Abstract
Although Catholic economics’ roots date back to the beginnings of Christianity, its emergence as a structured discourse developed later and slowly. The establishment of a distinctive Catholic approach to modern social and economic problems had to await a more extensive development of the market system and the emergence of political economy. The most prolific period for Catholic economic thought began in 1891 and continued until the end of the Second World War. In the second half of the twentieth century the church’s interest focused on the analysis of such themes as development, international aid and cooperation.
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Teixeira, P., Almodovar, A. (2018). Catholic Economic Thought. In: The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-349-95189-5_2557
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