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To Chase or Not To Chase Government Bucks?
Found this post via my old stomping grounds, the Acton Institute: the Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Tulsa has rejected all government funding. It’s newsworthy since most Catholic Charities...
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Who Said It?
Some great economic wisdom here: When he sees the luxurious residence or the charming country house of a wealthy person, a poor workingman often asks himself: “Why is there such inequality in the...
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Population growth and economic growth
Fr. Boquet By Tim Shaughnessy At least three of your friendly neighborhood T&C bloggers attended the 2nd Annual Bishop’s Pro-Life Banquet this past weekend (pics here). The keynote speech was given...
View ArticleThe Distinction Between Welfare and Charity
When I was a sweet, naïve freshman in college, I was inspired by a “liberal”, philosophy, namely, that if we all paid higher taxes, then fewer people would be poor. It seemed like such an easy and...
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Lottery Question: Why Do Good Things Happen to Bad People?
Most of us have pondered at one time another the ageless question: why do bad things happen to good people? Occasioned by the recent record-breaking lottery excitement, I’m flipping the question: why...
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Pushing back the limits of subsidiarity
Micah suggested I add my 1.5 cents on this post; an excerpt: In broad outline, “Subsidiarists” are people who are fearful or hostile to the state provision of social welfare – preferring that charity...
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“Some Economists are Idiots;” no argument from this one
Andrew pointed me to this article lamenting the use of anonymous-but-still-to-be-trusted “some economists” in a New York Times article on taxation of oil companies: Large oil companies typically pay...
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To Chase or Not To Chase Government Bucks?
Found this post via my old stomping grounds, the Acton Institute: the Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Tulsa has rejected all government funding. It’s newsworthy since most Catholic Charities...
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Who Said It?
Some great economic wisdom here: When he sees the luxurious residence or the charming country house of a wealthy person, a poor workingman often asks himself: “Why is there such inequality in the...
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Population growth and economic growth
Fr. Boquet By Tim Shaughnessy At least three of your friendly neighborhood T&C bloggers attended the 2nd Annual Bishop’s Pro-Life Banquet this past weekend (pics here). The keynote speech was given...
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Watch these before quoting me a social encyclical
I’ve been largely absent from blogging the past few weeks (you’re welcome!) due to work. Weren’t all-nighters supposed to end in grad school? Anyway, I stumbled across a series of four videos that...
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