economy

Raising Arms Against the Third-World Reconquista – Part 2

by John Zmirak December 21, 2011

Editor’s note: This is the second part of a two-part story. You can read Part 1 here. This essay first appeared at Insidecatholic.com (now Crisis) August 26, 2008.
If we are indeed to treat immigrants as fully human, as equal…

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Raising Arms Against the Third-World Reconquista – Part 1

by John Zmirak December 20, 2011

Editor’s note: This is the first of a two-part story. Part 2 will run tomorrow. This essay first appeared at Insidecatholic.com (now Crisis) August 26, 2008.
Sometimes the Church’s public face in a given country can make you proud, and…

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The Breakdown of the Free Market Model

by Dr. Mark W. Hendrickson December 15, 2011

In a recent piece for the Wall Street Journal, Andy Stern, an Obama insider and one of organized labor’s more aggressive personalities, praised what he called “China’s superior economic model.”
Does China have a superior economic model? Ask yourself this:…

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The Rich Get Richer — And So Do the Poor

by Jarrett Skorup December 13, 2011

“No matter your thoughts about the Occupy Wall Street movement, the protesters were right in at least one respect: The rich are getting richer, and the poor are getting poorer.”
Variations on this statement were repeated in dozens of blogs,…

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The Battle for the Budget: Big Talk vs. Big Action

by Ken Connor November 30, 2011

Democrats blame the recent Super Committee’s deficit reduction failure on Republican obstinacy and obstructionism.  It was the GOP’s refusal to raise taxes on the super rich, the Dems maintain, that resulted in the committee’s inability to reach a compromise.  Charles…

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Why the Euro Can’t Survive

by Jeffrey Tucker November 28, 2011

Watching the Euro melt has confirmed what only a handful of people had predicted — against the expectations of the entire European and American establishment, for whom the creation of this single currency was the achievement of a lifetime of…

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Keep Your Eyes on the Real Prize on Black Friday

by Marge Fenelon November 25, 2011

In an effort to grab a bigger piece of Holiday Shopper Pie, major retailers have altered their “after Thanksgiving” hours such that they’ve begun to cut deeper into the Thanksgiving holiday itself. In recent years, chains such as Target, Kohl’s,…

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Sin Like the Economy Depends On It

by Dale Ahlquist November 25, 2011

The Catholic Church is always condemned for condemning sins. Since we are all sinners, sin is the last thing we want to hear about. But of course, if we don’t confess our sins and flee from our sins, sin is…

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Once a Sin — Now a Virtue?

by Jeffrey Tucker November 24, 2011

What makes “social teaching” different from the faith-and-morals magisterium of the Catholic Church? Most of the latter was settled early in Church history, with developments coming over time as subtle elaborations and careful applications of eternal truths.
Social teaching (including…

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Green Industry Boondoggles Have Taxpayers Seeing Red

by Dr. Mark W. Hendrickson November 18, 2011

A barrage of news headlines on the Solyndra scandal continue to remind us that President Obama made green jobs one of his administration’s priorities. Those headlines also reveal this initiative to have been a costly mistake.
The bankruptcy of Solyndra,…

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