Joseph Kaboski
Economics
David F. and Erin M. Seng Foundation Professor of Economics
- Growth and development
- International economics
- Catholic teaching and economics
Kaboski in the News
OSV News
Pope Francis called for the economy to heed — not kill — ‘the cry of the poor’
April 25, 2025
To those who interpret such criticisms as being anti-capitalist, Joseph Kaboski — a professor of economics at the University of Notre Dame — has a reminder. “The Vatican keeps a record of every public talk the pope has ever given, and the only times he used the word ‘capitalism’ were to a group on inclusive capitalism, where he commended their efforts to make capitalism more inclusive, and,” Kaboski continued, “in talking to the Economy of Francesco” — an annual gathering since 2020 inspired by the example of St. Francis of Assisi — “where he talked about the shortcomings of ‘our capitalism.'”
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Is the federal budget a ‘moral document’?
January 30, 2024
“Of course it is a moral document,” Joseph P. Kaboski, an economics professor and fellow at the Kellogg Institute for International Studies at the University of Notre Dame, told OSV News. “Any budget tells you something about what you prioritize.”
OSV News
Leaders discuss what’s at stake in debt limit resolution
May 30, 2023
The church doesn’t have “an official magisterial position on something as specific as the debt ceiling,” said Joseph Kaboski, professor of economics at the University of Notre Dame and president of the Catholic Research Economists Discussion Organization (CREDO).