by capp | Mar 15, 2021 | All, Dignity of Work, Economics, Human Dignity, Inflation
Join our Newsletter Is Your Company Paying A “Just” Wage? by Dr. Brian Engelland, DBA Over 120 years ago, Pope Leo XIII introduced the idea of a “just” wage in his encyclical, Rerum Novarum. He defined the just wage as an amount needed...
by capp | Mar 15, 2021 | All, Consumerism, The Family and Marriage
Join our Newsletter Consumption and Family Life by Andrew V. Abela, PhD Consumerism arises from a misunderstanding about the meaning of life and the real source of human happiness: Consumerism is the mistaken idea that the consumption of things...
by capp | Mar 15, 2021 | All, Economics, Government and Politics, Preferential Option for the Poor, Universal Destination of Goods
Join our Newsletter Toward Achieving a “Just” Distribution of Wealth by Dr. Brian Engelland, DBA Human labor tends to be undervalued for what it can produce, and negotiations between employer and employee tend to be uneven. Accordingly, the Church expects...
by capp | Mar 15, 2021 | All, Economics, Encyclical Summaries, Government and Politics
Join our Newsletter Free Markets, Catholic Social Teaching, and Democracy by CAPP-USA What does the Church teach about free markets? Catholic social teaching places economic freedom parallel to political freedom. It recognizes that free...
by capp | Mar 15, 2021 | All, Economics, Government and Politics, Socialism
Join our Newsletter What Does Catholic Social Teaching Say About the “Welfare State” by CAPP-USA What is the “Welfare State”? “The State which would provide everything (a welfare state), absorbing everything into itself, would ultimately become a mere...
