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Crisis in a Global Economy Re-Planning the Journey THE PONTIFICAL ACADEMY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES XVI Plenary Session Crisis in a Global Economy Re-Planning the Journey 30 April-4 May 2010 • Casina Pio IV Vade autem ad fratres meos, et dic eis: Ascendo ad Patrem meum, et Patrem vestrum, Deum meum, et Deum Vestrum (Io. 20,17) Introduction p.3 Einleitung p. 4 Introduzione p.5 Introducción p.6 Programme p. 7 List of Participants p.11 Biographies of Participants p.14 Holy Masses p.19 Memorandum p. 19 SCIE IA NT M IA E R D V A M C A S O A I C C I I A F L I I T V N M O P VATICAN CITY 2010 The current crisis obliges us to re-plan our journey, to set ourselves new rules and to discover new forms of commitment, to build on positive experiences and to reject negative ones. Benedict XVI, Caritas in Veritate, 21 2 Crisis in a Global Economy INTRODUCTION Re-Planning the Journey M.A. GLENDON, J.T. RAGA indful of its responsibility to provide the citizens? What can be learned about the effectiveness Holy See with elements that may be useful of various regulatory systems? About the moral conse- Min the development of its social teaching, the quences of economic decisions? About the dependence Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences will devote its of economic relations, systems, and regulations upon 2010 Plenary Session to an examination of the cur- underlying social conditions, e.g., demographic factors, rent global economic crisis – in its political, cultural, education, cultural habits and attitudes? and ethical, as well as economic, dimensions, and as Finally, the participants will turn to the problem of it is manifested in developed and developing coun- How Do We ‘Replan the Journey’? from the present sit- tries. An important goal of the meeting is to explore uation. How can we promote the idea that human re- the new challenges the crisis poses for Catholic Social lationships cover a vast territory that includes grace, Thought, and the implications of Pope Benedict XVI’s gift, reciprocity and the market? How can subsidiarity 2009 social encyclical, Caritas in Veritate, as they re- and solidarity work together to pursue the common late to those challenges. good in a globalized world? How can the benefits of Benedict XVI’s encyclical returns to the ancient the global economy be maximized, while mitigating in- theme of the relation between ethics and economics, equities, and minimizing harmful effects on natural a theme as much in need of attention today as it was and human ecologies? What needs to be done to shore in the time of Aristotle – for whom economics was up the foundations of a healthy economic system? To naturally connected to the study of ethics and politics restore confidence in economic actors? To improve – or Adam Smith, who considered that a ‘merchant conditions in less developed regions and nations? To code of ethics’, based on honesty, trust and fraternity address the crisis of the welfare state in developed among peoples, was indispensable for the realization countries? To deal with the effects of large-scale mi- of the benefits of the market. gration both in countries of origin and destination? Academicians and invited experts will begin by ex- What are the implications for present systems of gov- ploring, in this light, Where do we Stand? The Impact ernance? How, in that connection, could Benedict of the Crisis on Persons and Institutions. What are the XVI’s call for a global political authority be realized factors that differentiate it from previous economic while observing his caveat that ‘the governance of glob- crises? How is it affecting people, families, associations alization must be marked by subsidiarity’? and institutions – public and private – in diverse re- The four-day program will be divided into a gen- gions of the world? What, in particular, are its effects in eral introduction, eleven sessions, each with one or two the poorest countries? principal speakers and one commentator followed by A second group of sessions will be devoted to ana- general discussion, and two panels. Twenty minutes lyzing How Did We Get to this Point? The Decisive Con- will be allocated to the oral presentation of each prin- tributing Factors. In Benedict XVI’s opinion, the current cipal paper, and each commentator will have ten min- crisis confirms the need for a relation between ethics utes. An advance copy of each principal paper must be and economics and shows the liability to grave abuse emailed to the Chancellery of the Academy of Social of a model where profit is considered an end in itself Sciences by 1 March 2010. Written comments must be and in which the market’s ability to self-regulate is un- sent by 15 April 2010. The deadline for final versions critically taken for granted. How should we assess the for publication is 30 June 2010. Speakers or commen- responsibilities and performances of economic actors, tators requiring projection facilities for their presenta- public officials, intermediate associations, and private tions must notify the Academy by 1 March 2010. 3 In Zeiten der EINFÜHRUNG Weltwirtschaftskrise heißt es umdenken M.A. GLENDON, J.T. RAGA ingedenk ihrer Verpflichtung, dem Heiligen sequenzen von Wirtschaftsentscheidungen? Über die Stuhl Elemente vorzulegen, die ihm für die Ent- Abhängigkeit der Wirtschaftsbeziehungen, -systeme und Ewicklung seiner Soziallehre von Nutzen sein regulierungen von zugrundeliegenden sozialen Bedin- könnten, widmet die Päpstliche Akademie der Sozial- gungen, wie z.B. von demographischen Faktoren, Bil- wissenschaften die Plenartagung 2010 ganz der Unter- dung, kulturellen Gewohnheiten und Gesinnungen? suchung der aktuellen Weltwirtschaftskrise – sowohl Die Teilnehmer werden schließlich ihr Augenmerk hinsichtlich ihrer politischen, kulturellen und ethischen, auf das Problem richten, wie wir aus der gegenwärtigen als auch hinsichtlich ihrer wirtschaftlichen Ausmaße, Situation heraus neue Wege finden können. Wie können so wie sie sich in den Industrieländern und in den Ent- wir umdenken? Wie können wir den Gedanken för- wicklungsländern ausgeprägt haben. Ein wichtiges Ziel dern, dass menschliche Beziehungen aus einem weiten der Tagung wird es sein, die neuen Herausforderungen Netz gespannt sind, das von Gnade, Schenken, Gegen- zu untersuchen, vor welchen die Krise die Katholische seitigkeit und dem Markt geprägt wird? Wie kann man Soziallehre stellt, sowie die Bedeutung zu erkunden, Subsidiarität und Solidarität so vereinen, dass die glo- welche die Sozialenzyklika 2009 von Papst Benedikt balisierte Welt dem Ziel des Gemeinwohls näher- XVI., Caritas in Veritate – die Liebe in der Wahrheit, im kommt? Wie können die Leistungen der Weltwirtschaft Hinblick auf diese Herausforderungen hat. maximiert und gleichzeitig Ungerechtigkeiten gemildert Die Enzyklika von Benedikt XVI. kehrt zurück zum werden, und wie können schädigende Einwirkungen alten Thema der Beziehung von Ethik und Ökonomie, auf die Natur und die Menschen minimiert werden? einem Thema, das heute genau derselben Aufmerk- Was muss getan werden, um die Grundlagen eines ge- samkeit bedarf wie schon zu Zeiten des Aristoteles, für sunden Wirtschaftssystems neu zu kräftigen? Um das den die Ökonomie von Natur aus mit dem Studium der Vertrauen in die Wirtschaftsakteure wiederherzustel- Ethik und Politik verbunden war, oder zu Zeiten eines len? Um die Bedingungen in den weniger entwickelten Adam Smith, welcher der Ansicht war, dass ein auf Ehr- Regionen und Ländern zu verbessern? Um die Krise des lichkeit, Vertrauen und Brüderlichkeit unter den Völkern Sozialstaates in den Industrieländern zu bewältigen? basierender Kaufmannscode unerlässlich sei, wenn sich Um den Folgen der Massenmigration sowohl in den Ur- die Vorteile des Marktes verwirklichen sollen. sprungs- als auch den Zielländern gerecht zu werden? Vor diesem Hintergrund werden Mitglieder der Aka- Was bedeutet dies für die heutigen Regierungssysteme? demie und eingeladene Experten zunächst untersuchen Wie könnte die Forderung von Benedikt XVI. nach ei- Wo wir stehen: Die Auswirkungen der Krise auf Men- ner globalen politischen Autorität verwirklicht und zu- schen und Institutionen. Durch welche Faktoren unter- gleich seiner Mahnung entsprochen werden, „die Steue- scheidet sich diese Wirtschaftskrise von früheren? Wel- rung der Globalisierung [müsse] von Subsidiarität che Auswirkungen hat sie auf Menschen, Familien, gekennzeichnet sein“. Gesellschaften und Institutionen – öffentliche und pri- Das viertägige Programm besteht aus einem allge- vate – in den verschiedensten Teilen der Welt? Wie wirkt meinen Einführungsteil, elf Sitzungen, davon jede mit sie sich vor allem in den ärmsten Ländern aus? einem oder zwei Hauptreferierenden sowie einem Kom- Eine zweite Reihe von Sitzungen wird der Analyse mentator, gefolgt von einer allgemeinen Diskussions- gewidmet sein, Wie wir an diesen Punkt gekommen sind: runde und zwei Expertenrunden. Zwanzig Minuten Die entscheidenden Einflussfaktoren. Nach Ansicht von werden der mündlichen Präsentation eines jeden Bei- Benedikt XVI. bestätigt die aktuelle Krise den Bedarf an trags zugewiesen, danach stehen dem jeweiligen Kom- einer Verbindung von Ethik und Ökonomie. Und sie mentator zehn Minuten zur Verfügung. Ein Vorausex- zeigt, wie anfällig ein Modell, bei dem der Profit als emplar des jeweiligen Beitrags ist bis spätestens 1. März Selbstzweck erachtet und die Selbstregulierungsfähig- 2010 per E-Mail an die Kanzlei der Päpstlichen Akade- keit des Marktes ganz unkritisch für selbstverständlich mie der Sozialwissenschaften zu senden. Schriftliche gehalten werden, dafür ist, schwer missbraucht
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