http://www.apostlesandmarkets.com Christianity and Economics Thu, 08 Jul 2010 16:19:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 en hourly 1 http://www.apostlesandmarkets.com/2010/02/26/thanks-to-brophy-students/ http://www.apostlesandmarkets.com/2010/02/26/thanks-to-brophy-students/#comments Fri, 26 Feb 2010 13:15:40 +0000 Stephen J. Haessler http://www.apostlesandmarkets.com/?p=1278
I had the privilege of meeting with three groups of most extraordinary young men this week. They were freshman, sophomores, juniors, and seniors at Brophy Jesuit Prep in Phoenix, Arizona. Brophy conducts a Summit each year in which the entire school explores implications of the Catholic response to a given issue. This year the theme [...]]]> http://www.apostlesandmarkets.com/2010/02/26/thanks-to-brophy-students/feed/ 0 http://www.apostlesandmarkets.com/2009/11/06/pumpkins-1-crucifixes-0/ http://www.apostlesandmarkets.com/2009/11/06/pumpkins-1-crucifixes-0/#comments Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:28:25 +0000 Stephen J. Haessler http://www.apostlesandmarkets.com/?p=1219
The European Court of Human Rights decided in favor of a parent who claimed crucifixes on display in public schools in Italy, that’s Italy mind you, interfered with her right to raise her child according to the values she believes in.  There are crosses on church steeples in the visible skylines of one or more [...]]]> http://www.apostlesandmarkets.com/2009/11/06/pumpkins-1-crucifixes-0/feed/ 5 http://www.apostlesandmarkets.com/2009/10/28/seamus-mulholland-on-freedom-part-2/ http://www.apostlesandmarkets.com/2009/10/28/seamus-mulholland-on-freedom-part-2/#comments Wed, 28 Oct 2009 13:35:27 +0000 Seamus Mulholland http://www.apostlesandmarkets.com/?p=1215
The freedom of the individual is a freedom guaranteed by their individuality. It is not a freedom guaranteed by any political or socio-economic system; rather, the ‘system’ serves the freedom of the individual insofar as the system creates the environment whereby the individual person can come to the fullness of their humanity.  Any system of [...]]]> http://www.apostlesandmarkets.com/2009/10/28/seamus-mulholland-on-freedom-part-2/feed/ 0 http://www.apostlesandmarkets.com/2009/08/12/healthy-caring-about-health-care/ http://www.apostlesandmarkets.com/2009/08/12/healthy-caring-about-health-care/#comments Wed, 12 Aug 2009 20:22:50 +0000 Stephen J. Haessler http://www.apostlesandmarkets.com/?p=1157
John Mueller’s book on capitalism and democracy (and Ralph’s pretty good grocery) claims that the essence of democracy is found not so much in the things usually mentioned, like written constitutions or elections, but in the necessarily habitual responsiveness on the part of the government to its people. I think of positive and negative examples of where this understanding of the essence [...]]]> http://www.apostlesandmarkets.com/2009/08/12/healthy-caring-about-health-care/feed/ 1 http://www.apostlesandmarkets.com/2009/03/16/steele-on-the-dignity-of-freedom/ http://www.apostlesandmarkets.com/2009/03/16/steele-on-the-dignity-of-freedom/#comments Mon, 16 Mar 2009 19:26:01 +0000 Stephen J. Haessler http://www.apostlesandmarkets.com/?p=961
There is a challenging editorial in today’s Wall Street Journal by Shelby Steele. In it he explores why, for minorities, liberalism frequently has had more appeal than conservatism. In essence, even with a clear record of one policy failure after another, (war on poverty, Great Society, aid to families with dependent children, etc.) liberalism’s appeal is [...]]]> http://www.apostlesandmarkets.com/2009/03/16/steele-on-the-dignity-of-freedom/feed/ 0 http://www.apostlesandmarkets.com/2009/01/23/welcome-u-of-a-phil-205-students/ http://www.apostlesandmarkets.com/2009/01/23/welcome-u-of-a-phil-205-students/#comments Fri, 23 Jan 2009 22:14:49 +0000 Stephen J. Haessler http://www.apostlesandmarkets.com/?p=702
Greetings to everyone studying The Ethics and Economics of Wealth Creation in Philosophy 205 at the University of Arizona. Sincere thanks to you all, especially to Professor Dave Schmidtz, for the honor of permitting me a visit to this most extraordinary class. I would like to make available for your consideration The St. Peter Lesson on Entrepreneurship as a sample [...]]]> http://www.apostlesandmarkets.com/2009/01/23/welcome-u-of-a-phil-205-students/feed/ 65 http://www.apostlesandmarkets.com/2009/01/14/class-activity-for-st-peter-lesson-on-entrepreneurship-robber-barons-and-winning-teams/ http://www.apostlesandmarkets.com/2009/01/14/class-activity-for-st-peter-lesson-on-entrepreneurship-robber-barons-and-winning-teams/#comments Wed, 14 Jan 2009 22:16:29 +0000 Stephen J. Haessler http://www.apostlesandmarkets.com/?p=618
Here is the first installment in the 2009 series of monthly enrichment activities and lesson extension suggestions tied to the 12 lessons of the Apostles & Markets binder. They are offered here as updates to the original A&M lessons, but may also be used independently, as single lesson plans for one or two class periods. Each one [...]]]> http://www.apostlesandmarkets.com/2009/01/14/class-activity-for-st-peter-lesson-on-entrepreneurship-robber-barons-and-winning-teams/feed/ 4 http://www.apostlesandmarkets.com/2008/10/01/entrepreneurs-time/ http://www.apostlesandmarkets.com/2008/10/01/entrepreneurs-time/#comments Wed, 01 Oct 2008 16:46:04 +0000 Stephen J. Haessler http://www.apostlesandmarkets.com/?p=222
On what business activity do entrepreneurs spend most of their time?  That is the question posed by McConkey and Short, researchers from the University of Louisiana at Monroe  (See the study here). Using a questionnaire, McConkey and Short asked a sample of self-described entrepreneurs how they spend their time. The questionnaire focused on ten “roles,” or [...]]]> http://www.apostlesandmarkets.com/2008/10/01/entrepreneurs-time/feed/ 2 http://www.apostlesandmarkets.com/2008/09/25/entrepreneurship/ http://www.apostlesandmarkets.com/2008/09/25/entrepreneurship/#comments Thu, 25 Sep 2008 17:30:23 +0000 Stephen J. Haessler http://www.apostlesandmarkets.com/?p=171
The St. Peter lesson explores the creation account in Genesis, the freedom of initiative as described in Catholic documents, and the economics of entrepreneurship. Students are asked to apply the principles they learned about in this lesson by writing their own business plan. ]]> http://www.apostlesandmarkets.com/2008/09/25/entrepreneurship/feed/ 0