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The Obama Budget's Promise and Peril Originally Posted: 08/31/2011 - 4:39pm | Type: Blog: <a href="http://blog.sojo.net/tag/economy-special-focus/"></a> I've been asked for a few words about how the recession may affect poverty in the United St ...
Economic Democracy: An Alternative to Pure Capitalism or Socialism Originally Posted: 08/31/2011 - 4:39pm | Type: Blog: <a href="http://blog.sojo.net/tag/economy-special-focus/"></a> Here's a video lecture by Professor of Christian Ethnics Ga ...
Doing the Best We Can in Hard Times - A Corporate Example Originally Posted: 08/31/2011 - 4:39pm | Type: Blog: <a href="http://blog.sojo.net/tag/economy-special-focus/"></a> Scanning the headlines recently, the following caught my attention: "Walgreens giving free ...
I'm the Older Brother Originally Posted: 08/31/2011 - 4:39pm | Type: Blog: <a href="http://blog.sojo.net/tag/economy-special-focus/"></a> When it comes to President Obama's stimulus package and its provisions to help those Americ ...
Markets, Morality, and the Common Good Originally Posted: 08/31/2011 - 4:39pm | Type: Blog: <a href="http://blog.sojo.net/tag/economy-special-focus/"></a> Not long ago, those who demonized government and preached the go ...
Staff Who Deserve Retention Bonuses Originally Posted: 08/31/2011 - 4:39pm | Type: Blog: <a href="http://blog.sojo.net/tag/economy-special-focus/"></a> There's been quite a lot in the news recently about AIG and its concerns about retaining &q ...
No Anger Without Alternatives Originally Posted: 08/31/2011 - 4:39pm | Type: Blog: <a href="http://blog.sojo.net/tag/economy-special-focus/"></a> On Sunday I joined the Dean of the National Cathedral, Samuel T. ...
Sunday School with Jon Stewart Originally Posted: 08/31/2011 - 4:39pm | Type: Blog: <a href="http://blog.sojo.net/tag/economy-special-focus/"></a> Last night, millions of Americans went to Sunday school, or more ...
Jon Stewart, Prophet (But Not the Phoney Future-Telling Kind) Originally Posted: 08/31/2011 - 4:39pm | Type: Blog: <a href="http://blog.sojo.net/tag/economy-special-focus/"></a> What does it say about our country that we have to hear the cold and hard truth from a comedian? ...
Audio: Who is in Control? Wealth and Wisdom Originally Posted: 08/31/2011 - 4:39pm | Type: Blog: <a href="http://blog.sojo.net/tag/economy-special-focus/"></a> It's always difficult to find just a few minutes from Pastor Efrem's sermons to highli ...
Potluck Perspective Originally Posted: 08/31/2011 - 4:39pm | Type: Blog: <a href="http://blog.sojo.net/tag/economy-special-focus/"></a> The "Church Potluck" is an old and cherished tradition ...
More Connected Than We Think Originally Posted: 08/31/2011 - 4:39pm | Type: Blog: <a href="http://blog.sojo.net/tag/economy-special-focus/"></a> Last Friday, I met a vice president for the insurance giant AIG. While I try to be a gracious p ...
An Involuntary Lent Originally Posted: 08/31/2011 - 4:39pm | Type: Blog: <a href="http://blog.sojo.net/tag/economy-special-focus/"></a> In 1956, a few hundred Catholic teachers and catechists gathered ...
Two Ways to Constrain the Casino Economy Originally Posted: 08/31/2011 - 4:39pm | Type: Blog: <a href="http://blog.sojo.net/tag/economy-special-focus/"></a> Heads, Wall Street executives win; tails, the taxpayers lose. Th ...
Hope and Action in Hard Times Originally Posted: 08/31/2011 - 4:39pm | Type: Blog: <a href="http://blog.sojo.net/tag/economy-special-focus/"></a> In these times of foreclosures, tight budgets, and shrinking funds, community builders feel like ...
The Best Thing for the Economy, the Right Thing for the Poor Originally Posted: 08/31/2011 - 4:39pm | Type: Blog: <a href="http://blog.sojo.net/tag/economy-special-focus/"></a> The economy and the nation are at a crossroads. Unemployment, po ...
Supporting the Poor Stimulates the Economy Originally Posted: 08/31/2011 - 4:39pm | Type: Blog: <a href="http://blog.sojo.net/tag/economy-special-focus/"></a> Sadly, the debate around the economic recovery and stimulus pack ...
Two Kinds of Economic Recovery Originally Posted: 08/31/2011 - 4:39pm | Type: Blog: <a href="http://blog.sojo.net/tag/economy-special-focus/"></a> I just watched President Obama's Indiana speech and town ha ...
Weathering Our Economic Blizzard Originally Posted: 08/31/2011 - 4:39pm | Type: Blog: <a href="http://blog.sojo.net/tag/economy-special-focus/"></a> I heard a report on NPR Monday that "The weather in Lon ...
Economic Free Fall Without a Safety Net Originally Posted: 08/31/2011 - 4:39pm | Type: Blog: <a href="http://blog.sojo.net/tag/economy-special-focus/"></a> Earlier this week the New York Times reported that even as m ...
Milk, Honey, and Miter Saws Originally Posted: 08/31/2011 - 4:39pm | Type: Blog: <a href="http://blog.sojo.net/tag/economy-special-focus/"></a> In this month's issue of Sojourners magazine, Wal ...
Trickle Up Economics Originally Posted: 08/31/2011 - 4:39pm | Type: Blog: <a href="http://blog.sojo.net/tag/economy-special-focus/"></a> Debate is flying about the proposed economic stimulus package, w ...
Davos: How Will This Crisis Change Us? Originally Posted: 08/31/2011 - 4:39pm | Type: Blog: <a href="http://blog.sojo.net/tag/economy-special-focus/"></a> In a plenary session titled "The Values behind Market Capitalism" yesterday at the Wor ...
Davos: A Better Question Than 'How Long Will the Crisis Last?' Originally Posted: 08/31/2011 - 4:39pm | Type: Blog: <a href="http://blog.sojo.net/tag/economy-special-focus/"></a> At the opening reception for the World Economic Forum at Davos, ...
'The Needs of the Poor Take Priority Over the Desires of the Rich' Originally Posted: 08/31/2011 - 4:39pm | Type: Blog: <a href="http://blog.sojo.net/tag/economy-special-focus/"></a> As a Catholic, I have been taught about the importance of the po ...
Make Sure that Our Country Does Not Become Detroit Originally Posted: 08/31/2011 - 4:39pm | Type: Blog: <a href="http://blog.sojo.net/tag/economy-special-focus/"></a> Yesterday, Barack Obama told the leaders of the Congress that th ...
What if the Amish Were in Charge of the Economy? Originally Posted: 08/31/2011 - 4:39pm | Type: Blog: <a href="http://blog.sojo.net/tag/economy-special-focus/"></a> Three years ago, Diana Butler Bass asked, "What if the Am ...
My Advent Calendar: December 12 Originally Posted: 08/31/2011 - 4:39pm | Type: Blog: <a href="http://blog.sojo.net/tag/my-advent-calendar"></a> Following on the theme of the last two windows, Dec. 12 on the Advent calendar opened to a picture o ...
Chicago Sit-in Victory: 'Yes We Can' Originally Posted: 08/31/2011 - 4:39pm | Type: Blog: <a href="http://blog.sojo.net/tag/economy-special-focus/"></a> After concluding a six days sit-in at the Republic Window Compan ...
Automakers: Apology Accepted Originally Posted: 08/31/2011 - 4:39pm | Type: Blog: <a href="http://blog.sojo.net/tag/economy-special-focus/"></a> This week <a href="http://www.autonews.com/assets/PDF/CA59166128.PDF">GM printed ...
Downsize Wall Street Originally Posted: 08/31/2011 - 4:39pm | Type: Blog: <a href="http://blog.sojo.net/tag/economy-special-focus/"></a> So here's the cold, hard, unvarnished economic truth about ...
Trump Blames "Act of God" for Economic Woes Originally Posted: 08/31/2011 - 4:39pm | Type: Blog: <a href="http://blog.sojo.net/tag/economy-special-focus/"></a> Donald Trump is trying his hand at theology. Trump was sued l ...
Hard Times Originally Posted: 08/31/2011 - 4:39pm | Type: Blog: <a href="http://blog.sojo.net/tag/economy-special-focus/"></a> Recently, West Side Chicago folks went down to the state Capitol ...
CEO Pay Cuts and Hybrid Road Trips by the Big Three Originally Posted: 08/31/2011 - 4:39pm | Type: Blog: <a href="http://blog.sojo.net/tag/economy-special-focus/"></a> After being hit hard in the press over taking private jets to ...
Obama's Ethic of Responsibility Originally Posted: 08/31/2011 - 4:39pm | Type: Blog: <a href="http://blog.sojo.net/tag/economy-special-focus/"></a> In a recent <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/11/25/barbara-walters-interview_ ...
A Different Economic Measure: Quality of Life and an Economic Bill of Rights Originally Posted: 08/31/2011 - 4:39pm | Type: Blog: <a href="http://blog.sojo.net/tag/economy-special-focus/"></a> I'm tired of all the frantic talk about how much or little ...
A Pre-Consumption Prayer Originally Posted: 08/31/2011 - 4:39pm | Type: Blog: <a href="http://blog.sojo.net/tag/economy-special-focus/"></a> "Consumption" isn't a bad word. Even as we watch the excesses of the consumer eco ...
Thinking Thankfully About Money Originally Posted: 08/31/2011 - 4:39pm | Type: Blog: <a href="http://blog.sojo.net/tag/economy-special-focus/"></a> When you are giving thanks this week, why not give thanks for money? Sound crass? It shouldn ...
Give Thanks in All Circumstances Originally Posted: 08/31/2011 - 4:39pm | Type: Blog: <a href="http://blog.sojo.net/tag/economy-special-focus/"></a> Imagine. You pack up your family, your kin, and tribe, leave th ...
I Am a Predatory Borrower Originally Posted: 08/31/2011 - 4:39pm | Type: Blog: <a href="http://blog.sojo.net/tag/economy-special-focus/"></a> Sen. Gramm has been credited with coining the term "preda ...
A Second Bretton Woods? Originally Posted: 08/31/2011 - 4:39pm | Type: Blog: <a href="http://blog.sojo.net/tag/economy-special-focus/"></a> Twenty heads of state descended upon Washington this past weekend to discuss the global financia ...
Audio: Biblical Redistribution of Wealth -- What You Think You Own is Not Yours Originally Posted: 08/31/2011 - 4:39pm | Type: Blog: <a href="http://blog.sojo.net/tag/economy-special-focus/"></a> In this clip, taken from a Nov. 2 sermon, Pastor Efrem talks about the implications of the comma ...
Make Something Money Can't Buy (Glue Gun Optional) Originally Posted: 08/31/2011 - 4:39pm | Type: Blog: <a href="http://blog.sojo.net/tag/economy-special-focus/"></a> Since the early 1990s, a guerrilla campaign has been waged by ...
The Upside to the Economic Crisis Originally Posted: 08/31/2011 - 4:39pm | Type: Blog: <a href="http://blog.sojo.net/tag/economy-special-focus/"></a> The first line in Charles Dickens classic novel A Tale of Two ...
Pagan Rituals in Broad Daylight Originally Posted: 08/31/2011 - 4:39pm | Type: Blog: <a href="http://blog.sojo.net/tag/economy-special-focus/"></a> I recently saw a promo piece on The History Channel for their sh ...
Spreading the Wealth Originally Posted: 08/31/2011 - 4:39pm | Type: Blog: <a href="http://blog.sojo.net/tag/economy-special-focus/"></a> After three decades of "concentrate the wealth," we could really use some "spread ...
Fighting Predatory Lending in Ohio Originally Posted: 08/31/2011 - 4:39pm | Type: Blog: laws that every citizen already follows... Payday loans were exempted from Ohio usury laws in 1995 ...
Another Sign of the End Originally Posted: 08/31/2011 - 4:39pm | Type: Blog: <a href="http://blog.sojo.net/tag/economy-special-focus/"></a> The conversation we have on <a href="http://www.godspolitics.com">God's Pol ...
Jim Cramer's Wallis' Mad Money Originally Posted: 08/31/2011 - 4:39pm | Type: Blog: <a href="http://blog.sojo.net/tag/economy-special-focus/"></a> My stock pick for the day? Hormel, the makers of Spam. Since May, Spam has been reporting reco ...
Put the 'Labor' Back in Secretary of Labor (Our Secretary of Labor is M.I.A., Part 2) Originally Posted: 08/31/2011 - 4:39pm | Type: Blog: <a href="http://blog.sojo.net/tag/economy-special-focus/"></a> [<a href="http://www.sojo.net/blog/godspolitics/?p=2956">continued from part 1&l ...

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