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Rimettere al centro i salari: l’economia di Bernard Lonergan S.J

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  • Gilberto Seravalli
  • Alberto Schena

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Bernard Lonergan (1904-1984) was a great theologian who also dealt with economics in order to derive moral principles from his mechanics. His contribution in this field, however, remains obscure despite many presentations, which remained on a predominantly celebratory ground. In this article, a summary of a broader work, the affinity of this contribution with new Keynesian analysis is underlined. We present an application based on the link between income distribution and growth. The theologian’s economic thought, elaborated in the ‘40s and resumed in the ‘70s of last century, is thus useful even in the age of globalization. Its rediscovery could place it among the nonconformist voices that today envisage a ‘high road’ to development for the advanced countries despite the competition from emerging ones.

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  • Gilberto Seravalli & Alberto Schena, 2018. "Rimettere al centro i salari: l’economia di Bernard Lonergan S.J," Moneta e Credito, Economia civile, vol. 71(283), pages 235-257.
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    Keywords

    income distribution and growth; history of economic thought; economics and ethics;
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    JEL classification:

    • O11 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Macroeconomic Analyses of Economic Development
    • B22 - Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology - - History of Economic Thought since 1925 - - - Macroeconomics
    • Z1 - Other Special Topics - - Cultural Economics

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