The Catholic Bishops and the Economy: A Debate

by Douglas B. Rasmussen and James P. Sterba

When the Pastoral Letter on Catholic Social Teaching and the U.S. Economy of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops was First released to the public, it occasioned a storm of controversy. The Bishops were criticized for presuming to enter into the debate on public policy, as well as for the speciFic policy recommendations they made. Here, Sterba and Rasmussen debate the philosophical validity of the Bishops' analysis of the U.S. economy, discussing...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0912051159
• ISBN13: 9780912051154
• Release Date: January 1987
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 118 Pages