Recommended Sites
Webmaster Howard Schwartz (aka Howard Eilberg-Schwartz) has followed a varied career in academia and in the software business; he is also the author of several books on Jewish topics. His site presents fascinating philosophical essays on the nature of freedom and its relation to economics, including a fine critique of Milton Friedman ("What Color Tie Do You Vote For"), as well as various writings on religious themes. A good quote from "Liberty and the Public Good": free market theorists are doing the most harm to our collective happiness these days.
Website of "Learning to Lead", a South African training and consulting group that focuses on helping business and community leaders to be more creative and effective. Head of the group, Colin Hall, runs a lively blog full of fascinating, often controversial ideas.
An excellent site run by Dr Terence Hoyt of New Orleans, covering moral and political philosophy, ethics and spirituality. Also arguments against neo-conservative economic doctrines and practices.
A good Catholic news site offering news stories from worldwide sources, mainly on religious (not exclusively Catholic), economic and cultural affairs. Lots of forums.
This American site run by Mike Huben has been lambasting libertarianism since 1994. It contains an excellent and highly entertaining "Non-Libertarian FAQ" debunking a whole array of favourite arguments used by preachers of the anarcho-capitalist creed. Thousands of links.
Clear, serious directory of links to sites on a great range of subjects, from Activism to Yoga, from Bible to Work.
An email economics journal arguing that orthodox "neo-classical" economics is unrealistic, since it relies too much on theoretical mathematical models and ignores real, practical, historical experience.
An American site promoting the economic and social doctrines of the Catholic Church, which differ on many points from those of orthodox economics.
An American "magazine of economic justice" which emphasises the interests of workers; unlike orthodox economics, which generally panders to consumers and to capitalists, leaving the workers last in the queue.
A "world directory" of websites grouped by country and sub-grouped by regions within countries. Categories range from Arts to Environment to Real Estate to Sports to Weather. The site also highlights recent news reports.