Michael Gerson: The Pope Is Right About Capitalism And The Right Is Wrong

The Pope is right about capitalism, and the Right is wrong. "Those surprised that Catholic social thought is incompatible with libertarianism haven't been paying attention -- for decades. Popes John Paul II and Benedict XVI said the same. And all warned of the danger when a mode of economic exchange becomes a mind-set. Absent a moral commitment to human dignity, justice and compassion, capitalism is conducive to materialism, individualism and selfishness. It is a system that depends on virtues it does not create." Michael Gerson in The Washington Post