“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.
Economics
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.
Posted inArchitecture, Arts & Culture
Hudson Yards’ monument to late capitalism
Part sculpture, part landmark, it is unclear what purpose the structure plays in the public sphere.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Your Take
After the first 2020 democratic debate, what issues do you want to hear more about?
In an online survey, America asked members of its “U.S. Politics Catholic Discussion Group” on Facebook and other readers for their thoughts on the debates.
Posted inFaith, Podcasts
Is Pope Francis a socialist?
Whenever Pope Francis discusses the economy, it sets off cries that the pope is a socialist or a communist.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Pope Francis invites young people to pledge to build a new economy
The aim is to build and promote a different kind of economy: “one that brings life not death, one that is inclusive and not exclusive, humane and not dehumanizing, one that cares for the environment and does not despoil it,” the pope said in the letter, released by the Vatican May 11.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Pew study finds continued support in Western Europe for paying church taxes
A recent report from the Pew Research Center, “In Western European Countries With Church Taxes, Support for the Tradition Remains Strong,” finds that in an ever more secular European continent, official financial support for the churches remain constant, whether people attend services or not.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
Canadian Catholics skeptical new oversight office will stop mining exploitation abroad
“Will this ombudsperson really be able to provide justice for a community in Guatemala, who has really experienced crimes, including rape, the forced displacement of their community, and murder?”
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
If Jeff Bezos wants to be ‘disruptive’, he should listen to biblical prophets
Entrepreneurs like Jeff Bezos talk about being “innovators” and “disrupters,” but really they are not—not in truly world-shaking ways. Imagine if they announced to the world: We are doubling the wages of our warehouse workers, increasing benefits. We are becoming, for God’s sake, a cooperative.