 1960s.
An Introduction to the Social Doctrine of the Catholic Church
Catholic social teaching may be described as that teaching which deals with the rights and duties of man, especially with the economic aspects of society.
Small Is Still Beautiful
Although Pearce, who is a Catholic, has not written an explicitly Catholic book, Small Is Still Beautiful contains numerous favorable references.
When Small is Sensible: Culture, Technology, and Subsidiarity
Centralization is so pervasive in our culture, that it has shaped even the material side of our culture, our technology and technological products.
The Place of Guilds in A Distributist Economy
We might begin our consideration of guilds by asking some basic questions about the economy: What is an economy for?
What Does Centesimus Annus Really Teach?
Does Centesimus Annus really endorse the 'free' market? Does the teaching of this encyclical break the line with prior papal teaching on the social order?
Catholic Colony-Making in 19th Century America
The desire to live a way of life in keeping with the faith gave the impetus for the founding of many Catholic communities in America.
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.