THE COMMON GOOD AND THE MARKET.
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Miller, Vincent J.
- Source
- America Magazine: The Jesuit Review of Faith & Culture; 4/1/2019, Vol. 220 Issue 7, p32-37, 6p, 1 Color Photograph
- Subject
- John Paul II, Pope, 1920-2005
Catholic Church
Common good
Capitalism
Catholic Christian sociology
Neoliberalism
Social democracy
Religion
- Language
- ISSN
- 00027049
The article discusses the role of market economies in relation to Roman Catholic social teaching on the common good. Topics include teaching by former Pope John Paul II on capitalism and Catholic social teaching, the relation of social democratic approaches to capitalism to Catholic teachings, and problems with neoliberalism from a Catholic perspective.