As the second Covid-19 wave swept Europe so too has a burgeoning conversation about Universal Basic Income.
Economics
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Zambia is first African country to default on debt during Covid. It may not be the last.
Jesuits in Africa are calling on the Catholic Church to press for better repayment terms on debt across the region.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
Joe Biden’s economic task: Not sweeping change, but restoring our nation’s working class.
Donald Trump came close to re-election because so many workers are better off, writes Joseph J. Dunn. Pursuing “justice” at the expense of economic growth would be a bad bet for the Democrats.
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Pope Francis talks about Uighurs, George Floyd and Universal Basic Income in new interview
The book-length interview is the product of a series of exchanges between the pope and Austen Ivereigh, his English-language biographer.
Posted inArts & Culture, Television
Netflix’s ‘Selling Sunset’ basks in opulence. You should feel guilty watching it.
“Selling Sunset” paints an unapologetic portrait of our brutal capitalist culture.
Posted inFaith, Features
The church is losing touch with working-class Catholics
Mass attendance and Catholic affiliation have been eroding steadily since the 1970s for all income brackets, but the sharpest decline has been among the two bottom economic quartiles.
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Finance measures meant to expel ‘merchants’ from the temple, pope says
Pope Francis, who enacted new transparency laws in June covering contracts for the purchase of goods, property and services for both the Roman Curia and Vatican City State offices, welcomed the experts and said their work “is particularly dear to my heart.”
Posted inFaith, News
Economy must place people above ‘idols of finance,’ pope says
As many people around the world face economic uncertainty due to the pandemic, a paradigm shift is needed, Pope Francis said.
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Profit over safety, especially in pandemic, ‘unjust,’ says Labor Day statement
The chairman of the U.S. Bishops’ Committee on Domestic Justice and Human Development, Archbishop Paul S. Coakley, has said that companies are using the excuse of the pandemic to take advantage of their workers.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
If Democrats want a more just economy, they need to focus on investment and innovation
While cautioning against blind reliance on “unseen forces and the invisible hand of the market,” Pope Francis sees the creative work of business as fundamental to building a just society.