The good news from the U.S. Census Bureau Sept. 12 was that the poverty rate dropped for the third straight year in 2017 and median family incomes ticked up 1.8 percent to nearly $61,400.
Economics
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The Jesuit business network fighting poverty in Africa and beyond
The Miller Center at Santa Clara is just one institution in a broader network looking to make a positive social impact.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
Plotting out a human-centered economy
This economy is not working for human beings.
Posted inArts & Culture, Ideas
10 years after the financial crisis, how Catholics can rebuild broken solidarity
The Catholic Church has not been quick or consistent in empowering people to address the harmful effects of the new global economy.
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A Libertarian Case for the Common Good
Economic freedom can be morally, not just materially, empowering.
Posted inNews Analysis, Politics & Society
Millions could lose food stamps under new Farm Bill
House Republicans will be returning to a fight over raising work requirements for the nation’s 43 million recipients of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program after a previous effort to pass the farm bill flamed out last month.
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New Vatican document: All economic activity has moral dimension
Everything from where a family chooses to invest its savings to where a multinational corporation declares its tax residence are ethical decisions, according to a new Vatican document.
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Whose interests should be the first priority for U.S. trade policy?
“In a global economy, what affects other countries affects us all. If we want to have a just and prosperous home, our businesses must sustain ethical practices everywhere.”
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Pope Francis: The economy and markets have had a role in excessive exploitation
The pope has written an introduction to the new book “Potere e Denaro” (“Power and Money”).
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What does ethical eating mean to you?
In making decisions about what to eat, respondents to an informal survey told America that the most important factor was their own health.