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This is a talk given in February of 2025 to Catholic college students. The talk focuses on the growing popularity of traditional gender roles in the household and defends them from Catholic theological and practical perspectives. Some financial education on home buying and dual vs single incomes is offered at the end. The speaker's wife is also present and gives some commentary.

https://www.socred.org/s-c-theory/what-is-social-credit

https://www.youtube.com/@douglassocialcredit7812

Recently the Reason and Theology podcast hosted a roundtable discussion on Catholic economics.
Anthony Fernandez, the director of the Leonine Institute for Catholic Social Teaching joins me to discuss!

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Now that Janet Yellen is back in the halls of power, what policies will she be pushing from her post at the Treasury?

Summary of Seattle $15 min. wage study

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I discuss the possibility for cooperatives to reform healthcare in the U.S.

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Was Jesus a socialist? This oft-shared meme is dead from the neck up. I explain from the perspective of political theory and economic policy.

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Should we be teaching concepts like solidarity, subsidiarity, common good, the universal destination of goods, and other components of Catholic Social Teaching to Catholic youth? If so, how do we do it? What challenges might such a CCD teacher face?  I put these questions to you and give my brief thoughts. I also explain my recent absence from the show.

I give my brief thoughts on Pope Francis' latest encyclical Fratelli Tutti.

Washington Examiner piece

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I read a short paper by economist Rupert J. Ederer, the man who translated Pesch's work into English. Writing in 1961, Ederer discusses the spontaneous creation of so-called industry councils that bind together the interests of management and labor. 

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Pope Francis has emphasized usury to a greater degree than recent popes. How are liberal capitalists coping with this? What lessons can we learn about our own ideology and the social teaching of the Church from their responses?

Leonine Institute paper on usury

Acton blog post on Pope Francis & usury

Pope Francis on usury 1 & 2
Pope Benedict on usury

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