Should we treat economics as if God matters?

Dr. Levi Russell ( @CatholicEcon) makes the case we should.

B/c if an economic system is premised upon a lie (unlimited growth), it cannot be moral.

Topics also include "subsidiarity" and more!
Mentioned in the podcast: https://zippycatholic.wordpress.com/2014/11/10/usury-faq-or-money-on-the-pill/#1
Usury FAQ, or, money on the Pill

“Are we not ashamed to pay usury? Not contented within the limits of our own means, we do by giving pledges and entering into contracts, fabricate the yoke of our slavery.” – Plutarch We exho…

https://zippycatholic.wordpress.com/2014/11/10/usury-faq-or-money-on-the-pill/#1
https://leoinstitute.org/ 
Dr. Levi Russell ( @CatholicEcon) on a "family wage". https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/a-family-wage-prioritizes-conservative-values-and-would-solve-covid-19-child-care-dilemmas
A family wage prioritizes conservative values and would solve coronavirus child care dilemmas

In this time of economic and social upheaval, many policy changes that would have been unthinkable are on the table. For a few examples, Republicans agreed to a massive direct stimulus payment, the...

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/a-family-wage-prioritizes-conservative-values-and-would-solve-covid-19-child-care-dilemmas
Fresh Air interview on what happened after Anchor Hocking executives (and their wives) were pulled out of Lancaster OH. https://www.npr.org/2017/02/06/513713606/glass-house-chronicles-the-sharp-decline-of-an-all-american-factory-town
'Glass House' Chronicles The Sharp Decline Of An All-American Factory Town

Once a bustling town, Lancaster, Ohio, is now beset by unemployment, low wages and drug abuse. Brian Alexander chronicles the rise and fall of his hometown in his new book, Glass House.

https://www.npr.org/2017/02/06/513713606/glass-house-chronicles-the-sharp-decline-of-an-all-american-factory-town
Section of the Catechism of the Catholic Church discussed, including the principle of subsidiarity (P 1883), a concept that basically says the State shouldn't destroy with the family.
@CathGirlRach

http://www.vatican.va/archive/ccc_css/archive/catechism/p3s1c2a1.htm
James Scott's book Against the Grain

https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300182910/against-grain
And @slatestarcodex book review on Against the Grain. https://slatestarcodex.com/2019/10/14/book-review-against-the-grain/
Book Review: Against The Grain

Someone on SSC Discord summarized James Scott’s Against The Grain as “basically 300 pages of calling wheat a fascist”. I have only two qualms with this description. First, the boo…

https://slatestarcodex.com/2019/10/14/book-review-against-the-grain/
@leoinstituteCST paper on usury.

https://leoinstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Policy-Paper-2020.2-Usury-and_Interest-Leonine-Institute.pdf
@leoinstituteCST paper on "Just Price".

https://leoinstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Just-Price.pdf
The Cost of Thriving Index

https://media4.manhattan-institute.org/sites/default/files/the-cost-of-thriving-index-OC.pdf
@mike_maloney great video on the Fed (must watch), also discussed:
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