“Laudato si” and the Historic Roots of the Discourse on Global Inequality
by Julia McClure (HEC MW Fellow 2014-2015)
The Laudato si, the Encyclical letter released by the papacy last week, has been described as a call for all people, Christians and non Christians, for a cultural revolution against the ‘treacherous appetites of capitalism’, to save our planet from the disasters wrought by over-consumption and a utilitarian approach to the world.