On 9 September 2009, Professor John Langmore addressed Social Policy Connection on the causes of the current global financial crisis and the opportunities it created. His lecture was presented in sections: first, the causes; second, the consequences: third, emergency action; and fourth, the possibility of adoption of a new paradigm. His talk focused on the […]
By Bill Frilay Over the past year I have written position papers on the above topics. There are interrelationships between each of these topics. Click HERE to read the full 2009 article Photo: United Nations, Flickr CC
If ever there was a need to consolidate a new ethical foundation for economics and business, it is surely now. Hence there has been great expectation about the release of Pope Benedict XVI’s 30,000-word encyclical, Caritas in Veritate, (Charity in Truth), as world leaders gathered in Italy around the G8. The Pope met President Barack […]
By Bruce Duncan Pope Benedict’s new encyclical is not the strident critique of capitalism some were expecting, but it is nonetheless a robust critique of abuses in the global economy, particularly in financial markets. The Pope also highlights the scandalous contrast between the ostentatious wealth and profligacy by richer people and countries, and the acute […]
Social Policy Connections welcomed Professor John Fox as guest speaker on 18 March 2009 at the Yarra Theological Union in Box Hill. Professor Fox spent 36 years wrestling with tax laws as a lawyer in Washington, D.C. He is the author of the highly acclaimed book If Americans Really Understood the Income Tax and “10 […]
Pope Benedict’s new social encyclical is finished and will be released in May. It will commemorate Paul VI’s 1967 document on the development of peoples, and address the great global problems of hunger and gross poverty, climate change, human rights, nuclear weapons and disarmament, violence, fundamentalism and peace. The encyclical has been delayed two years […]
Leading economists warned about the corruption of ethics in international finance. The world needs a renewed moral vision of how the economy must serve social justice and human wellbeing for everyone. Click HERE to read the full article. Photo: wsmireland flickr CC
Bill Frilay The paper of December 2008 draws on information and the opinions of many on the Global Financial Crisis. It looks at what happened and why plus what lessons are to be to be drawn from this, from an ethical viewpoint. Click HERE to read the discussion paper. Photo: truth.org – flickr CC
