Living Wage: Its Ethical and Economic Aspects
John A. Ryan
28 chapters · 8 h 55 min · English
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Inspired by the encyclical Rerum Novarum of Pope Leo XIII, Fr. John Ryan makes the case that employers must provide a living wage and cannot hide behind notions of free contract while highlighting that a living wage is an explicit principle of Catholic ethics. (Summary by progressingamerica)
Chapters
1 Preface 5 min 2 Introduction, by Richard T. Ely 5 min 3 Chapter I: Economic and Legal Presumptions against a Living Wage 19 min 4 Chapter I, continued 15 min 5 Chapter II: Some Authorities in Favor of an Ethical Standard for Fixing Wages 17 min 6 Chapter II, continued 14 min 7 Chapter III: The Basis and Justification of Rights 40 min 8 Chapter IV: The Right to Subsistence and the Right to a Decent Livelihood 22 min 9 Chapter V: The Right to a Personal Living Wage 19 min 10 Chapter V, continued 39 min 11 Chapter VI: The Right to a Family Living Wage 20 min 12 Chapter VII: A Concrete Estimate of a Living Wage 28 min 13 Chapter VII, continued 13 min 14 Chapter VIII: The Underpaid Laborers of America: their Number and Prospects 23 min 15 Chapter VIII, continued 18 min 16 Chapter IX: Our Industrial Resources and a Living Wage for All 23 min 17 Chapter X: The Forces that Regulate Price 15 min 18 Chapter XI: Rent 16 min 19 Chapter XII: Profits 7 min 20 Chapter XIII: Interest 16 min 21 Chapter XIV: Wages 16 min 22 Chapter XV: The Obligation of the Employer 17 min 23 ChapterXV, continued 20 min 24 Chapter XVI: The Obligation of the Loan-Capitalist, the Landowner, the Consumer, and the Man of Wealth 28 min 25 Chapter XVII: The Obligation of the Laborer 26 min 26 Chapter XVIII: The Obligation of the State 19 min 27 Chapter XVIII, continued 21 min 28 Chapter XIX: Summary and Conclusion 14 min
