He didn’t use charts in his new apostolic exhortation. Wonkblog fixed that. (Osservatore Romano/EPA)
On November 26, 2013, Neil Irwin writes on Izra Klein’s Wonkblog in The Washington Post:
Pope Francis has issued an “apostolic exhortation,” a lengthy and detailed exposition of how the Catholic Church should focus its energies. And there’s a lot in there about the economic forces shaping the lives of people around the world. We’ve compiled some excerpts of his comments that are relevant to economics and public policy.
Unfortunately, this 84-page apostolic exhortation is woefully lacking in illustrative charts. But Wonkblog is here to help! Here are the pope’s comments on economic topics, annotated and charted.
Own or Be Owned is the issue being raised. The question then becomes how, in light of Pope Francis address, any Catholic (or, for that matter, anyone else with the ability to use common sense) could possibly construe Catholic social teaching in any way other than what we at the Center for Economic and Social Justice (CESJ) believe to be consistent with what we call the Just Third Way. Greed capitalism or what I term “hoggism” is the “new tyranny.”
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/365197/little-flowers-pope-francis-bishop-james-d-conley
