The right to form unions is firmly rooted in Catholic social teaching — with even their historical antecedents confirmed. However, there are conditions.
Economics Articles
Tariffs and the Common Good
The Catholic Church does not address tariffs in detail. She recognizes both the benefits of free trade and the right of nations to regulate their economies.
Karl Marx and Catholic Social Teaching
Karl Marx’s greatest error was anthropological. He thought that once the economy had been put right, everything would automatically be put right.
Rerum Novarum was groundbreaking in addressing the struggles of the working class and societal challenges during the Industrial Revolution.
The right to form unions is firmly rooted in Catholic social teaching — with even their historical antecedents confirmed. However, there are conditions.
The Catholic Church does not address tariffs in detail. She recognizes both the benefits of free trade and the right of nations to regulate their economies.
Karl Marx's greatest error was anthropological. He thought that once the economy had been put right, everything would automatically be put right.
The interest of Catholic social teaching is not on the Great Resignation itself, but on the conditions of work, the expectations of employers and employees, and other issues of work.
