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Students will understand that…. The economy is meant to serve human needs. God intended created goods to serve the whole of humanity.
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Students will understand that…. • The economy is meant to serve human needs. • God intended created goods to serve the whole of humanity. • Authentic moral character includes the practice of the virtues of temperance, so as to moderate attachment to this world's goods; the practice of the virtue of justice, to preserve our neighbor's rights and render him what is his due; and the practice of solidarity, in accordance with the golden rule and in keeping with the generosity of the Lord. • The fundamental obligation of political authority is to promote and protect the common good.
Essential Questions • What does “thou shalt not steal” mean when I am one of the privileged few in a global economy of multitudes of poor and hungry people? • What does it mean when Jesus tells me, “Blessed are the poor” and “Woe to the rich”? • Do I benefit from economic practices which include the unjust exploitation of human beings and the senseless destruction of the environment? • How can I be empowered to struggle against coveting riches for the work I do, achieving vain honor in the world, or taking pride in my success so that I may live in simplicity, humility and love of others?
Minimum Wage Activity • In groups of 4, create a family budget based on the information given.
Minimum Wage Activity • Get back into your family groups from the other day. • As a group, answer the following questions: • How would you describe your family’s economic class? • Why do you think you are in that class? • What could you or your family do in order to move up from that class?
Gift Economy • Gift economy • What is meant by “a sense of wrongness?” • Are we separate being among separate beings in a universe that is separate from ourselves? • How do you understand the “story of self?”
Poverty in the US 2012 Poverty Guidelines for the48 Contiguous States and the District of Columbia
Race and Poverty in the US • Forty-three percent of working families with at least one minority parent were low income, • Nearly twice the proportion of white working families (22 percent). • In 2010, 15.1% of Americans live in poverty (46.2 million people). • 9.9% of non-Hispanic whites • 27.4% of Blacks • 26.6% of Hispanics
Poverty in the US: 2010 Census • In 2010, 15.1% of Americans live in poverty (46.2 million people). • That’s 2 out of every 13 people • 20.5 million people live in extreme poverty • Half of the federal poverty line • 22% of children under the age of 18 live in poverty
Poverty in the US: 2010 Census • 1 in every 3 families are low-income. • More than 60 million people are enrolled in either Medicaid or SCHIP. • 50 million Americans do not have health insurance at all. • These numbers were made significantly worse because of the recession
Poverty in the US • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cR3jQOgs9gc
Population • Africa • Asia • Oceania • Europe • North America • South America • 13.1% • 60.6% • .5% • 12% • 5.2% • 8.6%
Wealth • Africa • Asia • Oceania • Europe • North America • South America • Wealth • 1.8% • 25.5% • 1.6% • 32.2% • 31.8% • 5.1% • Population • 13.1% • 60.6% • .5% • 12% • 5.2% • 8.6%
Word Population in Fifths • Top 1/5 • 2nd 1/5 • 3rd 1/5 • 4th 1/5 • Bottom 1/5 • 82.7% • 11.7% • 2.3% • 1.9% • 1.4%
7thCommandmant • “Thou Shalt Not Steal” (Exodus 20:15). • What does this passage mean? What is stealing? • Do you think, given these numbers, that being rich is the equivalent of stealing from the poor?
Jesus Blessings Woes • Blessed are you who are poor, for yours is the kingdom of God. • Blessed are you who hunger now, for you will be satisfied. • Blessed are you who weep now, for you will laugh. • But woe to you who are rich, for you have already received your comfort. • Woe to you who are well fed now, for you will go hungry. • Woe to you who laugh now, for you will mourn and weep.
Blessed at Bellarmine • Are we blessed at Bellarmine? • Why?