Entrevista sobre Caritas in Veritate

Texto de uma entrevista sobre a recente encíclica de Bento XVI.

Meritocracy

Imagine Tiger Woods playing as a forward for Real Madrid, Cristiano Ronaldo challenging chess Grand Masters, and Gary Kasparov trying out on the PGA tour.

The economic anthropology of gift

Particular sciences have their particular models: schemes of thought that don’t pertain to be a general theory of everything but nevertheless do a good job at understanding particular issues.

Caritas in Veritate II

Any economics student has read — some have memorized — Adam Smith’s view of what makes people in the marketplace tick:

Caritas in Veritate I

Between summer vacation and travel and the time it takes to read a 100+-page text, only now do I have the opportunity to write about Benedict XVI’s encyclical letter, “Caritas in Veritate.”