VIDEO: The Moral Good of Economic Growth Josh Good | June 26, 2014 | Economics For critics, economic growth is a popular target. Advocates against global warming and climate change say the industrialization that accompanies economic growth, alongside increased consumption, is a plague to the environment. This view was famously espoused by the... Read More Josh Good Josh Good is director of EPPC’s Faith Angle Forum, which helps mainstream reporters to better understand religion.
The Limits of Economics Faith and Public Life | April 16, 2014 | Economics The resignation of Brendan Eich, former CEO of Mozilla, for donating $1,000 in 2008 to support Proposition 8 (a California ballot initiative defining marriage as a union between one man and one woman), elicited cheers from proponents of same-sex marriage and concern... Read More Faith and Public Life This post was published by the website administrator.
Is Free-Market Capitalism Just? Faith and Public Life | April 1, 2014 | Economics In a letter to his wife, Martin Luther King, Jr. once wrote, “[T]oday capitalism has outlived its usefulness.” Was he right? Although King and many others label free-markets as unfair and immoral, free-market capitalism is fundamentally good and just. It creates an... Read More Faith and Public Life This post was published by the website administrator.
The Key to Achieving “Lift-Off” for the Poor Nicholas Freiling | March 21, 2014 | Poverty In a recent column, New York Times writer Nicholas Kristof relays the story of 3-year-old Johnny Weethee. Johnny was deaf as an infant, but no one noticed until he was 18 months old—too late to restore his hearing with timely medical care. He now struggles to speak.... Read More Nicholas Freiling Nick Freiling is Founder/Director of Haven Insights, a DC-based market research firm.
Reforming Omelas: America's Moral Debt Problem Tyler Castle | January 29, 2013 | Economics In the intriguing short story “The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas,” Ursula Le Guin provides a brutal criticism of a fictional society. Borrowing from Dostoyevsky’s basic premise in “The Brothers Karamazov,” Le Guin describes the community... Read More Tyler Castle Tyler Castle is the director of AEI's Initiative on Faith & Public Life. He is a graduate of Westmont College and a former John Jay Institute Fellow.
