May 04, 2016
May 04, 2016
Christianity and the Rise of Capital
March 18, 2016
The FAQs: State Department Says Actions of Islamic State Constitute Genocide
June 12, 2015
Explainer: What You Should Know About the OPM Hack
December 15, 2014
7 Figures: Homicides Around the Globe
December 08, 2014
Did the Catholic Church Change Its Doctrine on Usury?
July 08, 2014
David Brat’s Religious Virtues
In a piece today for the NYT Magazine, economics reporter Binyamin Appelbaum examines David Brat’s fusion of faith and free-market economics. Appelbaum finds that mixture problematic, to say the least, but it’s hard to sort out whether it is the religious faith or the free-market sympathies that Appelbaum finds more troubling. Continue Reading...
May 06, 2014
Now Available: ‘On Exchange and Usury’ by Thomas Cajetan
Christian’s Library Press has released a new translation of two treatises on exchange and usury by Thomas Cajetan (1469-1534), a Dominican theologian, philosopher, and cardinal.
Although best known for his commentaries on the Summa of Thomas Aquinas, Cajetan also wrote dozens of other works, including short treatises on socioeconomic problems. Continue Reading...
January 07, 2014
Now Available: ‘On Righteousness, Oaths, and Usury’ by Wolfgang Musculus
Christian’s Library Press has released a new translation of Wolfgang Musculus’ commentary on Psalm 15, which includes two related appendices on the topics of oaths and usury. Released at the end of 2013, On Righteousness, Oaths, and Usury comes on the 450th anniversary of Musculus’ passing. Continue Reading...
August 28, 2013