Abstract
Twelve papers consider what insights the Catholic social tradition can offer to our understanding of the creation and distribution of wealth. Papers discuss wealth as abundance and scarcity--perspectives from Catholic social thought and economic theory (Charles M. A. Clark); wealth creation within the Catholic social tradition (Robert G. Kennedy); a Pauline catechesis of abundance (John C. Haughey); entrepreneurship in Papal thought, creation of wealth, and the distribution of justice (Francis T. Hannafey); wealth creation in the global economy (Simona Beretta); wealth and poverty--the preferential option for the poor in an age of affluence (Clark); inequality in income and wealth (Dennis P. McCann); wealth distribution in economic discourse--Catholic social thought and the individualistic paradigm (Stefano Zamagni); equitable global wealth distribution (Helen Alford); the role of "indirect employers" in wage distribution (Carlo Dell'Aringa and Claudio Lucifora); implementing just wages and ownership (Michael J. Naughton and Robert L. Wahlstedt); and the problem of wealth distribution in the global apparel industry (Lee A. Tavis). Alford is Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences at the Pontifical University of St. Thomas. Clark is Professor of Economics at Tobin College of Business at St. John's University. Cortright is Professor of Philosophy at St. Mary's College of California. Naughton is Director of the John A. Ryan Institute for Catholic Social Thought at the University of St. Thomas. Index.