A person who is concerned solely or primarily with possessing and enjoying – who can no longer subordinate his instincts – cannot be free. Materialism has grown fat in the U.S., nursed by a deep cultural consumerism.
Economics Articles
The Dignity of Work by Mr. Michael S. Davison, III
Pope Leo XIII’s landmark encyclical Rerum Novarum was published during the tempestuous years of the Industrial Revolution, and as such was The Church’s first social commentary – and our first resource in Catholic Social Teaching – considering the rights of the worker.
Women Nurturing Sustainable Development
I would like to thank the President of AIDDA, Laura Frati Gucci, for inviting me to the 58th FCEM World Congress in this conference entitled “How Women Face the New Economy and Ecology”
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…
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,…
Socialism disposes of the right to private property and hands over the production of goods to the state.…
Capitalism is an economic system in which private actors own and control property and the means of production while demand and supply freely set prices…
List of Articles
- A New Methodology for a New Economy
- A Rerum Novarum Summary
- Capitalism vs. Socialism
- Catholic Social Teaching and Economics by Domingo Bickel
- Catholic Social Teaching, Democracy, and Free Markets
- Consumerism: Rampant and Dangerous
- Good, Socially Responsible Business
- Gratuitousness: Catholic Social Teaching’s Solution for Capitalism
- Holiday Commercialization and Consumerism
- How Can Goods be Universal?
- Inflation and Catholic Social Teaching
- Is Your Company Paying "Just" Wages?
- Karl Marx and Catholic Social Teaching
- Mark Carney, Pope Francis, and the Global Economy
- Marxism vs. Catholic Social Teaching: Where They Overlap—and Why They Ultimately Clash
- Pope Francis - An Economic Reformer and Provocateur
- Socialist Countries and Welfare States
- Tariffs and the Common Good
- The Dignity of Work by Mr. Michael S. Davison, III
- The Gig Economy and Rerum Novarum
- The Great Resignation and the Rights of Workers
- The Problems of Globalization
- The Role of Profit in Business
- The Role of the State and Economic Activity
- Was Jesus a Capitalist?
- Was Jesus a Socialist?
- What Does Catholic Social Teaching Say About a "Welfare State"?
- What is a "Just" Distribution of Wealth?
- What is a Union and What does the Church Teach?
- What is Capitalism?
- Women Nurturing Sustainable Development
