Catholic Bishops pastoral on the Economy, 1984-1986

Full text of first draft, November 15, 1984; full text of final letter, "Economic Justice for All: Pastoral Letter on Catholic Social Teaching and the U.S. Economy," National Conference of Catholic Bishops, November 27, 1986; statements and press releases by AFL-CIO in support of letter; testimony before the U.S. House Subcommittee on Economic Stabilization, March 19, 1985, in support of first draft: by Nobel laureate economist James Tobin, "Running the Economy with Less Unemployment and Poverty"; by Nobel laureate economist Lawrence Klein, "On the Possibility of Reducing Unemployment and Poverty in a Non-inflationary Growth Economy"; and by three other economists, Robert Eisner, Northwestern University; Isabel Sawhill, Urban Institute, "Unemployment and Poverty: Can We Do Better?"; and Nancy Barrett, American University, "Achieving Full Employment"; newsletter from National Committee for Full Employment, December 11, 1986, "Jobs Impact"; newspaper clippings