John Paul II and the Moral Ecology of Markets

Theological Studies

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 662-679

  Finn, Daniel R ^a  

^a Global Business Leadership Department   (United States)

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EID: 84994850901     PISSN: 00405639     EISSN: 21691304     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/004056399805900404     Document Type: Article

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4. John Paul II lamented the superficiality of much of this argument about the triumph of capitalism in his address to the business community in Durango, Mexico, on May 9, 1990 (Origins 20 [May 24, 1990] 17-21, at 19.
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