Catholic Economic Thought: A Trojan Horse for Capitalism in the Guise of Thomism
The National Catholic Register portal reports on an article by Solène Tadié (April 17, 2026) that presents medieval Catholic thinkers—particularly Franciscan friars and theologians of the School of Salamanca—as proto-capitalists who “anticipated” modern economic principles such as supply and demand, capital formation, and market-determined pricing. The piece frames these teachings as timeless wisdom for families and entrepreneurs today, seamlessly integrating them into contemporary capitalist discourse. This is not merely a historical curiosity; it is a deliberate ideological operation that baptizes the very economic liberalism condemned by the Church’s Magisterium, reducing Catholic social teaching to a mere precursor of Adam Smith and Milton Friedman.





