Key Magisterial Teaching

• Social Encyclicals
  • Rerum Novarum- On Capital and Labor, Pope Leo XIII
  • Libertas- On the Nature of Human Liberty, Pope Leo XIII
  • Quadragesimo Anno- On Reconstruction of the Social Order, Pope Pius XI
  • Divini Redemptoris- On Atheistic Communism, Pope Pius XI
  • Mit Brennender Sorge- On the Church and the German Reich, Pope Pius XI
  • Mater et Magistra- On Christianity and Social Progress, Pope John XXIII
  • Pacem in Terris- On Establishing Universal Peace in Truth, Justice, Charity and Liberty, Pope John XXIII
  • Populorum Progressio- On the Development of Peoples, Pope Paul VI
  • Laborem Exercens- On Human Work, Pope John Paul II
  • Sollicitudo Rei Socialis- On the Twentieth Anniversary of Populorum Progressio, Pope John Paul II
  • Centesimus Annus- On the Hundredth Anniversary of Rerum Novarum, Pope John Paul II
  • Dives in Misericordia- On the Mercy of God, Pope John Paul II
  • Veritatis Splendor- On the Splendor of Truth, Pope John Paul II
  • Evangelium Vitae- On the Value and Inviolability of Human Life, Pope John Paul II
  • Deus Caritas Est- On Christian Love, Pope Benedict XVI
  • Caritas in Veritate – On Love in Truth, People Benedict XVI
• Other Magisterial Texts
  • Gaudium et Spes- On the Church in the Modern World, Second Vatican Council
  • Octogesima Adveniens- On the Eightieth Anniversary of Rerum Novarum, Pope Paul VI
  • Evangelii Nuntiandi- On Evangelization in the Modern World, Pope Paul VI
  • Ecclesia in America, Pope John Paul II
  • Instruction of Theology of Liberation, Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith
  • Instruction On Christian Freedom And Liberation, Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith
  • Social Agenda
  • Compendium of Catholic Social Doctrine
  • Other magisterial texts on the Vatican website

  Articles on Economic Development

  • The Wealth of Nations, Adam Smith
  • Mercantilism, Laura LaHaye
  • Free Trade, Alan Blinder
  • Protectionism, Jagdish Bhagwati
  • Foreign Aid, Deepak Lal
  • International Trade, Arnold Kling
  • Agricultural Subsidy Programs, Daniel A. Sumner
  • Economic Growth, Paul A. Romer

  Secondary Sources

  • Religion and Liberty
  • Journal of Markets & Morality
  • Challenging the Modern World: Karol Wojtyla/John Paul II and the Development of Catholic Social Teaching, Dr. Samuel Gregg
  • Faith and Liberty: The Economic Thought of the Late Scholastics, Alejandro Chafuen
  • Christian Social Witness and Teaching: the Catholic Tradition from Genesis to Centesimus Annus, vol. 2, Fr. Roger Charles
  • The Commercial Society, Samuel Gregg

  Websites

  • Library of Economics and Liberty
  • The Vatican