Sorry but “Catholic teaching on economics” goes back at least to the 1st Century:
Jesus Christ speaks on economics 2000 years ago, not the 19th century
viz
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So he said, “A nobleman went off to a distant country to obtain the kingship for himself and then to return.
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He called ten of his servants and gave them ten gold coins 5 and told them, ‘Engage in trade with these until I return.’
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His fellow citizens, however, despised him and sent a delegation after him to announce, ‘We do not want this man to be our king.’
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But when he returned after obtaining the kingship, he had the servants called, to whom he had given the money, to learn what they had gained by trading.
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The first came forward and said, ‘Sir, your gold coin has earned ten additional ones.’
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He replied, ‘Well done, good servant! You have been faithful in this very small matter; take charge of ten cities.’
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Then the second came and reported, ‘Your gold coin, sir, has earned five more.’
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And to this servant too he said, ‘You, take charge of five cities.’
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Then the other servant came and said, ‘Sir, here is your gold coin; I kept it stored away in a handkerchief,
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for I was afraid of you, because you are a demanding person; you take up what you did not lay down and you harvest what you did not plant.’
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He said to him, ‘With your own words I shall condemn you, you wicked servant. You knew I was a demanding person, taking up what I did not lay down and harvesting what I did not plant;
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why did you not put my money in a bank? Then on my return I would have collected it with interest.’
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And to those standing by he said, ‘Take the gold coin from him and give it to the servant who has ten.’
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But they said to him, ‘Sir, he has ten gold coins.’
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‘I tell you, to everyone who has, more will be given, but from the one who has not, even what he has will be taken away.
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Now as for those enemies of mine who did not want me as their king, bring them here and slay them before me.’”
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If you believe the parables are about economics you have been misled; by definition a parable uses common situations as an analogy to explain difficult concepts, in this case about the spiritual world. Is the parable of the lost sheep about animal husbandry? Is the parable of the sower, or the parable of the tares instructing us how to be better farmers? NO!! They are teaching us about the kingdom of God, as Jesus tells us in his own words. Why do you view this one differntly? This parable is likewise not at all about money, but about the kingdom of heaven. Who does the lord give gifts to? His people... what are these gifts? Wholly undeserved supernatural (e.g. spiritual) gifts, what we call “grace” which become available as our relationship with God becomes perfected (a perfect relationship with God is to enter the “kingdom of heaven”). According to scripture these are gifts of discernment of spirits, of preaching, ability to understand Scripture, ability to heal, prophecy, etc. They are God’s power given freely to his people, waiting for us if we merely ask and accept them and use them. The parable tells us that if we don’t, they will be taken from us and given to others who will bear more fruit in the venture of saving souls.