Humanomics: Volume 7 Issue 2

The Communist Credo: Man is the Measure of All Things

John Conway O'Brien

I. Introduction On January 1, 1986, Mikhail Gorbachev, General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU), who has been described by Andrei Gromyko as a man who…

The Bishops' Pastoral Letter and the Poverty Problem: Early Vs. Contemporary Concerns and Doctrines

Bruce J. Malina, Thomas O. Nitsch

I. Introduction In their recent pastoral letter, the Catholic bishops of this country have reputedly taken a new approach in rooting their moral imperatives in the Bible. As…

A Critique of an Interdependent Welfare Function in an Islamic Society

Mohammad I. Ansari

I. Introduction The emphasis on the concept of ‘economic man’ for a long period of time has led to important outcomes each of which has serious welfare implications. First, there…