A Special Campaign of the American TFP
A review of the book: Financing the American Dream: A Cultural History of Consumer Credit by Lendol Calder Something there is that does not like a consumer loan. Indeed, for a long time the idea … Continue reading
I received an interesting email from an Australian reader regarding my book, Return to Order. She correctly notes that the book deals with many errors that America has helped spread throughout the modern world. One … Continue reading
In dealing with today’s economic problems, it should be remembered that the plague of mass unemployment is a modern phenomenon. At the height of Christian civilization during the Middle Ages, unemployment was rare for reasons … Continue reading
The desire of material goods has limits but the desire for money is different. Saint Thomas Aquinas in his admirable logic explains that material goods, represented in the concrete form of food, clothing, houses, land … Continue reading
By Nelson Fragelli. It is not often that one reads a book like Return to Order: From a Frenzied Economy to an Organic Christian Society—Where We’ve Been, How We Got Here and Where We Need to … Continue reading
There are those who confuse freedom with choice. They do not realize that freedom is the ability to choose the means to a determined end perceived as good and in accordance with our nature. It … Continue reading
To those who see no link between Lent and our failing economy, it might be the case to look again. Economics is about people. It cannot be reduced to numbers, formulae and analyses. “The subject … Continue reading
No method of payment changed the buying habits of Americans more than that of the installment plan. The idea of making regular payments as one uses the product caught the imagination of the nation in … Continue reading
