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Pope Francis Declares Consumers and Capitalists Need to Help the Poor

Papalnomics

In a new declaration, the pope warns that the ‘culture of prosperity deadens us,’ taking aim at free market capitalists and consumers alike.

Daniel Gross

Published Nov. 26 2013 1:55PM EST

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“How can it be that it is not a news item when an elderly homeless person dies of exposure, but it is news when the stock market loses two points?”

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I guess Pope Francis doesn’t watch Bloomberg TV.

This quote is one of the many zingers Pope Francis aims at global capitalism...

Daniel Gross

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