Economic Justice
John Ryan

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Economic Justice: Readings from Distributive Justice and a Living Wage (Library of Theological Ethics )
John Ryan (Author), Becklwey, Harlan (Editor)

ISBN: 0664256600 EAN: 9780664256609

Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press


Binding: Paperback

Pub Date: May 1996

Annotation: During the fist half of the 20th century, Ryan developed and promoted moral arguments for reforming the economy of the United State. This volume brings to readers pertinent selections from Ryan's classic works, including Distributive Justice and A Living Wage. It will be particularly relevant to readers concerned about the place of religious faith in economic policy.


LC Subjects:
- Distribution (Economic theory)	- Economics
- Moral and ethical aspects	- Religious aspects
- Wages




Physical Info: 1.55 cms H x 22.61 cms L x 14.96 cms W (0.34 kgs) 186 pages

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During the first half of the twentieth century, John A. Ryan advocated minimum wage legislation and child labor restrictions and was very much involved in Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal. More closely connected with the makers of national economic policy as a Catholic moral theologian than his better-known Protestant contemporaries. Walter Rauschenbusch and Reinhold Niebuhr, his influence has been extensive in American public policy. This volume brings to readers pertinent selections from Ryan's classic works. It will be particularly relevant to today's readers concerned about the place of religious faith in economic policy.

This volume brings to readers pertinent selections from Ryan's classic works, including Distributive Justice and A Living Wage. It will be particularly relevant to today's readers concerned about the place of relgious faith in economic policy.