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Fall 2019
ISSN 0890-913X
Volume 34, Number 3

Pope Francis on Poverty and Economic Inequality: Good Intentions, Unfortunate Ideas

Antonio Saravia, Mercer University
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TheJournalofPrivateEnterprise34(3),2019,5988PopeFrancisonPovertyandEconomicInequality:GoodIntentions,UnfortunateIdeasAntonioSaraviaMercerUniversity_____________________________________________________AbstractIanalyzePopeFrancisseconomicdiscourseasexpressedindocumentsandspeecheshewroteduringthefirsttwoyearsofhispontificate.Thegoalistounveiltheeconomicprinciplesembeddedinthepopeseconomicdiscourseandassessthemagainsteconomictheoryandtheempiricalevidence.Ifocusonthepopesanalysisofpovertyandeconomicinequality.Myfindingssuggestthattheeconomicprinciplesembeddedinthepopeseconomicdiscoursedivergefromeconomictheoryandarenotsupportedbytherelevantempiricalevidence.Thus,thepopesrecommendationstohelpthepooraremisguidedandareboundtocauseunintendedconsequences._____________________________________________________JELCodes:P1,Z12Keywords:PopeFrancis,poverty,inequality,economicfreedom,capitalismI.IntroductionTheelectionofJorgeBergoglioasthe266thPopeoftheRomanCatholicChurchin2013broughtanimportantshiftinemphasisinthechurchsmessage.Bergoglioschoiceofpapalname,Francis,wasanearlyindicationofthenewpriorities.SaintFrancisofAssisiwasafriarwhomadeofpovertytheessenceofhislifestyleandpreaching.PopeFrancismadethisobjectiveclearthedayafterhiselectionwhenheannouncedtothemediathathewantedachurchwhichispoorandforthepoor!”(Francis2013a).Hehaspursuedthisquestwithenthusiasmeversince.Indeed,sincehiselection,PopeFrancishasformulatednumerousspecificandcourageousanalysesonthenatureofpovertyanditspotentialsolutions.Unfortunately,forallthegoodintentionsthattheseanalysesconvey,mostarebasedonquestionableeconomicprinciplesandarenotconsistentwiththeempiricalevidence.Thepopeseconomicdiscourseaimsatempoweringthepoorandmarginalizedusingpoliciesthathavebeenrepeatedlyproventocause
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