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https://www.aoiusa.org A Research and Educational Organization that engages the cultural issues of the day within the Orthodox Christian Tradition Tue, 26 Jun 2012 13:13:26 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.3 https://www.aoiusa.org/the-moral-promise-free-enterprise/ https://www.aoiusa.org/the-moral-promise-free-enterprise/#comments Mon, 25 Jun 2012 23:48:15 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=11943 Deprecated: trim(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($string) of type string is deprecated in /home/aoiusa/public_html/wp-content/plugins/sexybookmarks/public.php on line 388

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The words happiness and free enterprise don’t usually appear in the same sentence. But Arthur Brooks, President of the American Enterprise Institute, shows that the two are intimately and profoundly connected. The free enterprise system not only creates wealth, it creates the best chance we have to achieve personal satisfaction. Source: Prager University]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/the-moral-promise-free-enterprise/feed/ 2 https://www.aoiusa.org/archbishop-of-canterbury-opens-trinity-wall-street-economics-conference/ https://www.aoiusa.org/archbishop-of-canterbury-opens-trinity-wall-street-economics-conference/#comments Wed, 17 Feb 2010 02:13:51 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=5879 Deprecated: trim(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($string) of type string is deprecated in /home/aoiusa/public_html/wp-content/plugins/sexybookmarks/public.php on line 388

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BREAKING NEWS! John Couretas has an excellent analysis over at the Acton Blog with video. Back to our report… I don’t want to turn this into beat up on the Anglicans day but, as long as we are discussing the presumptuousness of religious professionals, here’s another. Amid the backdrop of an ongoing economic recession, Archbishop […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/archbishop-of-canterbury-opens-trinity-wall-street-economics-conference/feed/ 3 https://www.aoiusa.org/defining-capitalism-and-some-thoughts-for-the-church/ https://www.aoiusa.org/defining-capitalism-and-some-thoughts-for-the-church/#comments Fri, 10 Jul 2009 14:10:27 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=2888 Deprecated: trim(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($string) of type string is deprecated in /home/aoiusa/public_html/wp-content/plugins/sexybookmarks/public.php on line 388

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An interesting post on First Things by Michael Novak, “ Caritas and Economics.” Novak discusses the different understandings embodied in the six different Latin words for love. In anticipation of some of my own work looking at private property in light of the tradition of the Orthodox Church, my attention was drawn to Novak’s definition […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/defining-capitalism-and-some-thoughts-for-the-church/feed/ 32 https://www.aoiusa.org/orthodox-christianity-and-capitalism-are-they-compatible/ https://www.aoiusa.org/orthodox-christianity-and-capitalism-are-they-compatible/#comments Mon, 20 Apr 2009 20:44:46 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=1918 Deprecated: trim(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($string) of type string is deprecated in /home/aoiusa/public_html/wp-content/plugins/sexybookmarks/public.php on line 388

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Kevin Allen, host of The Illumined Heart podcast on Ancient Faith Radio, interviews writer, attorney, and college professor Chris Banescu, an Orthodox Christian, about the economic, moral and spiritual issues surrounding the market economy. Kevin asks: Does the capitalist system serve “the best interests of Christians living the life of the Beatitudes?” Listen to Chris […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/orthodox-christianity-and-capitalism-are-they-compatible/feed/ 8 https://www.aoiusa.org/roepke-was-right/ https://www.aoiusa.org/roepke-was-right/#comments Thu, 12 Feb 2009 20:09:30 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=956 Deprecated: trim(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($string) of type string is deprecated in /home/aoiusa/public_html/wp-content/plugins/sexybookmarks/public.php on line 388

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In my Winter 2007 article on economic globalization for AGAIN Magazine, I quoted economist Wilhelm Roepke: Economically ignorant moralism is as objectionable as morally callous economism. Ethics and economics are two equally difficult subjects, and while the former needs discerning and expert reason, the latter cannot do without humane values. In light of all that […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/roepke-was-right/feed/ 2