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