Centre for Enterprise, Markets and Ethics

5 May 2026 Book Review

Merchant Saint by Donald Prudlo and Paul J. Voss

Review by Jan Bentz

Jan Bentz reviews a biography of the first layman canonised by the Church, which offers a striking meditation on whether economic life can itself be a genuine sphere of Christian virtue.

29 April 2026 Blog

The Vocation of Entrepreneurship

By Philip Booth

Entrepreneurship is a distinct vocation, requiring virtues rarely articulated in management literature. Drawing on economic analysis of radical uncertainty alongside Catholic social teaching from Pius XII to Francis, Philip Booth sets out the virtues demanded of the entrepreneur — and argues that they extend well (...)

27 April 2026 Book Review

Can’t We Just Print More Money? by Rupal Patel and Jack Meaning

Review by Neil Jordan

Neil Jordan reviews Can’t We Just Print More Money?, an engaging, accessible and well-illustrated book, written by economists at the Bank of England, that assists the public in understanding economics and major economic matters.