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Social Business, Social Gospel, Social Justice

Blog author: jwitt
Tuesday, December 6, 2011
By Jonathan Witt

Friedrich Hayek called it a weasel word. The American Spectator has my new essay on it here.

More on social justice as it appears in Catholic social teaching here. And more on social business here.

Related posts:

  1. The Social Muddle at Sojourners
  2. The Social Muddle
  3. Samuel Gregg: In Praise of Business — A New ‘Note’ from Justice and Peace
  4. Rev. Sirico: ‘Social Justice’ is a complex concept

Category: Poverty

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