Goldman exec touts Benedict's 6-point plan for global economy
(NEWSER) - All of Pope Benedict XVI's gaffes and controversies have obscured his principal appeal, writes Brian Griffiths in the Times of London: he's a scholar, with an uncommon command of theology and philosophy. For Griffiths, a vice-chairman of Goldman Sachs, the pope's recent encyclical on the economy is "without doubt the most articulate, comprehensive and thoughtful response to the financial crisis that has yet appeared." Unlike John Paul II, who praised free markets after the fall of the Berlin Wall, Benedict says capitalism has forgotten the individual. More»
