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Resources

Key Magisterial Teaching

Social Encyclicals
- Rerum Novarum [1]- On Capital and Labor, [1] Pope Leo XIII
- Libertas [2]- On the Nature of Human Liberty, [2] Pope Leo XIII
- Quadragesimo Anno [3]- On Reconstruction of the Social Order, [3] Pope Pius XI
- Divini Redemptoris [4]- On Atheistic Communism, [4] Pope Pius XI
- Mit Brennender Sorge [5]- On the Church and the German Reich, [5] Pope Pius XI
- Mater et Magistra [6]- On Christianity and Social Progress, [6] Pope John XXIII
- Pacem in Terris [7]- On Establishing Universal Peace in Truth, Justice, Charity and Liberty, [7] Pope John XXIII
- Populorum Progressio- On the Development of Peoples, [8] Pope Paul VI
- Laborem Exercens- On Human Work, [9] Pope John Paul II
- Sollicitudo Rei Socialis [10]- On the Twentieth Anniversary of Populorum Progressio, [10] Pope John Paul II
- Centesimus Annus [11]- On the Hundredth Anniversary of Rerum Novarum, [11] Pope John Paul II
- Dives in Misericordia [12]- On the Mercy of God, [12] Pope John Paul II
- Veritatis Splendor [13]- On the Splendor of Truth, [13] Pope John Paul II
- Evangelium Vitae [14]- On the Value and Inviolability of Human Life, [14] Pope John Paul II
- Deus Caritas Est [15]- On Christian Love, [15] Pope Benedict XVI
- Caritas in Veritate [16] – On Love in Truth, [16] People Benedict XVI
Other Magisterial Texts
- Gaudium et Spes [17]- On the Church in the Modern World, [17] Second Vatican Council
- Octogesima Adveniens [18]- On the Eightieth Anniversary of Rerum Novarum, [18] Pope Paul VI
- Evangelii Nuntiandi [19]- On Evangelization in the Modern World, [19] Pope Paul VI
- Ecclesia in America [20], [20] Pope John Paul II
- Instruction of Theology of Liberation, [21] Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith
- Instruction On Christian Freedom And Liberation, [22] Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith
- Social Agenda [23]
- Compendium of Catholic Social Doctrine [24]
- Other magisterial texts on the Vatican website [25]
Articles on Economic Development
- The Wealth of Nations [26], [26] Adam Smith
- Mercantilism [27], [27] Laura LaHaye
- Free Trade [28], [28] Alan Blinder
- Protectionism [29], [29] Jagdish Bhagwati
- Foreign Aid [30], [30] Deepak Lal
- International Trade [31], [31] Arnold Kling
- Agricultural Subsidy Programs [32], [32] Daniel A. Sumner
- Economic Growth [33], [33] Paul A. Romer
Secondary Sources
- Religion and Liberty [34]
- Journal of Markets & Morality [35]
- Challenging the Modern World: Karol Wojtyla/John Paul II and the Development of Catholic Social Teaching, [36] Dr. Samuel Gregg
- Faith and Liberty: The Economic Thought of the Late Scholastics, [37] Alejandro Chafuen
- Christian Social Witness and Teaching: the Catholic Tradition from Genesis to Centesimus Annus, vol. 2, [38] Fr. Roger Charles
- The Commercial Society, [37] Samuel Gregg
Websites
- Library of Economics and Liberty [39]
- The Vatican [40]

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Links:
[1] http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/leo_xiii/encyclicals/documents/hf_l-xiii_enc_15051891_rerum-novarum_en.html
[2] http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/leo_xiii/encyclicals/documents/hf_l-xiii_enc_20061888_libertas_en.html
[3] http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/pius_xi/encyclicals/documents/hf_p-xi_enc_19310515_quadragesimo-anno_en.html
[4] http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/pius_xi/encyclicals/documents/hf_p-xi_enc_19031937_divini-redemptoris_en.html
[5] http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/pius_xi/encyclicals/documents/hf_p-xi_enc_14031937_mit-brennender-sorge_en.html
[6] http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/john_xxiii/encyclicals/documents/hf_j-xxiii_enc_15051961_mater_en.html
[7] http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/john_xxiii/encyclicals/documents/hf_j-xxiii_enc_11041963_pacem_en.html
[8] http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/paul_vi/encyclicals/documents/hf_p-vi_enc_26031967_populorum_en.html
[9] http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/john_paul_ii/encyclicals/documents/hf_jp-ii_enc_14091981_laborem-exercens_en.html
[10] http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/john_paul_ii/encyclicals/documents/hf_jp-ii_enc_30121987_sollicitudo-rei-socialis_en.html
[11] http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/john_paul_ii/encyclicals/documents/hf_jp-ii_enc_01051991_centesimus-annus_en.html
[12] http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/john_paul_ii/encyclicals/documents/hf_jp-ii_enc_30111980_dives-in-misericordia_en.html
[13] http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/john_paul_ii/encyclicals/documents/hf_jp-ii_enc_06081993_veritatis-splendor_en.html
[14] http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/john_paul_ii/encyclicals/documents/hf_jp-ii_enc_25031995_evangelium-vitae_en.html
[15] http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/benedict_xvi/encyclicals/documents/hf_ben-xvi_enc_20051225_deus-caritas-est_en.html
[16] http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/benedict_xvi/encyclicals/documents/hf_ben-xvi_enc_20090629_caritas-in-veritate_en.html
[17] http://www.vatican.va/archive/hist_councils/ii_vatican_council/documents/vat-ii_cons_19651207_gaudium-et-spes_en.html
[18] http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/paul_vi/apost_letters/documents/hf_p-vi_apl_19710514_octogesima-adveniens_en.html
[19] http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/paul_vi/apost_exhortations/documents/hf_p-vi_exh_19751208_evangelii-nuntiandi_en.html
[20] http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/john_paul_ii/apost_exhortations/documents/hf_jp-ii_exh_22011999_ecclesia-in-america_en.html
[21] http://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/congregations/cfaith/documents/rc_con_cfaith_doc_19840806_theology-liberation_en.html
[22] http://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/congregations/cfaith/documents/rc_con_cfaith_doc_19860322_freedom-liberation_en.html
[23] http://www.thesocialagenda.org/
[24] http://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/pontifical_councils/justpeace/documents/rc_pc_justpeace_doc_20060526_compendio-dott-soc_en.html
[25] http://www.vatican.va/phome_en.htm
[26] http://www.econlib.org/library/Smith/smWN.html
[27] http://www.econlib.org/library/Enc/Mercantilism.html
[28] http://www.econlib.org/library/Enc/FreeTrade.html
[29] http://www.econlib.org/library/Enc/Protectionism.html
[30] http://www.econlib.org/library/Enc/ForeignAid.html
[31] http://www.econlib.org/library/Enc/InternationalTrade.html
[32] http://www.econlib.org/library/Enc/AgriculturalSubsidyPrograms.html
[33] http://www.econlib.org/library/Enc/EconomicGrowth.html
[34] http://www.acton.org/publications/randl
[35] http://www.acton.org/publications/mandm/index.php
[36] https://secure.acton.org/BookShoppe/main/title.php?id=378
[37] https://secure.acton.org/BookShoppe/main/title.php?id=389
[38] http://www.acton.org/program/poverty_development/resources
[39] http://www.econlib.org/
[40] http://www.vatican.va/