What most secular pundits, politicians, lobbyists, bankers and the public do not understand about the growing economic crisis in Europe and the rest of the western world, is its intimate relationship with the west’s anti-life and anti-family policies, a prominent author on economics has told LifeSiteNews.com. John Medaille, author, businessman, lecturer and instructor in theology at the University of Dallas, told LifeSiteNews.com that “life issues…underlie all economic issues” and that understanding this is crucial to understanding the nature of the global crisis.