Business and Society

April 12, 2012

Hope and The Hunger Games

The Hunger Games may lack a single reference to religion or God, but as Jordan J. Ballor and Todd Steen point out in an article for First Things, the books and film presents a secularized alternative to the Christian virtue of hope: Continue Reading...

April 11, 2012

Getting Hip to Bruce Springsteen’s Ruse

On his albums Bruce Springsteen may pose as a working-class hero. But as Bruce Edward Walker notes, in his real life he’s a crony corporatist: Continue Reading...

April 10, 2012

‘The Transformative Power of Work’

Cardinal Peter K. Turkson, in a recent address to French businesspeople, spoke about integrating faith and work. In its exercise of business, therefore, humanity would become a ‘rock’ that sustains creation through the practice of love and justice. Continue Reading...

April 05, 2012

Market Economies with Churches and Market Economies without Churches

Zhao Xiao, a government economist in China, on the differences between market economies with Churches (like the U.S.) and market economies without churches (like China): Is it not integrity that you are pursuing? Continue Reading...

April 04, 2012

The Correlation Between Prosperity and Economic Freedom Is No Coincidence

In a world in which experience and reality drove political decisions on the economy, the claims made in the recent op-ed by Sen. John Kyl would be considered too obvious to warrant publication. Continue Reading...

March 30, 2012

Why Our Struggling Economy Needs More Entrepreneurship

Harvard economics professor Edward Glaeser explains why entrepreneurs are important for our struggling economy: Continue Reading...

March 30, 2012

Reply to George McGraw and Catholic World News on ‘The Right to Water’

Thanks to George McGraw, Executive Director of DigDeep Right to Water Project, for his kind and thoughtful Counterpoint to my original post. He and his organization are clearly dedicated to the noble cause of providing clean water and sanitation to all, a cause which everyone can and should support. Continue Reading...

March 29, 2012

How “Free-Market Roads” Can Restrict Freedom

In a political climate dominated by debates about individual mandates and restrictions on religious freedoms, an issue like road privatization isn’t likely to be on the top of anyone’s list of major concerns. Continue Reading...

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