Too Few Capitalists or Too Much Capitalism?
There is a saying of Chesterton's about economics that one finds frequently quoted with little attempt to understand what Chesterton meant or might have meant.
The Contradictions of Liberals and Conservatives
Americans like to pride themselves on their freedom, but they exhibit little freedom of thought when it comes to politics.
The Chief Question in Economics
The most fundamental question in economics, whether we are speaking of economic policy or of the subject called economics, is this.
Distributism and the Labor Market Divide
Under Capitalism some provide the capital and others the labor.
Is Usury Still a Sin?
One looks in vain to find that the Church ever retracted, abrogated, or substantially altered her teaching on usury.
Catholics, Distributism and Occupy Wall Street
This past fall we saw the Occupy Wall Street movement—the most outspoken voice on behalf of justice to be heard for many years.
Economics and the Real World
Thomas Storck examines some statements that seem to put the lie to the claim that mainstream neoclassical economics is actually engaged with the real world.
A Short Primer for Protestors
We must all live together on this planet, and increasingly it is becoming clear that the destructive ways we have lived in the past will no longer work.
Jobs and the Minimum Wage
If a minimum wage destroys jobs, those jobs were not jobs that could actually support human beings in a manner that corresponds to their human dignity
Does Property Have a Purpose?
Under Distributism, more people will derive at least part of their income from their own property.
Three Strategies for Evasion
There are three main strategies used by conservative Catholics to justify their dissent from papal social teaching.
The Starting Point for Economic Thought
The starting point for economic thought is the fact that God has given to the human race an ability to provide for its material needs.
Is the Acton Institute a Genuine Expression of Catholic Social Thought?
The institute's name and patron are well-chosen, for it continues the tradition of liberal and even dissenting Catholicism that Lord Acton himself partook of.
The Vocational Group
The concept and the reality of vocational groups are at the heart of the traditional Catholic approach to solving socio-economic problems.
Some Odds and Loose Ends
A perfectly free market has never existed and our present economy is not a free market, but such a state of affairs have not produced real prosperity.
The Attack On the Family
Every organized attack on sexual morality is an assault on the family, an attempt to sever the bonds between husband and wife or parents and children.
Is A Free Market A Good Thing?
Free markets will not automatically produce justice; neither will they even necessarily produce economic prosperity.
What is Money?
The desire for commodity money often represents a confusion about the nature of money, as if money itself were to have value.
Economic Law and Catholic Social Doctrine Part II
The creation of an economics must be consistent with observed human behavior and with the Church's social doctrine.
Economic Law and Catholic Social Doctrine
Catholic Social Teaching, began in an authoritative way with Leo XIII's 1891 encyclical Rerum Novarum.