A Living Wage

Its Ethical and Economic Aspects

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English · 8h 54m · Business & Economics, Christianity - Other

Inspired by the encyclical Rerum Novarum of Pope Leo XIII, Fr. John Ryan makes the case that employers must provide a living wage and cannot hide behind notions of free contract while highlighting that a living wage is an explicit principle of Catholic ethics. (Summary by progressingamerica)

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Preface 5:01 Read by Elijah Fisher
Introduction, by Richard T. Ely 5:11 Read by Elijah Fisher
Chapter I: Economic and Legal Presumptions against a Living Wage 18:54 Read by Tom Shoesmith
Chapter I, continued 14:59 Read by Tom Shoesmith
Chapter II: Some Authorities in Favor of an Ethical Standard for Fixing Wages 17:16 Read by Tom Shoesmith
Chapter II, continued 14:02 Read by Tom Shoesmith
Chapter III: The Basis and Justification of Rights 39:44 Read by Tom Shoesmith
Chapter IV: The Right to Subsistence and the Right to a Decent Livelihood 21:42 Read by Tom Shoesmith
Chapter V: The Right to a Personal Living Wage 18:32 Read by MikeStanich
Chapter V, continued 39:22 Read by MikeStanich
Chapter VI: The Right to a Family Living Wage 20:01 Read by czandra
Chapter VII: A Concrete Estimate of a Living Wage 28:11 Read by Chris Starling
Chapter VII, continued 13:17 Read by Holly Mansfield
Chapter VIII: The Underpaid Laborers of America: their Number and Prospects 23:23 Read by Holly Mansfield
Chapter VIII, continued 17:56 Read by Holly Mansfield
Chapter IX: Our Industrial Resources and a Living Wage for All 22:59 Read by Bryan Travis
Chapter X: The Forces that Regulate Price 14:54 Read by Will
Chapter XI: Rent 15:49 Read by CHaw27
Chapter XII: Profits 6:42 Read by ShrimpPhish
Chapter XIII: Interest 15:32 Read by Holly Mansfield
Chapter XIV: Wages 16:09 Read by Holly Mansfield
Chapter XV: The Obligation of the Employer 17:11 Read by Holly Mansfield
ChapterXV, continued 20:20 Read by Holly Mansfield
Chapter XVI: The Obligation of the Loan-Capitalist, the Landowner, the Consumer, and the Man of Wealth 28:22 Read by Holly Mansfield
Chapter XVII: The Obligation of the Laborer 25:30 Read by Holly Mansfield
Chapter XVIII: The Obligation of the State 19:00 Read by Holly Mansfield
Chapter XVIII, continued 20:33 Read by Holly Mansfield
Chapter XIX: Summary and Conclusion 14:10 Read by KevinS