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.
Social Justice and the Fear of Hell
It is worth a closer look to discover whether a connection between justice and fear of Hell might be useful to the common good of society.
Money as Debt
Money as Debt present for us the hidden smoke and mirrors of our economic system.
Dr. Franciszek Stefczyk: Father of Polish Credit Unions
Dr. Franciszek Stefczyk led a quiet life never allowing power to interfere with life as Catholic, husband, father, and social pioneer.
Navigating the Republican Milieu Part II
Paul is a “what you see is what you get” politician. The problem is “what you get” is also part and parcel of the problem with voting for Ron Paul.
The Home Mortgage
The home mortgage is the largest expense for the average family.
Is Usury Still a Sin?
One looks in vain to find that the Church ever retracted, abrogated, or substantially altered her teaching on usury.
Friends and Strangers: A Meditation on Money
Money is not so much a medium of exchange as a record of the obligations we have to each other.
The Errors of the Economists: Usury
Usury is a concept that embodies several different ways of trying to conduct transactions that are unjust.
Christians and the Economy
How many among us self-proclaimed Christians make our living off of the more and more imaginary and arbitrary world of finance?
Interview with Christopher A. Ferrara
Christopher Ferrara gives the Review another interview for his book The Church and the Libertarian.
Usury: Part II
If application of usury teaching was difficult in the sixteenth and eighteenth centuries, it is certainly more so today.
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.
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.