Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to present a perspective on need that derives from a personalism which is grounded in Catholic social thought and runs counter to the individualism of mainstream economics, focusing on need in the context of three economic activities: consumption, work,...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to focus on obstacles to the development of children into mature, responsible persons whether those children are classified as poor or not. Design/methodology/approach – The paper concentrates on four obstacles: home, health, school, and neighborhood....

Examines inter‐firm and supra‐firm co‐operation both in principle and in practice. Five cases are presented as examples of inter‐firm or supra‐firm co‐operation in the workplace or the marketplace.

Conventional economics typically defines the science in terms of such concepts as production, distribution, consumption, resources, goods, services, wealth, prices and efficiency. These terms focus attention primarily on things , making it easier to argue that since those things are quantifiable...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to present the argument that in principle any company can become a good company by adopting certain characteristics which define the good in enterprise affairs and affirm and reinforce everyone with a stake in the company – managers, workers, suppliers,...

This article examines experience with global financial integration to identify norms for evaluating economic globalization. There are two perspectives regarding globalization: mainstream economics and personalist economics. The first perspective regards itself as value‐free even though its...

Purpose – John Paul II's views on economic systems have been construed differently by some commentators who have been seeking approval for their own views rather than searching for the meaning that he himself intends to convey. John Paul is labeled by many as favoring capitalism, and by others...

Purpose – To demonstrate that person and the philosophy of personalism are more relevant to contemporary economic affairs than individual and the philosophy of individualism. Design/methodology/approach – This paper addresses two tasks. First, it provides a sketch of what it means to...