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Some Economic Realities, by Anthony Esolen – Brown Pelican Society of Lousiana

Some Economic Realities, by Anthony Esolen

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By Anthony Esolen, Crisis Magazine, March 16, 2026

Dr. Anthony Esolen is the author of 28 books on literature, culture, and the Christian life, whose most recent work is In the Beginning Was the Word: An Annotated Reading of the Prologue of John. He and his wife Debra also produce a new web magazine, Word and Song, devoted to reintroducing people to the good, the true, and the beautiful. He is a Distinguished Professor at Thales College.

When Catholic hierarchs speak about economic issues, I beg them to keep in mind that very tax, every economic restriction, every plan to redistribute money, every establishment of a welfare entitlement, comes with consequences.

Some Economic Realities, by Anthony Esolen

Fr. Thomas G. Weinandy: Guardian Angels: Not Just Kid-Stuff

Saint of the Day: Saint Louise de Marillac A.D. 1591–1660 (March 15)

By Anthony Esolen, Crisis Magazine, March 16, 2026

When Catholic hierarchs speak about economic issues, I beg them to keep in mind that very tax, every economic restriction, every plan to redistribute money, every establishment of a welfare entitlement, comes with consequences.

When Catholic hierarchs speak about economic issues, I beg them to keep in mind the following.

Vice riddles the soul. You can no more raise a vice-ridden person out of poverty than you can fill with water a bucket punched full of holes. Vice does not necessarily result in poverty, but it does keep the poor where they are. …

Some Economic Realities, by Anthony Esolen

Fr. Thomas G. Weinandy: Guardian Angels: Not Just Kid-Stuff

Saint of the Day: Saint Louise de Marillac A.D. 1591–1660 (March 15)

By Anthony Esolen, Crisis Magazine, March 16, 2026

When Catholic hierarchs speak about economic issues, I beg them to keep in mind that very tax, every economic restriction, every plan to redistribute money, every establishment of a welfare entitlement, comes with consequences.

When Catholic hierarchs speak about economic issues, I beg them to keep in mind the following.

Vice riddles the soul. You can no more raise a vice-ridden person out of poverty than you can fill with water a bucket punched full of holes. Vice does not necessarily result in poverty, but it does keep the poor where they are. …

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