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The Economics and Ethics Program, under the direction of EPPC Fellow John D. Mueller, studies the relation of modern economic theory to its Judeo-Christian and Greco-Roman origins, its practical application to personal, family, and political economy, and the interaction of economics, philosophical worldviews, and religious faith. The program aims to foster economic policies—in areas ranging from the tax code to retirement pensions to health care—that recognize and promote the family as the central social institution of American civilization.

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Catholic Social Teaching and the Ryan Budget
By James C. Capretta, Thomas V. Berg
Friday, May 11, 2012
Catholic social teaching doesn't provide cookie-cutter solutions. Applying the principles of that teaching to the social reality of the day is the proper role of Catholic laymen, as exemplified by Congressman Paul Ryan.
Obamacare Hurts Seniors
By James C. Capretta
Thursday, May 10, 2012
The Fidelity study omits Obamacare's deep cuts in payments to Medicare Advantage plans. Those cuts will drive costs up for millions of seniors and dwarf the supposed savings from other Obamacare provisions.
The 2009-2010 Slowdown in Health Spending
By James C. Capretta
Wednesday, May 2, 2012
It would be foolish to assume from two years of experience that the cost dragon has been slain.
Exposing the Medicare Double Count
By James C. Capretta, Charles Blahous
Wednesday, May 2, 2012
Obamacare taps Medicare to pay for both the law's new entitlement spending and future Medicare benefits. Federal deficits and debt will thus be hundreds of billions of dollars higher in the next decade alone.
Why ObamaCare Is Wrong for America

In Why ObamaCare Is Wrong for America (HarperCollins), EPPC Fellow James Capretta and his co-authors show how disastrous ObamaCare will be for the health care of Americans, for the economy, and for long-term fiscal sanity. They also explain how to do health-care reform the right way. 


Redeeming Economics: Rediscovering the Missing Element

The most important element of economic theory has been ignored for more than two centuries, and its rediscovery has started a revolution the likes of which occurred just three times in eight centuries. In Redeeming Economics: Rediscovering the Missing Element, John D. Mueller, EPPC's Lehrman Institute Fellow in Economics, shows how reapplying the economic thought of Aristotle, Augustine, and Aquinas makes economics whole again. 


The views expressed by EPPC scholars in their work are their individual views only and are not to be imputed to EPPC as an institution.
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