JUST LIFE - Rethinking Economics for a Renewed Economy - Julia Wdowin
Radio Maria UK
Are economists only interested in how to increase incomes, country production, how to profit-maximise and how to most gain on investments? The news and business media might make us tend towards thinking so. In 2019, the Holy Father Pope Francis wrote a letter addressed to Young economists and Entrepreneurs worldwide, and asked to meet with young men and women who are interested in a different kind of economy, the beginnings of the Economy of Francesco. He goes on to describe this as "one that brings life not death, one that is inclusive and not exclusive, humane and not dehumanizing, one that cares for the environment and does not despoil it." He desires to together "enter a “covenant” to change today’s economy and to give a soul to the economy of tomorrow." What would that kind of economy of tomorrow look like? How can we get there and are economists in a position to change anything?