Pope Francis said, “We must come to realize that what we are accumulating and wasting is the bread of the poor.”
Economics
Posted inArts & Culture, Television
‘American Factory’ review: Made in America (by the Chinese)
The Netflix film offers a stunning degree of intimacy through the startup of a factory once run by General Motors.
Posted inFeatures, Politics & Society
Universal basic income is having a moment. Can advocates convince a skeptical public?
Everybody would get this money, regardless of their wealth or income: you, your mom, Bill Gates. The payments would be made for life.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
Review: The backlash against globalization
In his new book, Ian Bremmer predicts that soon Indonesia, Mexico, South Africa, Egypt, China and many others will all have their own Marie Le Pens and Steve Bannons.
Posted inFaith, Vatican Dispatch
Pope Francis praises diversity of Mauritius but encourages greater openness to migrants
Pope Francis encouraged the Mauritian people to support “a better division of income and the integral promotion of the poor” and “not to yield to the temptation of an idolatrous economic model that sacrifices human lives on the altar of speculation and profit alone.”
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Argentine bishops ask government to declare food emergency
Since early July, Argentina’s currency, the peso, has plunged more than 20 percent, while inflation has soared to more than 50 percent, as investors sour on the South American country and the Peronist movement.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
Amazon’s tax breaks can promote the common good
The collapse of a tax incentive deal to bring Amazon jobs to New York was nothing to celebrate, writes Joseph J. Dunn. A “we don’t negotiate” policy is foolish for communities that need jobs.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
Why Silicon Valley needs Jesuit values
“Move fast and break things” has been a guiding principle for Silicon Valley, writes Santa Clara University President Kevin O’Brien, but Ignatian discernment can help innovators foresee negative consequences.
Posted inFaith, Features
The Catholic Case for Communism
What Catholics (still) don’t understand about communism.
Posted inOf Many Things, Politics & Society
Why we published an essay sympathetic to communism
You should not assume that America’s editorial position on communism has changed very much. It has not, Matt Malone, S.J. writes. What has also not changed is our willingness to hear views with which we may disagree but that we nonetheless think are worth hearing.