Philip Booth is Professor of Finance, Public Policy and Ethics, St. Mary’s University, Twickenham, which is the UK's largest Catholic university. He is also a senior academic fellow at the Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA).
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Recent Articles by Philip Booth
Must financial regulation come from the state? The history of self-regulating markets
Despite the fact that there is little evidence for this proposition, it is widely held that deregulation of financial markets caused the financial crisis. Given that it is so widely believed
Reclaiming social justice
It seems that everybody wants more social justice. If you Google the term, you get 714,000,000 responses. The most commonly-read Conservative-supporting blog in the UK, Conservativehome.com
A Catholic take on cryptocurrencies
Plenty of theologians and Christian leaders have become animated by the temptations of money. According to St Paul, the love of money is the root of all evil. Pope Francis has insisted that
Automation will not make Marx ‘relevant again’
The governor of the Bank of England, Mark Carney, recently hit the headlines for his predictions of what might happen when robots take over many labour market tasks from humans. Carney
Pope Francis condemns usury - but what is it?
Pope Francis recently spoke to an Italian anti-usury group to condemn the practice of “usury,” calling for an end to exploitation and for more education. He spoke to both parties who might