Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-2008
Journal Title
University of St. Thomas Law Journal
ISSN
1549-2028
Abstract
Markets and economic theory are often cast as the enemies of both the poor and environmental quality. This paper, part of the Peace with Creation symposium held at the St. Thomas School of Law in Minneapolis, argues that economics provides a necessary, but not sufficient, tool to address the problems of the poor and of improving environmental quality. The paper discusses ten propositions of economic theory and explains how each applying them results in both improvements in environmental quality and in the lot of the poor. The paper then briefly examines three examples of how applying the lessons of economics accomplishes both. It concludes by arguing that fulfilling Christianity's obligations towards both God's creation and the poor requires that we understand the economic implications of our actions.
First Page
183
Volume Number
5
Publisher
University of St. Thomas School of Law
Recommended Citation
Andrew P. Morriss,
The Necessity of Economics: The Preferential Option for the Poor, Markets, and Environmental Law,
5
U. St. Thomas L.J.
183
(2008).
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