March 19, 2018
March 12, 2018
Is Elizabeth Bruenig even a socialist?
Elizabeth Bruenig, columnist for the Washington Post, yesterday published an opinion piece entitled, ‘Let’s have a good-faith argument about socialism’ responding to some critics of her earlier piece, ‘It’s time to give socialism a try’. Continue Reading...
March 07, 2018
Give socialism a try? Let’s not.
Elizabeth Bruenig, columnist for the Washington Post, yesterday published an opinion piece entitled, ‘It’s time to give socialism a try’. The title is a bit misleading as the piece makes no positive case for socialism but rather chronicles her own and several others convictions that something in our society has gone terribly wrong. Continue Reading...
March 05, 2018
How the Reformation led to a reallocation of religious resources
February 14, 2018
Herman Bavinck on love, economics, and the reformation of society
When we think about markets, we often think only in terms of mathematics or money. But at a deeper level, markets are simply networks of human relationships. When we participate in economic activity, we aren’t just creating wealth; we are forming communities, cultures, and civilization, partnering with God and neighbor in a divine exchange of gifts, blessings, and love. Continue Reading...
February 13, 2018
Fact check on China as ‘best’ model of Catholic Social Teaching
Dominating the Vatican news cycle over the past week was a controversial statement made by the Chancellor of the Vatican’s Academies of Sciences and Social Sciences. In a Spanish interview, it was the Argentine Bishop Marcelo Sánchez Sorondo who said upon returning to Rome from Beijing: “Right now, those who are the best at implementing the [Catholic] Church’s social doctrine are the Chinese.” Continue Reading...
January 22, 2018
What you should know about Jubilee Years
January 18, 2018