“Capitalists are usurers in the broadest sense of the word.”* Heinrich Pesch, SJ (1854-1926) 58 characters [Tweet this] A German Jesuit Priest who was influenced by Leo XIII’s Rerum Novarum, Heinrich Pesch, SJ, would become a towering figure in Catholic economic thought with his work on Solidarism – an alternative to the individualism (capitalism) and collectivism of his time. Although Pesch would reject the particular socialism of his day – much like Leo XIII – he managed to make a list of... Read more