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Is America’s real religion capitalism?

An exploration of the false choice between private faith and religion and domination, and a call to rethink the public values shaping our common life.
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The Adam Smith you don’t know: How we hijacked the father of capitalism

Adam Smith envisioned capitalism as a moral system rooted in fairness, shared prosperity and public good — not monopolies or corporatism.
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We created an AI god called TESCREAL — now we must teach it ethics

The attention grab is on — headlines, thumbnails, AI-generated this and that. Just the other day I read an AI-generated article about AI, and I can’t get over the circularity of it.
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Good News! The World Isn’t Ending.

Dr. Hannah Ritchie's new book, “Not the End of the World: How We Can Be the First Generation to Build a Sustainable Planet," has attracted widespread media attention, perhaps because of its refreshing optimism. Her articulate, data-based conclusions contrast with contemporary environmental doom and gloom outlooks.
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Let’s listen to the popes call to care for creation

With release of the Pope’s encyclical, the forces who actively defend greed as good for everyone have been scrambling to shelter unfettered capitalism and free market ideology from the harsh light of Christian theology. As Jesus says, when the light of the gospel shines the sinners scatter. Greed defenders have their work cut out for them.
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The Problem of Inequality in America: Capitalism and the Christian Witness

Six years after the American Revolutionary War, Congressmen from 12 states ratified the United States Constitution. However, the ratification process did not go as smoothly as many would have desired, and several members of congress needed to persuade their constituents. In fact, under the pseudonym Publius, James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, and John Jay wrote a series of 85 papers to persuade the citizens of New York to vote in favor of the proposed Constitution.

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The intent of the Founding Fathers and the dangers of socialism, part 5

Monopolies are unhealthy for a capitalistic, free-market system. They stifle competition.

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