http://www.DrWilliamLuckey.com/index.cfm Guidance on Economics, its importance for Catholics, its importance to civilizations, and what are its objective truths. It might sound boring...but boy, we are all effected by it. en-us Wed, 08 Sep 2010 12:33:47 -0700 Thu, 11 Dec 2008 21:40:00 -0700 BlogCFC http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss wluckey@gmail.com wluckey@gmail.com http://www.DrWilliamLuckey.com/index.cfm/2008/12/11/The-Economics-of-Politics PUBLIC CHOICE I—THE MEDIAN VOTER RULE During the election season, many Catholics wonder why so many Catholic politicians do not vote according to their professed beliefs. It is disheartening to have one famous Catholic politician say publicl... Issues in Social Teachings Economics for Catholics Thu, 11 Dec 2008 21:40:00 -0700 http://www.DrWilliamLuckey.com/index.cfm/2008/12/11/The-Economics-of-Politics http://www.DrWilliamLuckey.com/index.cfm/2008/12/1/Thanksgiving-Reflections The Pharisee stood up and prayed about himself: "God, I thank you that I am not like other men—robbers, evildoers, adulterers—or even like this tax collector. I fast twice a week and give a tenth of all I get." But the tax colle... Observations Economics for Catholics Mon, 01 Dec 2008 08:42:00 -0700 http://www.DrWilliamLuckey.com/index.cfm/2008/12/1/Thanksgiving-Reflections http://www.DrWilliamLuckey.com/index.cfm/2008/11/6/Principlesand-Interest This title sounds like I am going to write about money. Well, I am, but not directly. It doesn’t say “principals.” A theologian colleague of mine a while ago gave me these words of wisdom: “You can never effectively oppose... Current Events Economics for Catholics Thu, 06 Nov 2008 21:02:00 -0700 http://www.DrWilliamLuckey.com/index.cfm/2008/11/6/Principlesand-Interest http://www.DrWilliamLuckey.com/index.cfm/2008/10/31/Why-Not-Learn-Some-Economics-First According to a report from the Zenit News Service, Cardinal Renato Martino, president of the Pontifical Council of Justice and Peace, recently insisted that the “logic” of the market be changed. He said that the logic “was till (sic... Economics Errors Economics for Catholics Fri, 31 Oct 2008 08:57:00 -0700 http://www.DrWilliamLuckey.com/index.cfm/2008/10/31/Why-Not-Learn-Some-Economics-First http://www.DrWilliamLuckey.com/index.cfm/2008/10/24/Saving-the-Free-Market The famous Austrian economist, Joseph Schumpeter, despaired for the future of the free market system. The reason for this despair was that the excess wealth of the system would create educated folks who would turn on the very system that created the... Current Events Economics for Catholics Fri, 24 Oct 2008 11:17:00 -0700 http://www.DrWilliamLuckey.com/index.cfm/2008/10/24/Saving-the-Free-Market http://www.DrWilliamLuckey.com/index.cfm/2008/10/16/Personal-Responsibility-and-SelfDetermination So far, Karol Wojtyla has shown that human beings should have self-possession and self-governance.  Without self-possession, a person is prey to every emotion, event or person coming his way.  Without self-governance, he can not control his... Economics for Catholics My Book in Progress Thu, 16 Oct 2008 15:44:00 -0700 http://www.DrWilliamLuckey.com/index.cfm/2008/10/16/Personal-Responsibility-and-SelfDetermination http://www.DrWilliamLuckey.com/index.cfm/2008/10/2/Personal-Responsibility-and-SelfGovernance In the last entry, we wrote of self-possession, which meant that the fully human person expresses his character through his own actions, and that these actions ought to proceed from the authority he has over himself.  Hence, the person is respon... Economics for Catholics My Book in Progress Thu, 02 Oct 2008 14:34:00 -0700 http://www.DrWilliamLuckey.com/index.cfm/2008/10/2/Personal-Responsibility-and-SelfGovernance http://www.DrWilliamLuckey.com/index.cfm/2008/9/25/Personal-Responsibility-and-SelfPossession There is an old expression, “Talk is cheap.”  Coupled with another old expression, “Actions speak louder than words,” we are introduced to a profound philosophical insight brought by Karol Wojtyla (Pope John Paul II) in h... Economics for Catholics Thu, 25 Sep 2008 15:19:00 -0700 http://www.DrWilliamLuckey.com/index.cfm/2008/9/25/Personal-Responsibility-and-SelfPossession http://www.DrWilliamLuckey.com/index.cfm/2008/9/18/Government-Bail-Outs-and-Whats-Really-Happening There is a big panic about the recent failures of Lehman Brothers, and the bail out of Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae, and lastly about the bail out of AIG.  I find that very few people in the media have the first clue as to what is going on (no... Current Events Economics for Catholics Thu, 18 Sep 2008 15:46:00 -0700 http://www.DrWilliamLuckey.com/index.cfm/2008/9/18/Government-Bail-Outs-and-Whats-Really-Happening http://www.DrWilliamLuckey.com/index.cfm/2008/9/10/The-Foundations-of-Understanding-the-Market-Understanding-Man I am a great fan of “back to basics.”  This is because the general population does not know what the educated person of my youth knew.  Let’s take college education.  The undergraduate university I attended had a heav... Economics for Catholics My Book in Progress Wed, 10 Sep 2008 11:54:00 -0700 http://www.DrWilliamLuckey.com/index.cfm/2008/9/10/The-Foundations-of-Understanding-the-Market-Understanding-Man http://www.DrWilliamLuckey.com/index.cfm/2008/9/4/Why-do-so-many-rankandfile-Catholics-support-abortion-candidates (Yes, this article has to do with economics) Recently, my wife and I went to visit some relatives of hers who are generally Catholic, and some of those are seriously practicing Catholics.  One of the latter said that she was in favor of Obama, ... Current Events Economics for Catholics Thu, 04 Sep 2008 14:23:00 -0700 http://www.DrWilliamLuckey.com/index.cfm/2008/9/4/Why-do-so-many-rankandfile-Catholics-support-abortion-candidates http://www.DrWilliamLuckey.com/index.cfm/2008/8/24/A-FOLLOWUP-ON-THE-NATIONAL-DEBT Don’t take my word for the national debt problem.  There is a new documentary I just went to see on the subject.  It is entitled, “I.O.U.S.A.”    The main force behind the movie is the former Controller of t... Economics for Catholics Sun, 24 Aug 2008 22:08:00 -0700 http://www.DrWilliamLuckey.com/index.cfm/2008/8/24/A-FOLLOWUP-ON-THE-NATIONAL-DEBT http://www.DrWilliamLuckey.com/index.cfm/2008/8/6/Are-there-economic-laws In the latest edition of an otherwise scholarly theological journal, a writer, who only ever writes about one subject, attacked the free market as usual.  He wrote:  “Neither can economics be satisfied with leaving human beings to the... Economics for Catholics Wed, 06 Aug 2008 13:36:00 -0700 http://www.DrWilliamLuckey.com/index.cfm/2008/8/6/Are-there-economic-laws http://www.DrWilliamLuckey.com/index.cfm/2008/7/24/Does-John-Courtney-Murrays-Defense-of-Freedom-Extend-to-Economics-An-Austrian-Perspective This is an article I published in the Fall 2002 issue of "Markets and Morality", which you can find on the Acton Institute's website (click here to view it). I am posting it here in its entirety, except for the footnotes, which can be ... Past Published Works Economics for Catholics Thu, 24 Jul 2008 10:47:00 -0700 http://www.DrWilliamLuckey.com/index.cfm/2008/7/24/Does-John-Courtney-Murrays-Defense-of-Freedom-Extend-to-Economics-An-Austrian-Perspective http://www.DrWilliamLuckey.com/index.cfm/2008/7/21/The-Calumny-Against-Speculators After showing in the last article that the “greedy oil company executives” do not set oil prices, and to say they do is not only ignorant but calumnious, it is left to demonstrate that so-called speculators do not set the prices either. ... Economics Errors Current Events Economics for Catholics Mon, 21 Jul 2008 12:18:00 -0700 http://www.DrWilliamLuckey.com/index.cfm/2008/7/21/The-Calumny-Against-Speculators