St. Thomas Aquinas addressed a number of economic questions, especially in Summa Theologica, II, II. Among the topics covered were the division of labor, property rights, the just price, usury, the labor theory of value, trade and insider trading. Most of his economic ideas have been either...

When one thinks of efficiency in connection with government budget and fiscal policy, the first thought is usually how to find ways to make the budget and fiscal process work more efficiently. How can the funds needed to pay for government be collected and disbursed with minimum cost? A...

This paper explores the question of whether discriminatory tax rates are ethically justifiable. The author looks at the issue from various ethical perspectives and concludes that charging different rates to different people cannot be justified on any ethical grounds

This article critically examines the ability to pay premise from an ethical perspective. The author finds the ability to pay principle to be ethically bankrupt whether one takes a utilitarian or rights approach to ethics

A recent article by Bobby Azarian discussed the state of current thinking on cosmology and the possibility that the universe might be a giant neural network that continues to expand without end. Similarities were drawn between neuroscience and cosmology, which seemingly overlap in some important...

In this paper, ChatGPT, an artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot, was given an assignment to write a two-part essay, the intent of which was to examine both sides of the argument that the black swan theory destroys the atheist argument that there is no God. Atheists believe that there is no God...

This study begins with a discussion of the U.S. Supreme Court case involving Harvard University and the University of North Carolina and their unconstitutional affirmative action admission policies, then proceeds to speculate as to whether this Supreme Court decision can be applied to other...

The present study addresses the question, “How serious is tax evasion?” In order to arrive at an answer, it was necessary to compare the seriousness of tax evasion to that of other selected acts. World Values Survey data for Greece were used to compare tax evasion to 18 other moral issues....