Journal des Economistes et des Etudes Humaines Volume 13 Issue 2, Page 2

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Catholic Social Teaching and Economic Law

Woods, Thomas E.

2003 Journal des Économistes et des Études Humaines

Since Pope Leo XIII wrote Rerum Novarum (1891), the Catholic Church, while opposing socialism, has adopted a skeptical and suspicious posture with regard to the free market. The popes have supported labor unions, the idea of a "just wage," and a variety of other interventions. Yet the economic...

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End of a Myth: Max Weber, Capitalism, and the Medieval Order

Gregg, Samuel

2003 Journal des Économistes et des Études Humaines

doi:10.2202/1145-6396.1091

Despite having been underlined as contrary to established fact, the myth that there is a causal link between Protestantism and the emergence of capitalism persists in the popuar imagination as well as the academy. This article illustrates where Max Webers theory contradicts all the available...

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Introduction

Liggio, Leonard P.

2003 Journal des Économistes et des Études Humaines

doi:10.2202/1145-6396.1089

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Islam, Democracy and Civil Society

Kukathas, Chandran

2003 Journal des Économistes et des Études Humaines

doi:10.2202/1145-6396.1098

The purpose of this article, more particularly, is to explore the place of Islam in the modern world-a world which contemporary writers increasingly try to understand by invoking the notions of democracy and civil society.For many, then, Islam stands in a relationship of tension with - if not...

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Henry George, Private Property and The American Origins of Rerum Novarum

Liggio, Leonard P.

2003 Journal des Économistes et des Études Humaines

doi:10.2202/1145-6396.1095

Rerum Novarum, the papal encyclical of Pope Leo XIII, has had a major impact on Catholic thinking. Issued in 1891 it immediately received much public attention. This was especially the case in the United States where it was seen as the response re-affirming the sanctity of private property long...

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