Tag: economics

Two articles highlight the ridiculous extremes of our focus on money.

The Spartans are famed as having built one of the most revered and feared militaries of the ancient world, but their way of life was so harsh and demanding that the word “spartan” has become synonymous with a strict, severe and minimalist way of life.

(RNS) Two economists found that the “measure of total Christian adherents is robustly and positively correlated with states’ unproductive entrepreneurship scores” in a given state.

One of the perennial quandaries for most people of faith is "How much is enough?" Most major world religions have some sort of message that ethical values include living simply, not working to amass large amounts of wealth, helping out those less well off or less able.

"Right now, 400 people in America have more wealth than half of the country. I do not begrudge success, but can anyone justify that...