Catholic Social Thought, the Market and Public Policy
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Catholic Social Thought, the Market and Public Policy

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Catholic Social Thought, the Market and Public Policy

About this book

The last few decades have seen huge reductions in global poverty; improvements in education and healthcare; and, perhaps surprisingly to some, dramatic reductions in global inequality. We now seem to be entering a different era. Economic progress in richer countries seems to have stalled – not least because of the onset of what Pope Francis has described as the 'demographic winter'. Even more worryingly, in many parts of the world, the progress of the last forty years has halted. The authors of this book apply their considerable expertise and use Catholic social thought and teaching to address the contemporary challenges we face. In general, the authors argue that a rightly ordered business economy with strong, Catholic-inspired, provision of healthcare and education is a necessary requirement for prosperity and well-being. Underpinning economic life must be a thriving civil society and good governance, including peace, high levels of trust and low levels of corruption. Developing these themes, the authors of this book – all experts in economics, theology or both – apply the wisdom of Catholic social thought and teaching to domestic and international public policy challenges to show how we can realize a better world.

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Yes, you can access Catholic Social Thought, the Market and Public Policy by Philip Booth, André Azevedo Alves, Philip Booth,André Azevedo Alves in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Theology & Religion & Christian Denominations. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Table of contents

  1. Front cover
  2. Half title
  3. Title page
  4. Copyright page
  5. Contents
  6. Forewords
  7. Acknowledgement
  8. Chapter 1: Introduction
  9. Chapter 2: Thomas Aquinas, the late scholastics and their influence on the tradition of Catholic social teaching
  10. Chapter 3: The universal Church and globalization
  11. Chapter 4: The right to migrate and the common good
  12. Chapter 5: The environment, Catholic social teaching and public policy
  13. Chapter 6: The positive role of virtuous business in economic life
  14. Chapter 7: Cronyism and Catholic social teaching
  15. Chapter 8: The Biblical and patristic roots of Catholic social thought on business and commerce
  16. Chapter 9: Taxation and the role of government
  17. Chapter 10: Government debt: a neglected theme of Catholic social teaching
  18. Chapter 11: The financial sector in Catholic social teaching
  19. Chapter 12: Catholic social teaching and healthcare: time for a rethink
  20. Chapter 13: Catholic social teaching and the role of the state in education
  21. Chapter 14: Formal sources of Catholic social teaching