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To: BarnacleCenturion
Here you go

But just as a sample try this

In this context, some people continue to defend trickle-down theories which assume that economic growth, encouraged by a free market, will inevitably succeed in bringing about greater justice and inclusiveness in the world. This opinion, which has never been confirmed by the facts, expresses a crude and naïve trust in the goodness of those wielding economic power and in the sacralized workings of the prevailing economic system
Sounds rather marxist to me.
15 posted on 12/11/2013 11:30:17 AM PST by from occupied ga (Your government is your most dangerous enemy)
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To: from occupied ga; BarnacleCenturion

Not only Marxist, but ignorant as well…..blitheringly astonishingly ignorant.


21 posted on 12/11/2013 11:40:03 AM PST by C. Edmund Wright (Tokyo Rove is more than a name, it's a GREAT WEBSITE)
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To: from occupied ga
As an FYI, there are three fairly significant translation errors in that one paragraph.

The original (Spanish) states:

54. En este contexto, algunos todavía defienden las teorías del «derrame», que suponen que todo crecimiento económico, favorecido por la libertad de mercado, logra provocar por sí mismo mayor equidad e inclusión social en el mundo…

With the above, here's how it fits in the English:

54. In this context, some people continue to defend trickle-down theories [NB: Sp, “teorías del «derrame»”, “theories of spillage”] which assume that economic growth, encouraged by a free market, will inevitably [NB: Sp, por sí mismo, “by itself”] succeed in bringing about greater justice [NB: Sp, equidad, “equity”] and inclusiveness in the world.

While I understand that "teorías del «derrame»" is often used in Spanish the same way that "trickle-down" is used by leftist academics in this country, there is a HUGE difference between "inevitable" and "by itself". There is also a pretty significant difference between "equity" and "justice."

Now having said that, please don't take me for a sycophant. I have previously expressed significant concerns with Art. 202, where he states "Inequality is the root of social ills." (Sp: La inequidad es raíz de los males sociales.)...the reason I have concern is that it contradicts so much of the teachings of prior popes (who have mostly stated that inequality is the natural, God-ordained, order of things).

36 posted on 12/11/2013 12:27:53 PM PST by markomalley (Nothing emboldens the wicked so greatly as the lack of courage on the part of the good -- Leo XIII)
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