Radical Sufficiency: Work, Livelihood, and a US Catholic Economic Ethic

Rethinking the means through which we can achieve economic well-being for all.

In this timely book, Christine Firer Hinze looks back at the influential teachings of priest-economist Monsignor John A. Ryan (1869-1945), who supported worker justice and defended a living wage for all Americans in the first half of the twentieth century. Advancing Ryan’s efforts to articulate a persuasive plan for social reform, Hinze advocates for an action-oriented livelihood agenda that situates US working fa...