Jesus Christ enjoyed the greatest privilege imaginable, and yet he did not hoard it for himself. Instead, he lovingly sacrificed …
Someone else having a billion dollars does no harm to you. It very likely makes their life harder – not …
Some say we are living in a new Gilded Age. The first Gilded Age, you may recall from your old …
Christians who identify with a Left political ideology frequently appeal to state intervention in the market as a means of promoting the common good. This is especially true as it relates to many Christians who place an emphasis on promoting social justice. Having attended a Jesuit University where progressive politics were dominant and social justice was held in very high esteem, I can readily attest to this. For examples beyond my personal anecdotes, see the anti-libertarian conference Erroneous Autonomy at The Catholic University of America, and note some recent trends among protestant Christians.
Whenever statistics about inequality and the so-called “control of wealth” get published, the Progressive blogosphere goes wild and their social …
Capitalism has an ironic side effect after generations of progress: we forget about the minutia of production and the importance …
My latest post over at the Common Sense Concept: The poor in the US are doing very well compared to …
Christians are called to aid those less fortunate. I think that we often mistakenly take this calling as merely material. …
A quote from Edmund Opitz. —- “The human spirit seeks full and free expression in every department of life: in …
Capitalism is the only moral social system. Only a capitalist system allows you to act in your own interest, to keep what you have worked for and trade it with other willing individuals. For much of human history, wealth has been produced primarily by looting or enslaving others. Under capitalism wealth is created by serving others, by creating values for them.
By Edmund Opitz. The church plays an important role in human life. It was once the unwritten rule in polite …
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