The article is concerned with the influence that the German historical school had on the Czech economic thought. There is analysed life and work of four most important representatives of the Czech economic thought in 19th century. It is shown that František Chleborad distanced from the German...

Since Pope Leo XIII wrote Rerum Novarum (1891), the Catholic Church, while opposing socialism, has adopted a skeptical and suspicious posture with regard to the free market. The popes have supported labor unions, the idea of a "just wage," and a variety of other interventions. Yet the economic...