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