Worker productivity has been going up, but wages are not keeping up.
Economics
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
How Catholic business schools can do better than Harvard
Where elite secular schools fall short of setting the tone needed to humanize the world of business, Catholic schools can deliver.
Posted inDispatches, Faith
How much do Catholic priests and their lay colleagues make? A new report gives answers.
According to a new report, a large gap exists between the median salaries of administrative positions and pastoral positions.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
Harvard Business School and the American pursuit of profit
H.B.S. can provide students with a “golden passport” to a wealthy lifestyle, but do ethical business practices get lost along the way?
Posted inFeatures, Politics & Society
Can Catholic social teaching help solve the labor crisis?
We need an economy that enables people to apply their energies to meaningful work that advances the common good.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
Does divestment evangelize or enable the fossil-fuel industry?
One option for promoting just business practices is divestment, but investing to gain a seat at the corporate table is also an important advocacy strategy.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
The real imbalance between US and China? Savings.
We are in the topsy-turvy world: Communists call for free trade while capitalist-country leaders call for more tariffs and trade restrictions.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
Fixing the capitalist system
John Matteson reviews “The Fate of the West” by Bill Emmott
Posted inPodcasts, Politics & Society
Nathan Schneider on the hidden perils of philanthropy
Our guest this week is Nathan Schneider, a contributing writer for America and the author of “Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg and The Case Against Philanthropy As We Know It,” which appeared in America’s June 26th issue. Is philanthropy something we want to encourage as the way things get done in our societies? Schneider finds that “it’s […]
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Pope Francis: Labor unions are essential to society
Labor unions must guard and protect workers, but also defend the rights of those “outside the walls,” Pope Francis said.