http://www.cardus.ca en Copyright 2012 Cardus Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:56:40 -0500 Cardus Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:56:40 -0500 http://www.cardus.ca/comment/article/3042/ It may be possible to out-narrate economism, to keep it from encroaching on family, religion, and our deepest pursuits of the human condition. Fri, 27 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0500 It may be possible to out-narrate economism, to keep it from encroaching on family, religion, and our deepest pursuits of the human condition. http://www.cardus.ca/comment/article/2999/ In the Catholic view, the legitimacy of property always rests on it being used for the common good. Mon, 28 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0500 In the Catholic view, the legitimacy of property always rests on it being used for the common good. http://www.cardus.ca/comment/article/3000/ The problem is we have used our remaining economic freedom over the past several decades to further maximize our own situations at the expense of our neighbours'. Mon, 28 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0500 The problem is we have used our remaining economic freedom over the past several decades to further maximize our own situations at the expense of our neighbours'. http://www.cardus.ca/research/4/publications/ "It is incumbent on those of us who make it our business to think through such things to imagine how the 'Big Society' agenda could provide opportunity and hope within a cultural arc where both seem to be in short supply." —Ray Pennings A transcription of proceedings from the Manning Centre Special Briefing, held June 10, 2011 in Ottawa. The papers served as the basis for initial presentations,... Mon, 14 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0500 "It is incumbent on those of us who make it our business to think through such things to imagine how the 'Big Society' agenda could provide opportunity and hope within a cultural arc where both seem to be in short supply." —Ray Pennings A transcription of proceedings from the Manning Centre Special Briefing, held June 10, 2011 in Ottawa. The papers served as the basis for initial presentations,... http://www.cardus.ca/comment/article/2893/ Ninth in an expert series on must-read books. Fri, 23 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0400 Ninth in an expert series on must-read books. http://www.cardus.ca/comment/article/2902/ A good society has not only its institutions, but its loves in order. Thu, 01 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0400 A good society has not only its institutions, but its loves in order. http://www.cardus.ca/comment/print_issues/2898/ The biggest losers of the financial crisis may be capitalism and its discontents. Thu, 01 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0400 The biggest losers of the financial crisis may be capitalism and its discontents. http://www.cardus.ca/comment/print_issues/2898/ What is the common good that Christ desires? Thu, 01 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0400 What is the common good that Christ desires? http://www.cardus.ca/comment/article/2874/ What the layout of supermarkets tells us about the grocery business, about our own nutrition, and about a loss of neighbourhood watchfulness. Wed, 24 Aug 2011 00:00:00 -0400 What the layout of supermarkets tells us about the grocery business, about our own nutrition, and about a loss of neighbourhood watchfulness. http://www.cardus.ca/comment/article/2852/ Every reader of every publication, including News of the World, battles villainy from within themselves and without. Wed, 20 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0400 Every reader of every publication, including News of the World, battles villainy from within themselves and without. http://www.cardus.ca/columns/2811/ Underneath the rhetoric of stability, the budget released today by the Government of Canada hints at the coming storm in Canadian politics: where internal party dissent poses as great a threat than debates between parties. Mon, 06 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0400 Underneath the rhetoric of stability, the budget released today by the Government of Canada hints at the coming storm in Canadian politics: where internal party dissent poses as great a threat than debates between parties. http://www.cardus.ca/comment/article/2787/ Dambisa Moyo's How the West was Lost tries to analyze the causes of the American "Great Recession" and describe possible futures for the global economy, but ultimately fails to provide a compelling diagnosis and prognosis. Fri, 20 May 2011 00:00:00 -0400 Dambisa Moyo's How the West was Lost tries to analyze the causes of the American "Great Recession" and describe possible futures for the global economy, but ultimately fails to provide a compelling diagnosis and prognosis. http://www.cardus.ca/comment/article/2789/ In the end, Eagleton does not do much work to convince the reader why she should follow Marx. And we receive no robust vision for the rightly-ordered life here. Instead of resurrection, we are offered tragedy and death and the hope of some undescribed egalitarian future. Fri, 20 May 2011 00:00:00 -0400 In the end, Eagleton does not do much work to convince the reader why she should follow Marx. And we receive no robust vision for the rightly-ordered life here. Instead of resurrection, we are offered tragedy and death and the hope of some undescribed egalitarian future. http://www.cardus.ca/comment/article/2775/ Fourth in an expert series on must-read books. Fri, 06 May 2011 00:00:00 -0400 Fourth in an expert series on must-read books. http://www.cardus.ca/comment/article/2678/ While it's easy to paint greedy hedge fund managers in sinister colours, there is much about business profits to be thankful for. Fri, 18 Feb 2011 00:00:00 -0500 While it's easy to paint greedy hedge fund managers in sinister colours, there is much about business profits to be thankful for. http://www.cardus.ca/comment/article/2515/ A glance at recent non-fiction releases. Fri, 11 Feb 2011 00:00:00 -0500 A glance at recent non-fiction releases. http://www.cardus.ca/comment/article/2457/ How will microfinanciers survive the interest-rate scandals dogging their sector? Fri, 14 Jan 2011 00:00:00 -0500 How will microfinanciers survive the interest-rate scandals dogging their sector? http://www.cardus.ca/columns/2449/ Canada’s Journal of Ideas, C2C Journal, asked two of Canada’s leading thinkers to consider the question of whether capitalism needs an outside morality to survive. So they asked Michael Walker, the founder of the Fraser Institute and now head of the Free Market Foundation, and Peter Stockland, president of the Cardus Centre for Cultural Renewal and a longtime journalist to weigh in. Tue, 11 Jan 2011 00:00:00 -0500 Canada’s Journal of Ideas, C2C Journal, asked two of Canada’s leading thinkers to consider the question of whether capitalism needs an outside morality to survive. So they asked Michael Walker, the founder of the Fraser Institute and now head of the Free Market Foundation, and Peter Stockland, president of the Cardus Centre for Cultural Renewal and a longtime journalist to weigh in. http://www.cardus.ca/comment/article/2440/ Debt, interest and crisis in Christian perspective. Fri, 31 Dec 2010 00:00:00 -0500 Debt, interest and crisis in Christian perspective. http://www.cardus.ca/comment/article/2436/ This unlikely survival bears lessons for the functioning of democracies generally. Fri, 24 Dec 2010 00:00:00 -0500 This unlikely survival bears lessons for the functioning of democracies generally.