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Low Wages and Easy Speeches
Economics, Thomas Storck Thomas Storck 12/18/18 Economics, Thomas Storck Thomas Storck 12/18/18

Low Wages and Easy Speeches

Wages don't matter - unless you happen to be a low-wage worker who also needs to live and perhaps wants to live right now.

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Anti-Union Hypocrisy and the Janus Case
Economics, Guilds, Thomas Storck Thomas Storck 4/16/18 Economics, Guilds, Thomas Storck Thomas Storck 4/16/18

Anti-Union Hypocrisy and the Janus Case

The same radical individualism that wants unions to be nothing but ineffectual voluntary organizations likewise sees marriage and the family as mere voluntary associations.

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Francis or Fundamentalism: A False Dichotomy
Politics, Thomas Storck Thomas Storck 1/26/18 Politics, Thomas Storck Thomas Storck 1/26/18

Francis or Fundamentalism: A False Dichotomy

La Civiltà Cattolica appears to lump together as integralists all varieties of American Catholics who, in one way or another, do not support the program of Pope Francis.

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Justice & Charity: A Review
Books, Thomas Storck Thomas Storck 1/19/18 Books, Thomas Storck Thomas Storck 1/19/18

Justice & Charity: A Review

Justice & Charity could serve as a very helpful introduction for contemporary Catholics utterly unaware of the Church’s rich social doctrine.

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The Catholic Church After Obergefell
Culture, Thomas Storck Thomas Storck 12/26/17 Culture, Thomas Storck Thomas Storck 12/26/17

The Catholic Church After Obergefell

Let us use the occasion of the Supreme Court's Obergefell decision not to engage in railing and political strategizing, but to take stock of our spiritual and intellectual health.

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The Duty of Delight
Books, Catholic Worker, Thomas Storck Thomas Storck 12/20/17 Books, Catholic Worker, Thomas Storck Thomas Storck 12/20/17

The Duty of Delight

Dorothy Day lived in a time of great change in the Church and in society. She chose a way of life that most would find difficult, even impossible.

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The Lost Condemnations of Capitalism
Catholic Social Teaching, Thomas Storck Thomas Storck 12/11/17 Catholic Social Teaching, Thomas Storck Thomas Storck 12/11/17

The Lost Condemnations of Capitalism

The Lost Condemnations of Communism of Vatican II make clear that communism is opposed to Catholic faith and morals, but so is capitalism.

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Two Biblical Passages On Economic Life
Economics, Thomas Storck Thomas Storck 11/23/17 Economics, Thomas Storck Thomas Storck 11/23/17

Two Biblical Passages On Economic Life

There are two passages from Sacred Scripture which, taken together, illustrate well the place which economic activity should occupy in human life.

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The Market As the Capitalist Demiurge
Economics, Thomas Storck Thomas Storck 2/27/17 Economics, Thomas Storck Thomas Storck 2/27/17

The Market As the Capitalist Demiurge

The beneficial efficiency that market competition can sometimes produce is in no way a substitute for intelligent concern for the common good.

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Some Christmas Thoughts On Ebenezer Scrooge
Economics, Thomas Storck Thomas Storck 12/20/16 Economics, Thomas Storck Thomas Storck 12/20/16

Some Christmas Thoughts On Ebenezer Scrooge

So much has the mentality we see in Scrooge triumphed in the modern world that responsible adults have celebrated him as an honorable and worthy citizen.

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Catholics and Libertarian Economics: A Reply to Samuel Gregg
Catholic Social Teaching, Thomas Storck Thomas Storck 11/6/16 Catholic Social Teaching, Thomas Storck Thomas Storck 11/6/16

Catholics and Libertarian Economics: A Reply to Samuel Gregg

Gregg frames the conflict between Pope Francis and libertarian thought, whereas it is really a conflict between Catholic teaching and libertarian thought.

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Capitalism and Economism
Economics, Thomas Storck Thomas Storck 10/12/16 Economics, Thomas Storck Thomas Storck 10/12/16

Capitalism and Economism

The truth of what John Paul wrote about economism hardly allows us to defend a system that fosters the desire for material goods as an end in itself.

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New Names For Old Things
Catholic Social Teaching, Thomas Storck Thomas Storck 10/5/16 Catholic Social Teaching, Thomas Storck Thomas Storck 10/5/16

New Names For Old Things

It is much harder to make distinctions between beneficial and harmful innovations, and even more so between new things and new names for old things.

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Internet Businesses: Solution or Stopgap?
Tech, Thomas Storck Thomas Storck 8/24/16 Tech, Thomas Storck Thomas Storck 8/24/16

Internet Businesses: Solution or Stopgap?

Internet commerce means we will buy almost nothing from local stores and instead sit at our computers, ordering from online venders often located far away.

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Homage to Christ the King
Catholic Social Teaching, Thomas Storck Thomas Storck 8/15/16 Catholic Social Teaching, Thomas Storck Thomas Storck 8/15/16

Homage to Christ the King

Economic activity is part of that hierarchy of means and ends leading up to God, part of the homage to Christ the King which mankind is bound to offer.

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Social Justice According to Pius XI
Catholic Social Teaching, Thomas Storck Thomas Storck 7/25/16 Catholic Social Teaching, Thomas Storck Thomas Storck 7/25/16

Social Justice According to Pius XI

The term “social justice” is little understood by most of those who use it—but the term does have a precise meaning as carefully explained by Pius XI.

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Socialism, Capitalism, and Materialism
Catholic Social Teaching, Thomas Storck Thomas Storck 7/11/16 Catholic Social Teaching, Thomas Storck Thomas Storck 7/11/16

Socialism, Capitalism, and Materialism

Catholics assume that the reason for Pius' declaration against socialism was the economic or perhaps the political practices of socialists.

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Il perché del profitto
Economics, Italian, Thomas Storck Thomas Storck 7/6/16 Economics, Italian, Thomas Storck Thomas Storck 7/6/16

Il perché del profitto

Il profitto deriva da un lato, il lavoro di organizzazione e direzione del titolare di un’impresa, dall’altro il rischio a cui si sottopone.

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Government: Good or Bad? Big or Little?
Politics, Thomas Storck Thomas Storck 6/20/16 Politics, Thomas Storck Thomas Storck 6/20/16

Government: Good or Bad? Big or Little?

Is government a necessary evil? A necessary good? Is that government best which governs least?

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Thinking with the Church
Catholic Social Teaching, Thomas Storck Thomas Storck 6/1/16 Catholic Social Teaching, Thomas Storck Thomas Storck 6/1/16

Thinking with the Church

Are we turning to the teachings of the Church only to evaluate how these deviate from our favorite secular theories and authors?

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