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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 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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What Is Capitalism and Where Did It Start?
Economics, Joseph Pearce Joseph Pearce 11/28/17 Economics, Joseph Pearce Joseph Pearce 11/28/17

What Is Capitalism and Where Did It Start?

If capitalism is merely the use of capital, the first capitalist was the first of our ancestors to pick up a stick and use it.

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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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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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Downtimes and Distributism
Economics, Jack Quirk Jack Quirk 10/3/16 Economics, Jack Quirk Jack Quirk 10/3/16

Downtimes and Distributism

What should firms do when faced with a choice between the reduction of employee compensation and a reduction in the number of employees?

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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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The Mind in Chains
Vintage Distributism, G.K. Chesterton G.K. Chesterton 5/19/16 Vintage Distributism, G.K. Chesterton G.K. Chesterton 5/19/16

The Mind in Chains

What Communists do not seem to understand, is that the mind is always diverted; if it is a free mind; that is, if it is a mind at all.

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Chesterton and the Pickpocket
Karl Schmude, Philosophy Karl Schmude 5/17/16 Karl Schmude, Philosophy Karl Schmude 5/17/16

Chesterton and the Pickpocket

Chesterton invoked the image of the pickpocket as a way of capturing the truth about present-day economic philosophies and practices.

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The Peasantry of the Future
Books, Economics, John Médaille John C. Médaille 4/5/16 Books, Economics, John Médaille John C. Médaille 4/5/16

The Peasantry of the Future

An economy without values has no future, and no bailout of whatever size can rescue it.

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The Circular Argument
Vintage Distributism, G.K. Chesterton G.K. Chesterton 4/1/16 Vintage Distributism, G.K. Chesterton G.K. Chesterton 4/1/16

The Circular Argument

The argument underlying most of the arguments of our critics against our ideal is a sort of argument in a circle.

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Towards a Pro-Life and Pro-Family Economy
Arturo Ortiz, Economics Arturo Ortiz 3/9/16 Arturo Ortiz, Economics Arturo Ortiz 3/9/16

Towards a Pro-Life and Pro-Family Economy

An economic philosophy that resolves to have charity provide for those who take the courageous decision to keep their children is hardly pro-life.

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The Myth of Ownership
Economics, David W. Cooney David W. Cooney 2/4/16 Economics, David W. Cooney David W. Cooney 2/4/16

The Myth of Ownership

Not only do the laws of capitalism facilitate the separation of ownership from work, they also seem to separate ownership from the rights of ownership.

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Insufficiency and Insecurity
Hilaire Belloc, Vintage Distributism Hilaire Belloc 1/23/16 Hilaire Belloc, Vintage Distributism Hilaire Belloc 1/23/16

Insufficiency and Insecurity

Wherever industrial Capitalism arose the same conditions of insufficiency followed it.

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The Spirit of Capitalism
Catholic Social Teaching, Economics, Thomas Storck Thomas Storck 7/24/13 Catholic Social Teaching, Economics, Thomas Storck Thomas Storck 7/24/13

The Spirit of Capitalism

Capitalism is something that is frequently defined differently by different people. In this article, Thomas Storck explores the spirit of capitalism.

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Distributism and Perfect Competition
Economics, Richard Gallenstein Richard Gallenstein 5/18/13 Economics, Richard Gallenstein Richard Gallenstein 5/18/13

Distributism and Perfect Competition

The fewer firms there are and the bigger the firms get, the more power each individual firm has.

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The Butcher, the Baker, the Candlestick Maker
Economics, Philosophy, Thomas Storck Thomas Storck 12/3/12 Economics, Philosophy, Thomas Storck Thomas Storck 12/3/12

The Butcher, the Baker, the Candlestick Maker

Christian defenders of self-interest are quite comfortable with accepting behavior they would denounce in any other area of social life.

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Utopia
Philosophy, David W. Cooney David W. Cooney 10/8/12 Philosophy, David W. Cooney David W. Cooney 10/8/12

Utopia

Distributists don't believe in utopia, rather in a society where the impact of corruption is mitigated, and therefore more easily corrected.

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Why Libertarians Are Wrong About Subsidiarity
Catholic Social Teaching, Richard Gallenstein Richard Gallenstein 10/1/12 Catholic Social Teaching, Richard Gallenstein Richard Gallenstein 10/1/12

Why Libertarians Are Wrong About Subsidiarity

The Papal definition of subsidiarity clearly shows that when in need, the higher orders can operate and do so in such a way so as to support the lower orders.

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