He was a priest who argued that the Catholic Church was fundamentally racist, all the while remaining a faithful member of it.
Economics
Posted inArts & Culture, Film
Golden Globe winner ‘Nomadland’ is a portrait of late-stage capitalism in America
“Nomadland” is the kind of movie that wins awards and no one ever watches it again. It’s cruel but true.
Posted inPolitics & Society, The Moral Economy
Nursing homes were broken long before Covid-19
We live in the age of the aging, and our capitalist economy is struggling to cope.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
Review: How China turned the U.S. economy into a warzone
In ‘Superpower Showdown,’ Bob Davis and Lingling Wei describe a new Cold War as the United States and China figure out how to manage the repercussions of China’s rise, including U.S. protectionism and tensions over Taiwan, military strength and human rights.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
Raising the minimum wage will increase inflation. That’s a good thing.
Jesuit economist: We should think of a minimum wage hike as a tool to increase investment and sustain a post-Covid recovery.
Posted inPolitics & Society, What Coronavirus Taught Us
What Coronavirus Taught Us about the Economy
We need to see the economy in human terms.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
Pope Francis has criticized both the left and the right’s politics. Community organizing offers a third way
Pope Francis challenges us to reject the selfishness of fake populism, write two veterans of social justice campaigns. Community organizing can help us build a different kind of politics.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
Will our new Roaring ’20s end with another Great Depression? Not if Joe Biden’s smart.
The parallels to the post-pandemic Roaring ’20s of a century ago are striking. But we have learned how to fine-tune fiscal policy in order to avoid a boom-and-bust cycle.
Posted inPolitics & Society, The Moral Economy
Inside Pope Francis’ mission to make capitalism work for the common good
More than any previous pontiff, Francis has been lobbied by C.E.O.s to soften his skepticism about capitalism, and he in turn has pressed them to better serve the poor and the planet.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
The Biblical case for forgiving student loan debt
A genuine discourse about student debt among Christians would greatly benefit from an understanding of the rationale and wisdom embedded in their ancient Mosaic laws.