Post Tagged 'Distribution of wealth'

April 14, 2014

If You Care About Income Inequality, Then Why Don’t You Support School Reform?

If you really care about income inequality, notes John Goodman, you need only focus on one thing — the inequality of educational opportunity: The topic du jour on the left these days is inequality. Continue Reading...

March 26, 2014

The Forgotten Sin of Covetous Envy

Modern rhetoric of income inequality is driven by covetous envy, says Russell Nieli. Caritas, humility, gratitude, and goodwill toward others are a healthy society’s answer to the ancient curses of envy and pride: The problem of the chronically poor is that they are chronically poor, not that some people make a lot more money than other people and bring about “inequality.” Continue Reading...

January 07, 2014

Let’s Define ‘Income Inequality’

The saga of “income inequality” stretches on. The young people of the Occupy Wall Street movement now have a website, and President Obama has proclaimed it the “defining issue of our time.” Continue Reading...

April 23, 2013

Neither Worshipping Nor Demonizing Capitalism

Questions about poverty and social teaching are on the forefront of Pope Francis’ mind, as he’s made convincingly clear in his young papacy. This calls for cogent thinking on the topic, according to Fr. Continue Reading...

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