Bishop Marcelo Sorondo is Chancellor of the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences, so we should sit up and take notice … Continue reading “Yes, China has liberalised a lot after Mao. But it is still very far from a role model”

There is no shortage of debate within Catholic social teaching about the extent to which markets should be regulated by … Continue reading “Catholic social teaching should confront the regulatory state”

Pope Francis likes to talk about how we have created an “economy of exclusion.” For example, in his apostolic exhortation Evangelii … Continue reading “High housing costs are the single biggest driver of poverty in the UK”

According to Catholic social teaching, the answer to the question “who should look after granny (or grandpa)?” is “the family”. … Continue reading “Social care crisis: can Catholic teaching help?”

Hayek famously wrote that he was not a conservative. But, 25 years after his death, that does not mean he … Continue reading “Hayek was not a conservative. But conservatives should be Hayekians”

The following talk was given at Pontificia Universita Lateranse on 28th March at the launch of the Italian edition of … Continue reading “The Threat of economic nationalism – the debate within Catholic Social Teaching”

For British politics to be genuinely influenced by Catholic social teaching, several things would need to change. First, there is … Continue reading “Policy implications of Catholic social teaching”

The subsidiary principle is a well-established notion in Catholic social teaching. It was also intended to be a core principle … Continue reading “Subsidiarity needs to take its rightful place at the EU”

Most developed countries have set up systems of welfare that depend on population growth to sustain them. Unfortunately, we are … Continue reading “Double trouble – how the population crisis will bring about an economic crisis”