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The Economics of Magnifica Humanitas
On Technology, Markets, and Work
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Freedom and Responsibility
Seven Takeaways from Magnifica Humanitas
 • Acton Institute and Liberty & Order
Economic Development is not a Zero-Sum Game
“By equating profit-making, as such, with evidence of greed and immorality, [the Vatican] perpetuates the harmful zero-sum mentality of mercantilism and…
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Don’t Divinize the State
Integralists’ bid to combine church and state will result in reaction and violence against the Church, its leaders and pastors, and laypeople. Better to…
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Pope Francis wants us to pray for small and medium-sized enterprises
In a surprising change in tone, Pope Francis issued a call to pray for businesspeople who “dedicate an immense creative capacity to changing things from…
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When Catholic social teaching and neoclassical economics collide
A new Catholic book on a "just economy" critiques neoliberalism more than crony capitalism or its own statist solutions.
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Pope Francis makes an enemy of the poor's best friend—the free market
Without a market, how do we feed anyone?
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Examining the moral basis of Pope Francis’ pleas for financial regulation – and the morality of ‘speculation’
Pope Francis acknowledges speculation's role in modern economics but insists it must meet moral and just standards. The question is: how do we judge it?
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On the Present Disorders Afflicting Catholic Social Teaching
In his Wall St.
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Fratelli Tutti is a familiar mixture of dubious claims, strawmen, genuine insights
One of the first things that will strike readers of Pope Francis’s new social encyclical Fratelli Tutti is its sheer length.
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Fratelli Tutti is a familiar mixture of dubious claims, strawmen, genuine insights
Pope Francis’s new encyclical reflects the broader pattern of the commentary which has long characterized his pontificate.
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‘Inclusive capitalism’? Why not simply ‘capitalism’
Pairing “inclusive” with “capitalism” unsettles socialists who see capitalism as inherently selfish and zero-sum.
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