John Paul II’s Centesimus Annus and Today’s Debates
by George WeigelNo doubt globalization has had adverse consequences for some Americans; it has also helped lift as many as two billion people out of abject poverty. Continue Reading »
A Twentieth-Century Prophet
by Dan HitchensA couple of years ago I stumbled upon a cult. Browsing in a secondhand bookshop, I picked up R. H. Tawney’s Religion and the Rise of Capitalism and, remembering a vague resolution to read it one day, took it to the counter. The fresh-faced student at the cash register was delighted. . . . . Continue Reading »
What Does Jesus Have to Say About Economics?
by Mark BauerleinFr. Robert Sirico joins the podcast to talk about his recent book, The Economics of the Parables. Continue Reading »
Understandable Economics
by Mark BauerleinMatthew Hennessey joins the podcast to discuss his recent book, Visible Hand: A Wealth of Notions on the Miracle of the Market. Continue Reading »
Globalization and the Expendable Underclass
by Mark BauerleinJeff Rubin joins the podcast to discuss his recent book, The Expendables: How the Middle Class Got Screwed By Globalization. Continue Reading »
The Backbone of Our Society
by Hunter V. McClureFirst Things remains an indispensable voice for a politics of community, demanding that we treat our own better, and that we not favor the international financial class over the people who are the backbone of our society. Continue Reading »
Generation Against Generation
by Philip PilkingtonA war is slowly brewing. It pits parents against their children and children against their parents. Longstanding social and economic trends are creating tensions between the generations. These trends, which show no sign of abating, have largely escaped the attention of the public and are rarely . . . . Continue Reading »
The First Week of the Biden Administration
by Jonathan BerryBeyond rhetoric about the common good, what will the administration offer the common man? Continue Reading »
Gelded Critics of Capitalism
by Philip JefferyCapitalism gets off easy these days. Its loud but underwhelming critics are stuck in the 1960s, repeating slogans that never quite amount to a compelling condemnation of the system. Proposing costly federal programs is all it takes to be considered an anti-capitalist radical. Take, for instance, . . . . Continue Reading »
Letters
by VariousPatricia Snow (“Hawthorne’s Daughter,” January) may perhaps be unaware of St. Jerome’s error in countering Jovinian’s heresy, namely, his denigration of marriage in order to uphold the superiority of the virgin state. Snow makes Jerome’s mistake in her attempt to rationalize Rose . . . . Continue Reading »
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